similar

Who acts: jumper, mine, twins, Frogs, small square, you · What happens: be, have, look, not be, write · To what, where: yours, stripes, similar shapes, similarities, similar ideas, least

«similar» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: similar in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Almost the same as something else, but not exactly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almost	almost	ADV	_	3 same	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 same	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 same	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 something	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 exactly	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 exactly	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 exactly	advmod
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 same	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 same	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

Of shapes: the same shape but maybe a different size, with all angles equal and sides in the same ratio.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	2 shapes	case
2	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shape	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shape	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shapes	appos
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 size	cc
8	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	11 size	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 size	det
10	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 size	amod
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 angles	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 angles	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 angles	det
15	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shape	conj
16	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 angles	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sides	cc
18	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 angles	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 ratio	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 ratio	det
21	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 ratio	amod
22	ratio	ratio	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 angles	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shapes	punct

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

Example 1

My jumper is similar to yours, but mine has stripes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 jumper	nmod:poss
2	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 similar	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 similar	cop
4	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 yours	case
6	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 similar	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 has	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 has	cc
9	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 similar	conj
11	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 has	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My jumper		yours			similar property	tree rules
2	have	present	mine	stripes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient

Example 2

The twins look very similar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 twins	det
2	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 similar	advmod
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 look	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the twins					similar property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Frogs and toads are similar but not the same.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 similar	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 toads	cc
3	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Frogs	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 same	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 same	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 similar	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frogs and toads					similar property	tree rules
2	not be		Frogs and toads not said here						tree rules

Example 4

A small square and a big square are similar shapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 square	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 square	amod
3	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shapes	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 square	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 square	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 square	amod
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 square	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shapes	cop
9	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shapes	amod
10	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 shapes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a small square and a big square	similar shapes					tree rules

Example 5

Write the similarities and differences between the two stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 similarities	det
3	similarities	similarity	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 differences	cc
5	differences	difference	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 similarities	conj
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 stories	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stories	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 stories	nummod
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 similarities	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	the similarities and differences				between the two stories	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent similarity=Theme

Example 6

We have similar ideas for the project.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ideas	amod
4	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 project	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 project	det
7	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	We	similar ideas				for the project	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient

Example 7

These two triangles are similar: each side of the big one is twice as long.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 triangles	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 triangles	nummod
3	triangles	triangle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 similar	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 side	punct
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 long	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 one	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 long	cop
14	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 long	advmod
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 similar	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this two triangles					similar property	tree rules
2	is	present						each side of the big one obl; long, twice property	tree rules

Example 8

The weather today is similar to yesterday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 similar	nsubj
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weather	nmod:unmarked
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 yesterday	case
7	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 similar	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the weather today				yesterday	similar property	tree rules

Example 9

This work then, or a similar predecessor, is at least as old as a.d. 200. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: This work then, or a similar predecessor, is at least as old as a.d.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 work	det
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 old	nsubj
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 work	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 predecessor	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 predecessor	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 predecessor	det
7	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 predecessor	amod
8	predecessor	predecessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 work	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 old	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 least	case
12	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 old	obl
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 old	advmod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 a.d	case
16	a.d	a.d	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 old	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this work or a similar predecessor			least		as a.d; old property	tree rules

Sentence 2: 200.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 200	punct

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

Sentence 3: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

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 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

Example 10

This work then, or a similar predecessor, is at least as old as A.D. 200. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: This work then, or a similar predecessor, is at least as old as A.D.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 work	det
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 old	nsubj
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 work	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 predecessor	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 predecessor	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 predecessor	det
7	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 predecessor	amod
8	predecessor	predecessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 work	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 old	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 least	case
12	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 old	obl
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 old	advmod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 A.D	case
16	A.D	A.D	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 old	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this work or a similar predecessor			least		as A.D; old property	tree rules

Sentence 2: 200.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 200	punct

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

Sentence 3: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

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 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

Example 11

The Hebrew term תֹּהוּ tohu is much more similar in sense to the Greek kháos than it is to English chaos. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: The Hebrew term תֹּהוּ tohu is much more similar in sense to the Greek kháos than it is to English chaos.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 term	det
2	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 term	amod
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 similar	nsubj
4	תֹּהוּ	תֹּהוּ	PUNCT	_	3 term	punct
5	tohu	tohu	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 term	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 similar	cop
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 similar	advmod
9	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 sense	case
11	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 similar	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 kháos	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kháos	det
14	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kháos	amod
15	kháos	kháo	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 similar	obl
16	than	than	ADP	_	21 chaos	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 chaos	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 chaos	cop
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 chaos	case
20	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 chaos	amod
21	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 similar	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Hebrew term and tohu			sense		to the Greek kháos; similar property	tree rules
2	is	present	sense					than English chaos	tree rules

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.

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