Who acts: that, something, you, famous artist, your, me · What happens: draw, add, explain, show, use, be · To what, where: pictures, something, examples, example, story, book · Speech: someone speaks here
«illustrate» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: illustrate in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To draw or add pictures to a book, article or story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 draw
mark
2
draw
draw
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 add
cc
4
add
add
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 draw
conj
5
pictures
picture
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 add
obj
6
to
to
ADP
_
8 book
case
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 book
det
8
book
book
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 add
obl
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 article
punct
10
article
article
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 book
appos
11
or
or
CCONJ
_
12 story
cc
12
story
story
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 book
conj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 draw
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
draw
to-infinitive
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
addspeech: assert
infinitive
pictures
to a book or story
vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent picture=Patient to book=Co-Patient
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
To explain or show something by using examples, diagrams or pictures.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 explain
mark
2
explain
explain
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 show
cc
4
show
show
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 explain
conj
5
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
4 show
obj
6
by
by
SCONJ
_
7 using
mark
7
using
use
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
4 show
advcl
8
examples
example
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 using
obj
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 diagrams
punct
10
diagrams
diagram
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 examples
conj
11
or
or
CCONJ
_
12 pictures
cc
12
pictures
picture
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 examples
conj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 explain
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
explainspeech: assert
to-infinitive
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
show
infinitive
something
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient
3
use
gerund
examples and diagrams or pictures
vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Patient
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
Sentence 1: 16) Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions.
The tree, 27 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3
is a
present
the Creator
one
tree rules
4
have
present
the space
the figurative expression six dimensions
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
2
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Kalisch
punct
5
Kalisch
Kalisch
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
conj
6
1877
1877
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 Kalisch
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 11
The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.
The tree, 29 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2
hope
present · passive
it
tree rules
3
explainspeech: assert
present
Notes = note
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4
illustrate
present
Notes = notenot said here
difficult passages
vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Destination
5
render
infinitive
this abstruse treatise
vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatise=Theme
6
find
present · perfect · passive
treatise
hitherto property
vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
2
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Westcott
punct
5
Westcott
Westcott
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
conj
6
1893
1893
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 Westcott
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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.