pigeon

Who acts: pigeon, he, his, one, Pigeons, carrier pigeon · What happens: train, fly, use, carry, offer, mean · To what, where: pigeon, long distances, messages, one, suffice, burnt offering

«pigeon» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: pigeon in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bird	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	amod
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 brown	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 brown	cc
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 white	cc
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brown	conj
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 brown	punct
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 head	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 head	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 head	amod
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bird	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 body	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 body	det
16	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 body	amod
17	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 head	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 common	punct
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 common	advmod
20	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	parataxis
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 towns	case
22	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 common	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 cities	cc
24	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 towns	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bird	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: homing/carrier pigeon — kept apart, not parsed.

A pigeon trained to fly home over long distances, once used to carry messages.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pigeon	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fly	mark
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trained	xcomp
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 fly	advmod
7	over	over	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 distances	amod
9	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fly	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 used	advmod
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 carry	mark
14	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	advcl
15	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 carry	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pigeon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	train	participle		a pigeon not said here		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	fly	to-infinitive	a pigeon not said here	long distances	home property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	use	participle		a pigeon not said here	once property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	carry	to-infinitive		messages		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Example 1

And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917)

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 offer	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offer	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 offer	aux
4	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 offer	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 doves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 doves	det
8	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doves	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 turtle	punct
10	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 means	cc
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 pigeons	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pigeons	det
15	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pigeons	amod
16	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 means	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
18	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	21 means	mark
19	as	as	ADP	_	18 such	fixed
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 means	nmod:poss
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 offer	parataxis
22	suffice	suffice	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	obj
23	for	for	ADP	_	22 suffice	fixed
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 LEV.14.30	punct
25	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 LEV.14.30	punct
26	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 LEV.14.30	compound
27	LEV.14.30	LEV.14.30	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 offer	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 JPS	punct
29	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 LEV.14.30	conj
30	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	27 LEV.14.30	flat
31	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 LEV.14.30	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	shall	he	one of the turtle doves					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent one=Goal lev.14.30=Theme
2	mean	present		suffice				of the young pigeons	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suffice=Topic

Example 2

And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 offering	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 offering	mark
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 offering	nmod:poss
4	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 LORD	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 LORD	det
7	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 offering	obl
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 offering	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 offering	det
10	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 offering	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 burnt	punct
12	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offering	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 fowls	case
14	fowls	fowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 offering	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bring	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 bring	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bring	nsubj
18	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 bring	aux
19	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 offering	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 offering	nmod:poss
21	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bring	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 doves	case
23	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 doves	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 turtle	punct
25	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 offering	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 pigeons	punct
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 pigeons	cc
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 pigeons	case
29	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 pigeons	amod
30	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 offering	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 offering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive		a burnt offering		to the LORD; of fowls	tree rules
2	bring	shall	he	his offering of turtle doves or young pigeons	then		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme
3	offer		his = he				nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	offer		his = he	turtle doves			nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.1.14	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.1.14	compound
3	LEV.1.14	LEV.1.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.1.14	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.1.14	punct

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

Example 3

and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 doves	cc
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 doves	nummod
3	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doves	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 turtle	punct
5	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pigeons	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 pigeons	cc
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pigeons	nummod
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pigeons	amod
10	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 doves	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 means	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	15 means	mark
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 means	nmod:poss
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doves	parataxis
16	suffice	suffice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	16 suffice	fixed
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 offering	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 offering	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 one	det
21	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 offering	nsubj
22	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 offering	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 offering	cop
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 offering	det
25	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 offering	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 sin	punct
27	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 other	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 other	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 other	det
31	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 offering	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 offering	det
33	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 offering	amod
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 burnt	punct
35	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 other	obl
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 doves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		suffice	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suffice=Topic
2	is a	shall	the one	a sin offering	tree rules
3	be		the one not said here	a burnt offering	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.14.22	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.14.22	compound
3	LEV.14.22	LEV.14.22	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.14.22	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.14.22	punct

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

Example 4

Pigeons were pecking at crumbs in the square.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pecking	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pecking	aux
3	pecking	peck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 crumbs	case
5	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pecking	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 square	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 square	det
8	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pecking	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pecking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	past · progressive	Pigeons					in the square; at crumbs	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at crumb=Patient

Example 5

A carrier pigeon carried the message across the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pigeon	det
2	carrier	carrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pigeon	compound
3	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obj
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	a carrier pigeon	the message		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Example 6

Homing pigeons can fly home from hundreds of kilometres away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Homing	home	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pigeons	amod
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	aux
4	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 hundreds	case
7	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 kilometres	case
9	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hundreds	nmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	home	gerund							tree rules
2	fly	can	Homing pigeons			hundreds of kilometres		away, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hundred=Trajectory

Example 7

The pigeon cooed on the windowsill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pigeon	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cooed	coo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 windowsill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 windowsill	det
6	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pigeon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coo	participle		the pigeon not said here		the windowsill			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 8

Please don't feed the pigeons here.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 feed	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 feed	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 feed	advmod
4	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pigeons	det
6	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feed	obj
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 feed	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feed	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the pigeons		here			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Recipient

Example 9

Put your letters in the teacher's pigeonhole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 letters	nmod:poss
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 pigeonhole	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pigeonhole	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 teacher	case
8	pigeonhole	pigeonhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	your letters	the teacher's pigeonhole	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in pigeonhole=Destination
2	letter		your			nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	pigeonhole		the teacher			nom pigeonhole «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 10

And close upon them followed three pigeons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 close	cc
2	close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	5 followed	mark
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 followed	nsubj
5	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 close	advcl
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 pigeons	nummod
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 followed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	follow	past	them = they	three pigeons					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme

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