Who acts: outcast, other people, Jesus, he, story, Oedipus · What happens: be, not accept, push out, feel, make, welcome · To what, where: person, group, ugly duckling, Nobody, school, outcasts · Speech: someone speaks here
«outcast» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 10 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: outcast in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
An outcast is a person who is not accepted by other people and is pushed out of a group or society.
The tree, 21 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3
push out
present · passive
other people not said here
a group or society
vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: group=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.
Example 1
The ugly duckling felt like an outcast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 duckling
det
2
ugly
ugly
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 duckling
amod
3
duckling
duckling
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
felt
feel
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part
3 duckling
acl
5
like
like
ADP
_
7 outcast
case
6
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 outcast
det
7
outcast
outcast
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 felt
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 duckling
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
feel
participle
the ugly duckling not said here
like a outcast
vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like outcast=Theme
vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as outcast=Attribute
Example 7
Accompanied by his faithful and devoted daughter Antigone, Oedipus quitted Thebes and became a miserable and homeless outcast, begging his bread from place to place.
The tree, 25 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by antigone=Destination
2
quitt
past
Oedipus
Thebes
tree rules
3
become
past
Oedipus not said here
miserable property
vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4
begspeech: request
gerund
Oedipus not said here
Oedipus's bread
place to place
vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent bread=Recipient
Example 8
'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive. (Prophets ISA.16.3, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: 'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.
The tree, 23 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme
2
make
infinitive
you not said here
thy shadow
the midst of the noonday
night
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shadow=Product
3
hide
infinitive
you not said here
the outcasts
vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcast=Patient
4
notbetray
infinitive
you not said here
the fugitive
tree rules
5
shadow
thy
nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.16.3, 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
ISA.16.3
ISA.16.3
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 ISA.16.3
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 ISA.16.3
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.' (Prophets JER.30.17, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'
The tree, 35 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent health=Theme
2
heal
future
I
thee
of thy wounds
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thou=Patient
3
sayspeech: assert
present
the LORD
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic
4
call
present · perfect · passive
wounds = wound
thee obj; outcast property
vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme thou=Result
5
is a
present
She
Zion
tree rules
6
be
present
none
there
vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7
care
present
for Zion
vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for she=Theme
8
wound
thy
nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 2: (Prophets JER.30.17, 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
JER.30.17
JER.30.17
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 JER.30.17
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 JER.30.17
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.' For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land; (Prophets ISA.16.4, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.'
The tree, 21 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality end=Eventuality
4
trample down
participle
tree rules
5
consume
present · passive
outcasts = outcast
the land
that nsubj:pass
vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
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.