Who acts: crime, Verb, traffic, She, I, detective · What happens: kill, do, want, be, murder, solve · To what, where: person, purpose, crime, Something, murder, song · Speech: someone speaks here
«murder» in the English dictionary: its 5 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: murder in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
The crime of killing a person on purpose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 crime
det
2
crime
crime
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
SCONJ
_
4 killing
mark
4
killing
kill
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
2 crime
acl
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 person
det
6
person
person
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 killing
obj
7
on
on
ADP
_
8 purpose
case
8
purpose
purpose
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 killing
obl
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 crime
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
kill
gerund
the crime not said here
a person
purpose
vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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.
Everyday, meaning 2
Verb: to kill a person on purpose, against the law.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Verb
verb
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 kill
nsubj
2
:
:
PUNCT
_
4 kill
punct
3
to
to
PART
_
4 kill
mark
4
kill
kill
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 person
det
6
person
person
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 kill
obj
7
on
on
ADP
_
8 purpose
case
8
purpose
purpose
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 kill
obl
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 law
punct
10
against
against
ADP
_
12 law
case
11
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
12 law
det
12
law
law
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 kill
conj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 kill
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
kill
to-infinitive
Verb
a person
purpose
the law conj
vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
Everyday, meaning 3
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Something very hard or unpleasant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
root
root
2
very
very
ADV
_
3 hard
advmod
3
hard
hard
ADJ
Degree=Pos
1 Something
amod
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 unpleasant
cc
5
unpleasant
unpleasant
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 hard
conj
6
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Something
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent widow=Patient
2
murder
infinitive
They not said here
the fatherless
vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatherless=Patient
Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.94.6, 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
PSA.94.6
PSA.94.6
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Writings
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 PSA.94.6
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 PSA.94.6
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known, (Prophets JER.7.9, JPS 1917)
The tree, 28 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adultery=Theme
4
swear
infinitive
falsely property
vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5
offer
infinitive
ye not said here
unto Baal
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6
walk
infinitive
Prophets
after other gods
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7
notknow
present · perfect · passive
ye
other gods obl
vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
Example 11
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.
The tree, 26 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Eventuality
3
murder
present
troops
the way toward Shechem
vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4
commit
present
troops
enormity
vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enormity=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
HOS.6.9
HOS.6.9
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 HOS.6.9
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 HOS.6.9
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
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.