ebony

Who acts: Ebony, men, many isles, isles, hair, piano keys · What happens: be, mean, bring, make · To what, where: hard dark black wood, black, traffickers, mart, thee, chopsticks

«ebony» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: ebony in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ebony is a very hard, dark black wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wood	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wood	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wood	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hard	punct
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wood	amod
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wood	amod
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 wood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ebony	a hard dark black wood					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.

Meaning 2

Ebony means very black, like the wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 black	advmod
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wood	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 black	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ebony	black					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent black=Topic

Example 1

The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony. (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 traffickers	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Dedan	case
4	Dedan	Dedan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 men	nmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 traffickers	cop
6	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 traffickers	nmod:poss
7	traffickers	trafficker	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 mart	punct
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 isles	amod
10	isles	isle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 mart	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mart	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mart	det
13	mart	mart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 traffickers	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hand	case
15	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 hand	nmod:poss
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mart	nmod
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 brought	punct
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 brought	nsubj
19	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 traffickers	parataxis
20	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 brought	obj
21	as	as	ADP	_	23 horns	case
22	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 horns	compound
23	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 brought	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 ivory	case
25	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 horns	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 ebony	cc
27	ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ivory	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 traffickers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the men of Dedan	thy traffickers		tree rules
2	is a	past	many isles	the mart	of thy hand	tree rules
3	bring	past	isles = isle	thee	as tribute horns of ivory and ebony	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thou=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	EZK.27.15	EZK.27.15	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.27.15	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.27.15	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

The chopsticks were made of ebony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chopsticks	det
2	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 ebony	case
6	ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the chopsticks				of ebony	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 3

Her hair was as black as ebony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hair	nmod:poss
2	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 black	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 black	cop
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 black	advmod
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 ebony	case
7	ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 black	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 black	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her hair					as ebony; black property	tree rules

Example 4

The piano keys were ebony and ivory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 keys	det
2	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keys	compound
3	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ebony	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ebony	cop
5	ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ivory	cc
7	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ebony	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ebony	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the piano keys	ebony and ivory					tree rules

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