Who acts: person, Pāṇini, ancient grammarian, grammarian, aunt, Grammarians · What happens: study, build, write, care, be, describe · To what, where: grammar, words, language, books, person, lot · Speech: someone speaks here
«grammarian» 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: grammarian in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
A person who studies grammar, the rules of how words and sentences are built in a language, or who writes books about it.
The tree, 23 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grammar=Topic
2
build
present · passive
words and sentences
a language
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3
write
present
books
about language; who nsubj
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent book=Recipient about it=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.
vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3
write
past · progressive
my great gift
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4
gift
my
nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent
Example 8
Some grammarians, though they do not con- sider the linals as separate letters, yet count the letters twenty- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 30 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
3
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Example 9
As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven.
The tree, 37 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent letter=Theme as letter=Attribute
4
makein a quote
gerund
the author not said here
the total number
oi the letters of the alphabet; thus property
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset number=Product
5
letterin a quote
the alphabet
nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe 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
The Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence came to believe that tliose rules of ortho- graphy which the Arab grammarians invented for the language of the Koran hold good also for the language of the Old Testament. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: The Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence came to believe that tliose rules of ortho- graphy which the Arab grammarians invented for the language of the Koran hold good also for the language of the Old Testament.
The tree, 36 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
the Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence not said here
tliose rules of ortho graphy ccomp
vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3
invent
participle
the Arab grammarians not said here
for the language of the Koran
vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for language=Beneficiary
4
hold
present
the Arab grammarians
ortho graphy
for the language of the Old Testament; good property
vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
5
rule
ortho graphy
nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe 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
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.