discovery

Who acts: discovery, nobody, We, Scientists, day, Explorers · What happens: be, know about, find, learn, realise, save · To what, where: finding, something, many lives, penicillin, exciting discovery, garden · Speech: someone speaks here

«discovery» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 10 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: discovery in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A discovery is the finding of something that nobody knew about before, or something that is found.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finding	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 finding	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 finding	det
5	finding	finding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 finding	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 knew	obj
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 something	acl:relcl
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 before	advmod
12	before	before	ADV	_	10 knew	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 something	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 something	cc
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 finding	appos
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 found	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 found	aux:pass
18	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 something	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a discovery	the finding	of something	tree rules
2	know about	past	nobody		before property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
3	find	present · passive				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Everyday, meaning 2

A discovery is also learning or realising something new for yourself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 learning	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 learning	advmod
5	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 realising	cc
7	realising	realise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 learning	conj
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 realising	obj
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 something	amod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 yourself	case
11	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 realising	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 learning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · progressive	a discovery						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	realise	gerund	a discovery not said here	something				for yourself	tree rules

Example 1

The discovery of penicillin saved many lives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saved	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 penicillin	case
4	penicillin	penicillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovery	nmod
5	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lives	amod
7	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saved	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	the discovery of penicillin	many lives					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
2	discover			penicillin					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

We made an exciting discovery in the garden: a frog!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 discovery	det
4	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discovery	amod
5	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 frog	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 frog	det
11	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	We	a exciting discovery		the garden		a frog obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discovery=Product

Example 3

Scientists made a new discovery about the Moon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 discovery	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discovery	amod
5	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 discovery	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Scientists	a new discovery				about the Moon	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset discovery=Product

Example 4

The discovery of a dinosaur bone surprised the town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surprised	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 bone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bone	det
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bone	compound
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovery	nmod
7	surprised	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 town	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surprised	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past	the discovery of a dinosaur bone	the town					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus town=Experiencer
2	discover			a dinosaur bone					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

Each day at school is full of discoveries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 day	det
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 day	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 discoveries	case
8	discoveries	discovery	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	each day at school					of discoveries; full property	tree rules

Example 6

Explorers went on voyages of discovery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Explorers	explorer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 voyages	case
4	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 discovery	case
6	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 voyages	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Explorers			voyages of discovery			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on voyage=Location
2	voyage			discovery					nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 7

Her discovery that she could swim made her very happy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 discovery	nmod:poss
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 swim	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swim	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 discovery	acl
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	obj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 happy	advmod
10	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swim	could	discovery	Her discovery not said here		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discovery=Trajectory
2	make	past	Her discovery	her = she	happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
3	discover		Her = she			nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 8

The thief, meantime, told his comrades of his discovery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thief	det
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 meantime	punct
4	meantime	meantime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thief	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 thief	punct
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 comrades	nmod:poss
8	comrades	comrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 told	iobj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 discovery	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 discovery	nmod:poss
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comrades	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the thief and meantime		his comrades of his discovery				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent comrade=Recipient
2	discover		his = he						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 9

Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	farther	far	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Miller	amod
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 discovery	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 discovery	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 discovery	det
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 zero	case
9	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 discovery	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 implies	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 used	mark
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 implies	advcl
13	above	above	ADV	_	12 used	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
15	implies	imply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 use	nmod:poss
17	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 implies	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 arithmetic	case
19	positional	positional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 arithmetic	amod
20	arithmetic	arithmetic	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 implies	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Miller			the discovery of zero ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	use in a quote	participle				above property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	imply in a quote	present	Miller not said here	discovery's use	positional arithmetic		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot use=Topic
4	use in a quote		discovery				nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 10

Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos."

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	13 appears	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 established	mark
3	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 date	det:predet
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 date	det
5	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 date	amod
6	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 established	obl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 established	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 established	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 established	aux:pass
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 appears	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 established	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 appears	nsubj
13	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 appears	xcomp
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 attribute	mark
16	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 attribute	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 attribute	aux
18	hereafter	hereafter	ADV	_	19 attribute	advmod
19	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 likely	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 discovery	det
21	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 attribute	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 arithmetic	case
23	positional	positional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 arithmetic	amod
24	arithmetic	arithmetic	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 discovery	nmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 Babylonians	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Babylonians	det
27	Babylonians	Babylonian	PROPN	Number=Plur	24 arithmetic	nmod
28	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	31 Hindoos	case
29	of	of	ADP	_	28 instead	fixed
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Hindoos	det
31	Hindoos	Hindoo	PROPN	Number=Plur	27 Babylonians	nmod
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 appears	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 appears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not establish a condition, not said to happen	can · passive		such early date		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»
2	appear	present	it		likely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	attribute	future	scholars	the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead the Hindoos	hereafter property	tree rules
4	discover			positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead the Hindoos		nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 discovery

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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