Who acts: long serious talk, they, Mum, Hermetic Society, sister, professor · What happens: give, teach, tell off, tell, behave, talk · To what, where: talk, group, university, students, someone, them · Speech: someone speaks here
«lecture» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 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: lecture in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
A talk given to a group of people, especially students at a university, to teach them about a subject.
The tree, 19 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 talk
det
2
talk
talk
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
given
give
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 talk
acl
4
to
to
ADP
_
6 group
case
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 group
det
6
group
group
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 given
obl
7
of
of
ADP
_
8 people
case
8
people
people
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 group
nmod
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
11 students
punct
10
especially
especially
ADV
_
11 students
advmod
11
students
student
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 people
conj
12
at
at
ADP
_
14 university
case
13
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
14 university
det
14
university
university
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 given
obl
15
,
,
PUNCT
_
17 teach
punct
16
to
to
PART
_
17 teach
mark
17
teach
teach
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 talk
appos
18
them
they
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
17 teach
obj
19
about
about
ADP
_
21 subject
case
20
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
21 subject
det
21
subject
subject
NOUN
Number=Sing
17 teach
obl
22
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 talk
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
give
participle
a talk not said here
a group of people and students
a university
vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent to group=Recipient at university=Asset
2
teachspeech: other
to-infinitive
students = student
about a subject
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about subject=Topic
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
A long, serious talk telling someone off or telling them how to behave.
The tree, 13 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 talk
det
2
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 talk
amod
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
2 long
punct
4
serious
serious
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 talk
amod
5
talk
talk
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
6
telling
tell
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
5 talk
acl
7
someone
someone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
6 telling
obj
8
off
off
ADP
_
6 telling
compound:prt
9
or
or
CCONJ
_
10 telling
cc
10
telling
tell
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
6 telling
conj
11
them
they
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
10 telling
iobj
12
how
how
ADV
PronType=Int
14 behave
advmod
13
to
to
PART
_
14 behave
mark
14
behave
behave
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
10 telling
xcomp
15
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 talk
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
tell offspeech: assert
gerund
a long serious talk not said here
someone
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
2
tellspeech: assert
gerund
a long serious talk not said here
them = they
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3
behavenot said to happen
to-infinitive
a long serious talk not said here
vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to someone=Co-Agent
2
do
past
they
wrong property
vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1
Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.
The tree, 19 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Lecture
lecture
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 Society
compound
2
before
before
ADP
_
5 Society
case
3
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 Society
det
4
Hermetic
Hermetic
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 Society
compound
5
Society
Society
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
6
of
of
ADP
_
7 London
case
7
London
London
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 Society
nmod
8
in
in
ADP
_
10 summer
case
9
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
10 summer
det
10
summer
summer
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 Society
nmod
11
of
of
ADP
_
12 1886
case
12
1886
1886
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
10 summer
nmod
13
,
,
PUNCT
_
15 Anna
punct
14
Dr.
Dr.
PROPN
Number=Sing
15 Anna
nmod:desc
15
Anna
Anna
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 Society
conj
16
Kingsford
Kingsford
PROPN
Number=Sing
15 Anna
flat
17
,
,
PUNCT
_
18 President
punct
18
President
President
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 Society
conj
19
,
,
PUNCT
_
22 chair
punct
20
in
in
ADP
_
22 chair
case
21
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
22 chair
det
22
chair
chair
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 Society
conj
23
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 Society
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: (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 2
The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
Text: the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.