oriental

Who acts: museum, Oriental Shorthair, We, Calling, other commentaries, it · What happens: do, use, fix, have, call, sell · To what, where: fixed names, room, Old maps, market, old book, slim cat breed · Speech: someone speaks here

«oriental» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: oriental in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

From or to do with the countries of East Asia, like China, Japan and Korea.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	SCONJ	_	4 do	mark
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 do	cc
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 countries	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 countries	det
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Asia	case
9	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Asia	compound
10	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 countries	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 China	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 China	case
13	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Asia	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Japan	punct
15	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Asia	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Korea	cc
17	Korea	Korea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Asia	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with the countries of East Asia like China and Japan and Korea	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Used in some fixed names for things, like "oriental rug" or "Oriental Shorthair" (a cat breed).

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 names	case
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 names	det
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 names	amod
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Used	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 things	case
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 names	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rug	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 rug	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 rug	punct
11	oriental	oriental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rug	amod
12	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 things	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 rug	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 Shorthair	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Shorthair	punct
16	Oriental	oriental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Shorthair	amod
17	Shorthair	shorthair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rug	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Shorthair	punct
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 breed	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 breed	det
21	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 breed	compound
22	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Shorthair	appos
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 breed	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle				some fixed names for things like oriental rug or Oriental Shorthair			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

From or to do with the wider East, such as India, Persia or Arabia.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	SCONJ	_	4 do	mark
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 do	cc
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 East	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 East	det
7	wider	wide	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 East	amod
8	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 India	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 India	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 East	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Persia	punct
14	Persia	Persia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 East	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 Arabia	cc
16	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 East	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with the wider East and India and Persia or Arabia	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The museum had a room of oriental rugs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rugs	case
7	oriental	oriental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rugs	amod
8	rugs	rug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 room	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the museum	a room of oriental rugs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient

Example 2

Old maps called East Asia "the Orient".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 maps	amod
2	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Orient	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 maps	acl
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Asia	compound
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 maps	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Orient	det
8	Orient	orient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Orient	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Orient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		Old maps not said here				East Asia xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

In the old book, the market sold "oriental spices".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 book	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 book	amod
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sold	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 book	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 market	det
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sold	nsubj:pass
8	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 spices	punct
10	oriental	oriental	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spices	compound
11	spices	spice	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sold	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 spices	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	participle · passive		the market		the old book		oriental spices obj	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient spice=Theme

Example 4

The Oriental Shorthair is a slim cat breed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Shorthair	det
2	Oriental	Oriental	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Shorthair	compound
3	Shorthair	shorthair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 breed	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 breed	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 breed	det
6	slim	slim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breed	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 breed	compound
8	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 breed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Oriental Shorthair	a slim cat breed					tree rules

Example 5

We say "East Asian food" rather than "oriental food" now.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 food	punct
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 food	compound
5	Asian	Asian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 food	punct
8	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 food	cc
9	than	than	ADP	_	8 rather	fixed
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 food	punct
11	oriental	oriental	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 food	compound
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 food	punct
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 say	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	We	East Asian food rather oriental food			now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent food=Topic

Example 6

Calling people "Oriental" is old-fashioned and can be hurtful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fashioned	csubj
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Calling	obj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Oriental	punct
4	Oriental	Oriental	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 people	appos
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Oriental	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fashioned	cop
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fashioned	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 old	punct
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hurtful	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hurtful	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 hurtful	cop
13	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fashioned	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fashioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		people		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	is	present	Calling		fashioned property	tree rules
3	is	can	Calling not said here		hurtful property	tree rules

Example 7

He is well read, a remarkable Oriental scholar, and has a good judgment.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 read	aux:pass
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 read	advmod
4	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 scholar	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 scholar	det
7	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 scholar	amod
8	Oriental	oriental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 scholar	amod
9	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 has	cc
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 judgment	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 judgment	amod
15	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present · passive		He				a remarkable Oriental scholar obl; well property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	have	present		a good judgment					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Patient

Example 8

All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

The tree, 39 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 commentaries	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 commentaries	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 commentaries	amod
4	commentaries	commentary	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 contain	nsubj
5	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 commentaries	acl
6	above	above	ADV	_	5 mentioned	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 together	punct
8	together	together	ADV	_	5 mentioned	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 quotations	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 quotations	det
11	quotations	quotation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mentioned	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 expounders	case
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 expounders	amod
14	expounders	expounder	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 quotations	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 book	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 book	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 book	amod
18	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expounders	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 contain	punct
20	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 contain	obj
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 medley	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 medley	det
24	medley	medley	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 nothing	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 arbitrary	case
26	arbitrary	arbitrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 medley	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 explanations	punct
28	mystical	mystical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 explanations	amod
29	explanations	explanation	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 nothing	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 distortions	cc
31	sophistical	sophistical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 distortions	amod
32	distortions	distortion	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 nothing	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 verses	case
34	scriptural	scriptural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 verses	amod
35	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 distortions	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 notions	punct
37	astrological	astrological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 notions	amod
38	notions	notion	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 verses	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 oriental	punct
40	oriental	oriental	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 nothing	parataxis
41	(	(	PUNCT	_	42 Sefer	punct
42	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 oriental	appos
43	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Sefer	flat
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Kalisch	punct
45	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Sefer	conj
46	1877	1877	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	45 Kalisch	flat
47	)	)	PUNCT	_	42 Sefer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	participle		all other commentaries not said here	with all quotations of other expounders of the same book; above, together property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	contain	present	all other commentaries	nothing a medley of arbitrary mystical explanations sophistical distortions of scriptural verses and astrological notions oriental		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme
3	quote			other expounders of the same book		nom quotation «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	distort			scriptural verses and astrological notions		nom distortion «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 9

Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

Sentence 1: Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.

The tree, 38 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 worth	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Be	nsubj
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 may	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 may	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 may	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 know	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 know	mark
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 worth	csubj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hypotheses	det
14	extravagant	extravagant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hypotheses	amod
15	hypotheses	hypothesis	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 know	obj
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 philosophers	nsubj
17	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 philosophers	amod
18	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 philosophers	amod
19	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hypotheses	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 theologians	cc
21	theologians	theologian	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 philosophers	conj
22	framed	frame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 philosophers	acl
23	as	as	ADV	_	24 soon	advmod
24	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 began	advmod
25	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 began	mark
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 began	nsubj
27	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 framed	advcl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 contemplate	mark
29	contemplate	contemplate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 began	xcomp
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 reason	cc
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 reason	case
32	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 contemplate	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 endeavoring	punct
34	endeavoring	endeavor	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 reason	nmod
35	to	to	PART	_	36 combine	mark
36	combine	combine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 endeavoring	xcomp
37	oriental	oriental	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 combine	obj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 theories	cc
39	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 theories	amod
40	theories	theory	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 oriental	conj
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	it		worth property	tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive		the extravagant hypotheses		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hypothesis=Stimulus
3	philosopher		the extravagant hypotheses		theologians conj	tree rules
4	frame	participle		ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians not said here		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
5	begin	past	hypotheses = hypothesis		soon property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	contemplate	to-infinitive	hypotheses = hypothesis not said here		reason conj	vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
7	endeavor	gerund				tree rules
8	combine	to-infinitive		oriental and Greek theories		vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oriental=Patient

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.

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📖 oriental

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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oriental