Who acts: study, We, Shakespeare, literature, museum, sister · What happens: write, think, be, work, study, print · To what, where: ones, Written works, these, writing, Printed information, poems
«literature» in the English dictionary: its 4 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: literature in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Written
write
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 works
amod
2
works
work
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
such
such
ADJ
Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP
5 novels
case
4
as
as
ADP
_
3 such
fixed
5
novels
novel
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 works
nmod
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
7 poems
punct
7
poems
poem
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 novels
conj
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 plays
cc
9
plays
play
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 novels
conj
10
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 ones
punct
11
especially
especially
ADV
_
12 ones
advmod
12
ones
one
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 works
conj
13
thought
think
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part
12 ones
acl
14
to
to
PART
_
16 good
mark
15
be
be
AUX
VerbForm=Inf
16 good
cop
16
good
good
ADJ
Degree=Pos
13 thought
xcomp
17
or
or
CCONJ
_
18 important
cc
18
important
important
ADJ
Degree=Pos
16 good
conj
19
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 works
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
write
participle
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
thinkspeech: other
participle
ones not said here
vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3
is
to-infinitive
good property
tree rules
4
be
tree rules
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
The study of these works as a school or university subject.
vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 9
A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
The tree, 33 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation
vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as participant=Attribute
3
see
infinitive
Torah or Wisdom not said here
Sefer Yetzirah
tree rules
4
work
Creation
nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent
Example 10
There is no book in Jewish literature that is so difficult to understand as the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: There is no book in Jewish literature that is so difficult to understand as the Sefer Yetzirah.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as yetzirah=Attribute
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
In kabbalistic literature, not only tiie vowel letter y. but all the letters are considered images of angels. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: In kabbalistic literature, not only tiie vowel letter y. but all the letters are considered images of angels.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2
image
angels
nom image «cognition 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
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.