Who acts: scroll, you, I, ancient Egyptians, wizard, priest · What happens: scroll, mean, move, see, be, use · To what, where: text, screen, more, long roll, decoration, rest · Speech: someone speaks here
«scroll» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: scroll in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To scroll means to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or sideways to see more.
The tree, 19 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3
movenot said to happen
to-infinitive
the text or pictures
a screen
down property
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent text=Theme
4
see
to-infinitive
more
vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
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 scroll is a long roll of paper or parchment with writing on it, used in ancient times.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent curse=Theme in scroll=Destination
2
blot out
shall
priest
curses = curse
the water of bitterness
vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
Sentence 2: (Torah NUM.5.23, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
3 NUM.5.23
punct
2
Torah
Torah
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 NUM.5.23
compound
3
NUM.5.23
NUM.5.23
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 NUM.5.23
conj
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 JPS
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 NUM.5.23
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account'). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').
The tree, 35 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent three=Theme
3
count
gerund
writing
vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
4
count
past
safar
mispar number
vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
5
count
infinitive
vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
6
speakspeech: other
gerund
sipper
tree rules
7
tellspeech: assert
past
safar
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8
account
participle
counting
sippur
tree rules
9
tellspeech: assert
gerund
sippur not said here
account
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Recipient
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
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
_
7 translation
punct
5
Sefaria
Sefaria
PROPN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
6
community
community
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
7
translation
translation
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
appos
8
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
The three occurrences of the root SPR that follow, “with ספר SPR and ספר SPR and ספור SPWR”, are here interpreted respectively as סָפַר safar ‘to count’, representing counting/mahetmatics; סֵפר sefer ‘scroll, book’, representing writing; and סִפּוּר sippur, representing speech. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: The three occurrences of the root SPR that follow, “with ספר SPR and ספר SPR and ספור SPWR”, are here interpreted respectively as סָפַר safar ‘to count’, representing counting/mahetmatics; סֵפר sefer ‘scroll, book’, representing writing; and סִפּוּר sippur, representing speech.
The tree, 37 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
the three occurrences of the root SPR and ספר SPR and SPR and SPWR
here
as סָפַר safar; סֵפר sefer and scroll obl; sippur parataxis; respectively property
vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as safar=Attribute
3
count
to-infinitive
vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
4
represent
gerund
counting/mahetmatics
vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot counting/mahetmatics=Theme
5
represent
gerund
writing
vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot writing=Theme
6
represent
gerund
sippur not said here
speech
vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot speech=Theme
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
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
_
7 translation
punct
5
Sefaria
Sefaria
PROPN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
6
community
community
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
7
translation
translation
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
appos
8
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
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.