phoenician

Who acts: Phoenician alphabet, Greek, Phoenicians, alphabet, Phoenician traders, Carthage · What happens: belong, be, come, sail, sell, become · To what, where: ancient land, Phoenicia, coast, Lebanon, person, one

«phoenician» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: phoenician in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Belonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about 1500–300 BC.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Phoenicia	case
3	Phoenicia	Phoenicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 land	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 land	det
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 land	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cities	case
9	trading	trading	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cities	compound
10	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 land	nmod
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 Tyre	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 Tyre	case
13	Tyre	Tyre	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 cities	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Sidon	punct
15	Sidon	Sidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Tyre	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Byblos	cc
17	Byblos	Byblos	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Tyre	conj
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 Tyre	punct
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 coast	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 coast	det
21	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 what	case
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 coast	nmod
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 Lebanon	cop
25	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 Lebanon	advmod
26	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 what	acl:relcl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 1500	punct
28	about	about	ADV	_	29 1500	advmod
29	1500	1500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 Lebanon	appos
30	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	31 300	case
31	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	29 1500	nmod
32	BC	BC	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 1500	nmod:unmarked
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Belonging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund		a ancient land of trading cities	Phoenicia	the coast			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		Lebanon			now	1500 – 300 BC appos	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

A person from Phoenicia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Phoenicia	case
4	Phoenicia	Phoenicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 person	nmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Everyday, meaning 3

The Phoenician alphabet was one of the first alphabets, with letters for sounds; Greek, Latin and our ABC came from it.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alphabet	det
2	Phoenician	phoenician	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 alphabet	amod
3	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 alphabets	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 alphabets	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 alphabets	amod
9	alphabets	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 letters	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 letters	case
12	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 alphabets	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 sounds	case
14	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 letters	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 came	punct
16	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 came	nsubj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Latin	punct
18	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Greek	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ABC	cc
20	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 ABC	nmod:poss
21	ABC	abc	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Greek	conj
22	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	conj
23	from	from	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 came	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Phoenician alphabet	one				of the first alphabets and letters for sounds	tree rules
2	come	past	Greek and Latin and our ABC			alphabet			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial_Location

Example 1

The Phoenicians sailed all over the Mediterranean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Phoenicians	det
2	Phoenicians	Phoenician	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 sailed	nsubj
3	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	ADV	_	3 sailed	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 Mediterranean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mediterranean	det
7	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	the Phoenicians			the Mediterranean		all property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over mediterranean=Trajectory

Example 2

Our alphabet comes from the Phoenician alphabet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 alphabet	nmod:poss
2	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 alphabet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 alphabet	det
6	Phoenician	phoenician	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 alphabet	amod
7	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Our alphabet			the Phoenician alphabet			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from alphabet=Initial_Location

Example 3

Phoenician traders sold purple dye and cedar wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phoenician	phoenician	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 traders	amod
2	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dye	amod
5	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wood	cc
7	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wood	compound
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dye	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	Phoenician traders	purple dye and cedar wood					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dye=Theme

Example 4

Carthage was a Phoenician city in North Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carthage	carthage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 city	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 city	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 city	det
4	Phoenician	phoenician	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 city	amod
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Africa	case
7	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Africa	compound
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 city	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 city	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Carthage	a Phoenician city		North Africa			tree rules

Example 5

The Phoenician letter aleph became the Greek alpha and our A.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 aleph	det
2	Phoenician	phoenician	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 aleph	amod
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aleph	compound
4	aleph	aleph	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	nsubj
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alpha	det
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 alpha	amod
8	alpha	alpha	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 A.	cc
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 A.	nmod:poss
11	A.	A.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 alpha	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the Phoenician letter aleph	the Greek alpha and our A.					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 6

Tyre was a rich Phoenician port.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyre	tyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 port	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 port	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 port	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 port	amod
5	Phoenician	phoenician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 port	compound
6	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 port	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Tyre	a rich Phoenician port					tree rules

Example 7

Various sources such as Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, etc., have been advanced as the origin of the Pythagorean philosophy. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Various sources such as Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, etc., have been advanced as the origin of the Pythagorean philosophy.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sources	amod
2	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 advanced	nsubj:pass
3	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	5 Egyptian	case
4	as	as	ADP	_	3 such	fixed
5	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sources	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Indian	punct
7	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Egyptian	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Greek	punct
9	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Egyptian	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Phoenician	punct
11	Phoenician	Phoenician	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sources	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Hebrew	punct
13	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Phoenician	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 etc.	punct
15	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	11 Phoenician	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sources	punct
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 advanced	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 advanced	aux:pass
19	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	as	as	ADP	_	22 origin	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 origin	det
22	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 advanced	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 philosophy	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 philosophy	det
25	Pythagorean	pythagorean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 philosophy	amod
26	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 origin	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 advanced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present · perfect · passive		Various sources such Egyptian Phoenician and Hebrew and etc.				as the origin of the Pythagorean philosophy	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The 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

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📖 phoenician

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Example 1

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