allusion

Who acts: allusion, person, poem, you, early Greek poets · What happens: be, point, explain, make, spot · To what, where: short mention, allusion, giant, scanty allusions

«allusion» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: allusion in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant».

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 allusion	det
2	allusion	allusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mention	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mention	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mention	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mention	amod
6	mention	mention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 story	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mention	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 person	punct
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mention	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 event	cc
13	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 person	conj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 points	nsubj
15	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 person	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 points	obl
18	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 explaining	mark
19	explaining	explain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 points	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 explaining	obj
21	fully	fully	ADV	_	19 explaining	advmod
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 joke	det
25	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 explaining	obl
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 allusion	case
27	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 allusion	det
28	allusion	allusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 joke	nmod
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 giant	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 giant	det
31	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 explaining	obl
32	»	»	PUNCT	_	31 giant	punct
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mention	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a allusion	a short mention and person or event		of a story	tree rules
2	point	present	person or event		allusion		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient
3	explain speech: assert	gerund	person or event not said here	allusion	the giant	a joke with a allusion obl; fully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to giant=Recipient

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 poem makes an allusion to a famous king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poem	det
2	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 allusion	det
5	allusion	allusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the poem	a allusion				to a famous king	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset allusion=Product

Example 2

Did you spot the allusion to the three little pigs?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spot	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 spot	nsubj
3	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 allusion	det
5	allusion	allusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spot	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 pigs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pigs	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pigs	nummod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pigs	amod
10	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spot	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 spot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · do-support	you	the allusion				to the three little pigs	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent allusion=Destination

Example 3

The early Greek poets make only scanty allusions to Erebus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poets	det
2	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poets	amod
3	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poets	amod
4	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 allusions	advmod
7	scanty	scanty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 allusions	amod
8	allusions	allusion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Erebus	case
10	Erebus	Erebus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 allusions	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the early Greek poets	scanty allusions to Erebus					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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