gopher

Who acts: small North American burrowing animal, person, you, thou, Gophers, film studio · What happens: burrow, dig, eat, use, run, go · To what, where: tunnels, plant roots, name, small errands, thee, ark · Speech: someone speaks here

«gopher» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: gopher in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches, which digs tunnels and eats plant roots (pocket gopher).

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
3	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 animal	compound
4	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
5	burrowing	burrow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 digs	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 pouches	case
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pouches	amod
9	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pouches	compound
10	pouches	pouch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animal	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 digs	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 digs	nsubj
13	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 digs	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eats	cc
16	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 digs	conj
17	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 roots	compound
18	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 eats	obj
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 gopher	punct
20	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gopher	compound
21	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 roots	appos
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 gopher	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 digs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	burrow	gerund			vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	dig	present	a small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches	tunnels	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme
3	eat	present	a small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches not said here	plant roots	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient

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

Usage: US, Canada — kept apart, not parsed.

A name also used for ground squirrels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 name	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 squirrels	case
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squirrels	compound
7	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a name not said here				for ground squirrels	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who runs small errands for others («go for» this, «go for» that), also spelled gofer.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 errands	amod
6	errands	errand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 runs	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 runs	obl
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 person	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 this	case
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 for	punct
14	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 go	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
17	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 go	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 that	case
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 for	punct
20	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 go	obl
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 gofer	punct
23	also	also	ADV	_	24 spelled	advmod
24	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 gofer	amod
25	gofer	gofer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	present	a person and spelled gofer	small errands	for others	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent errand=Product for other=Beneficiary
2	go in a quote	infinitive			for this	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for this=Beneficiary
3	go in a quote	infinitive			for that	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for that=Beneficiary
4	spell	participle				vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (Torah GEN.6.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	1 Make	obj
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ark	det
4	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wood	compound
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ark	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 rooms	case
10	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	obl
11	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
12	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 make	nsubj
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ark	det
15	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pitch	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 pitch	cc
18	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	19 pitch	aux
19	pitch	pitch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 make	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pitch	obj
21	within	within	ADP	_	25 pitch	case
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 without	cc
23	without	without	ADP	_	21 within	conj
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 pitch	case
25	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pitch	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	thee		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary ark=Product
2	make	shall	thou	the ark	with rooms	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ark=Product
3	pitch	shall	thou not said here	ark	within pitch	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.6.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.6.14	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.6.14	compound
3	GEN.6.14	GEN.6.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.6.14	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.6.14	punct

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

Example 2

A gopher dug tunnels all over the farmer's field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tunnels	det
2	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	compound
3	dug	dug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tunnels	compound
4	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	10 field	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	10 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farmer	det
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 field	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 farmer	case
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tunnels	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tunnels	punct

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

Example 3

Gophers carry food in pouches in their cheeks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gophers	gopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pouches	case
5	pouches	pouch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cheeks	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cheeks	nmod:poss
8	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	Gophers	food		pouches		in Gophers's cheeks	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Value in pouch=Location

Example 4

Watch out for gopher holes when you run on the prairie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Watch	compound:prt
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 holes	case
4	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holes	compound
5	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Watch	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 run	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 run	nsubj
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Watch	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 prairie	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prairie	det
11	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch out	imperative	you not said here					for gopher holes	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for hole=Theme
2	run	present	you			the prairie			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on prairie=Trajectory

Example 5

The film studio hired a gopher to fetch coffee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 studio	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 studio	compound
3	studio	studio	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hired	nsubj
4	hired	hire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gopher	det
6	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hired	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fetch	mark
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gopher	acl
9	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fetch	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	past	the film studio	a gopher					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gopher=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the film studio not said here	coffee					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffee=Theme

Example 6

The Go language's mascot is a cute blue gopher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 language	det
2	Go	Go	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 language	compound
3	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mascot	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 language	case
5	mascot	mascot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gopher	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gopher	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gopher	det
8	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gopher	amod
9	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gopher	amod
10	gopher	gopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 gopher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Go language's mascot	a cute blue gopher					tree rules

Example 7

In Canada, people call ground squirrels gophers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Canada	case
2	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 call	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Canada	punct
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 call	nsubj
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squirrels	compound
7	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gophers	compound
8	gophers	gopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 call	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	people	squirrels gophers		Canada			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gopher=Recipient

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