raven

Who acts: Ravens, Legend, six ravens, princess, Noah, raven · What happens: croak, be, say, stay, bring, have · To what, where: large black bird, raven, top, Tower, Elijah bread, Bible · Speech: someone speaks here

«raven» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 12 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: raven in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 large	advmod
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bird	amod
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bird	amod
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	compound
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 call	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	15 call	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 call	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 call	amod
14	croaking	croaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	compound
15	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 beak	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 beak	det
18	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 beak	amod
19	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 2

adjective (of hair) Shiny black: raven hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 black	nsubj
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 hair	punct
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hair	case
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 adjective	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 hair	punct
6	Shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 black	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 hair	punct
9	raven	raven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hair	amod
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 black	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 black	punct

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

Example 1

A raven croaked from the top of the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	croaked	croak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 raven	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 croaked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 top	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 raven	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croak	participle		a raven not said here		the top of the castle			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from top=Causer

Example 2

Ravens are among the cleverest birds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 birds	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 birds	cop
3	among	among	ADP	_	6 birds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
5	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 birds	amod
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ravens					among the cleverest birds	tree rules

Example 3

Legend says six ravens must stay at the Tower of London.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 ravens	nummod
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stay	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	aux
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 Tower	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Tower	det
9	Tower	Tower	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Tower	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Legend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay	must	six ravens			the Tower of London			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tower=Location

Example 4

In the Bible, ravens brought Elijah bread and meat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Bible	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Bible	punct
5	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brought	nsubj
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bread	compound
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 meat	cc
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bread	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	ravens	Elijah bread and meat		the Bible			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Example 5

The princess had long raven hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
5	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hair	compound
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the princess	long raven hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Example 6

Noah sent out a raven to look for dry land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sent	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 raven	det
5	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 land	case
9	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past	Noah	a raven					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raven=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	Noah not said here					for dry land	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for land=Theme

Example 7

But the raven shook his head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 shook	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 raven	det
3	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	nsubj
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	the raven	raven's head					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Example 8

and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 raven	cc
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 raven	det
3	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 kinds	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kinds	nmod:poss
6	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raven	nmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 Torah	punct
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 Torah	punct
9	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 raven	nmod
10	DEU.14.14	DEU.14.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Torah	flat
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 JPS	punct
12	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Torah	flat
13	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 JPS	flat
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 JPS	punct

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

Example 9

And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 sent	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forth	forth	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 raven	det
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 went	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 went	nsubj
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
11	forth	forth	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	10 went	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fro	cc
14	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 went	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 dried	punct
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 dried	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 waters	det
18	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 dried	nsubj:pass
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 dried	aux:pass
20	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fro	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 dried	compound:prt
22	from	from	ADP	_	25 earth	case
23	off	off	ADP	_	25 earth	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 earth	det
25	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dried	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	a raven		forth property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raven=Theme
2	go	past	raven			forth property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fro	infinitive	raven not said here				tree rules
4	dry up	past · passive		the waters	the earth		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.8.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.8.7	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.8.7	compound
3	GEN.8.7	GEN.8.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.8.7	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.8.7	punct

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

Example 10

They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion. (Writings PSA.22.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 open	nsubj
2	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wide	wide	ADV	_	2 open	advmod
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 open	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 open	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ravening	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 ravening	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ravening	det
11	ravening	ravening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 open	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lion	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lion	det
14	roaring	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 lion	amod
15	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ravening	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 open	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	They	their mouth				against me; a ravening and a roaring lion parataxis; wide property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme against i=Location
2	roar	gerund							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.22.14, 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.22.14	PSA.22.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.22.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.22.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 11

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Writings PSA.147.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

The tree, 14 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	2 giveth	nsubj
2	giveth	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 beast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beast	det
5	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 giveth	obl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 food	nmod:poss
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 giveth	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ravens	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ravens	cc
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 ravens	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ravens	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ravens	amod
13	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 giveth	obl
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 cry	nsubj
15	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ravens	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 giveth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	He	his food	the beast			to the young ravens	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to beast=Recipient
2	cry speech: express	present	the young ravens						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.147.9, 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.147.9	PSA.147.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.147.9	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.147.9	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 12

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven. (Writings SNG.5.11, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 head	nmod:poss
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gold	cop
4	as	as	ADP	_	8 gold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gold	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gold	amod
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 curled	punct
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 locks	nmod:poss
11	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 curled	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 curled	aux:pass
13	curled	curl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 gold	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 black	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 black	cc
16	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 curled	conj
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 raven	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 raven	det
19	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 black	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His head					as the fine gold	tree rules
2	curl	present · passive		his locks					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings SNG.5.11, 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	SNG.5.11	SNG.5.11	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 SNG.5.11	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 SNG.5.11	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

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📖 raven

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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