Who acts: excuse, We, She, He, you, 's · What happens: make, design, not exist, make up, not be, invent · To what, where: something, story, telephone, new game, lunch, wheel
«invent» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: invent in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To make or design something new that did not exist before.
vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Result
3
notexist
past · do-support
before property
vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Result
2
is
gerund
He not said here
late property
tree rules
Example 6
Let's invent a story about a talking frog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Let
let
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
's
we
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs
1 Let
obj
3
invent
invent
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
1 Let
xcomp
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 story
det
5
story
story
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 invent
obj
6
about
about
ADP
_
9 frog
case
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 frog
det
8
talking
talking
NOUN
Number=Sing
9 frog
compound
9
frog
frog
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 story
nmod
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Let
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
let
imperative
you not said here
's
tree rules
2
invent
infinitive
's not said here
a story
about a talking frog
vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Result
Example 7
You will not learn how to invent anything."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
You
you
PRON
Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs
4 learn
nsubj
2
will
will
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
4 learn
aux
3
not
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
4 learn
advmod
4
learn
learn
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
5
how
how
ADV
PronType=Int
7 invent
advmod
6
to
to
PART
_
7 invent
mark
7
invent
invent
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
4 learn
xcomp
8
anything
anything
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
7 invent
obj
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 learn
punct
10
"
"
PUNCT
_
4 learn
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
notlearn
future
You
vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2
invent
to-infinitive
You not said here
anything
vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Result
Example 8
Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alphabet=Result
3
accordin a quote
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Example 10
bols were alre;iily in existence from tiie time the numerals were invented. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: bols were alre;iily in existence from tiie time the numerals were invented.
The tree, 13 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
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 11
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones.
The tree, 26 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme
Sentence 2: (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
2
Writings
writing
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
2CH.26.15
2CH.26.15
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Writings
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 1917
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 1917
nmod:unmarked
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 2CH.26.15
conj
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
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.