aardwolf Who acts: aardwolf, hyena, Aardwolves, We · What happens: be, eat, look, sleep, have, read · To what, where: small striped animal, termites, 200,000 termites, burrows, small teeth, book
«aardwolf» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: aardwolf in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An aardwolf is a small striped animal of southern and eastern Africa, related to the hyena, that eats mainly termites.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det amod amod case amod cc conj nmod punct acl:relcl case det obl punct nsubj acl:relcl advmod obj punct root An DET aardwolf NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ striped ADJ animal NOUN of ADP southern ADJ and CCONJ eastern ADJ Africa PROPN , PUNCT related ADJ to ADP the DET hyena NOUN , PUNCT that PRON eats VERB mainly ADV termites NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 aardwolf det 2 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 7 animal nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 animal cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 animal det 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 animal amod 6 striped striped ADJ Degree=Pos 7 animal amod 7 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of ADP _ 12 Africa case 9 southern southern ADJ Degree=Pos 12 Africa amod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 eastern cc 11 eastern eastern ADJ Degree=Pos 9 southern conj 12 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 7 animal nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 related punct 14 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 7 animal acl:relcl 15 to to ADP _ 17 hyena case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 hyena det 17 hyena hyena NOUN Number=Sing 14 related obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 20 eats punct 19 that that PRON PronType=Rel 20 eats nsubj 20 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 hyena acl:relcl 21 mainly mainly ADV _ 22 termites advmod 22 termites termite NOUN Number=Plur 20 eats obj 23 . . PUNCT _ 7 animal punct
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1 is a present a aardwolf a small striped animal of southern Africa tree rules 2 eat present the hyena termites vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent termite=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.
Example 1 The aardwolf eats termites, not big animals.
det nsubj obj punct advmod amod conj punct root The DET aardwolf NOUN eats VERB termites NOUN , PUNCT not PART big ADJ animals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 aardwolf det 2 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 3 eats nsubj 3 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 termites termite NOUN Number=Plur 3 eats obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 animals punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 animals advmod 7 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 animals amod 8 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 4 termites conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 eats punct
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1 eat present the aardwolf termites and big animals vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent termite=Patient
Example 2 An aardwolf can eat over 200,000 termites in one night.
det nsubj aux advmod nummod obj case nummod obl punct root An DET aardwolf NOUN can AUX eat VERB over ADV 200,000 NUM termites NOUN in ADP one NUM night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 aardwolf det 2 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 4 eat nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 eat aux 4 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 over over ADV _ 6 200,000 advmod 6 200,000 200000 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 termites nummod 7 termites termite NOUN Number=Plur 4 eat obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 night case 9 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 night nummod 10 night night NOUN Number=Sing 4 eat obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 eat punct
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1 eat can a aardwolf 200,000 termites night vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent termite=Patient
Example 3 The aardwolf looks like a small striped hyena.
det nsubj case det amod amod obl punct root The DET aardwolf NOUN looks VERB like ADP a DET small ADJ striped ADJ hyena NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 aardwolf det 2 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks nsubj 3 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 like like ADP _ 8 hyena case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 hyena det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hyena amod 7 striped striped ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hyena amod 8 hyena hyena NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 looks punct
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1 look present the aardwolf like a small striped hyena vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 4 Aardwolves sleep in burrows during the day.
nsubj case obl case det obl punct root Aardwolves NOUN sleep VERB in ADP burrows NOUN during ADP the DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aardwolves aardwolf NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep nsubj 2 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 burrows case 4 burrows burrow NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep obl 5 during during ADP _ 7 day case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 day det 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 sleep obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 sleep punct
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1 sleep present Aardwolves burrows day vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in burrow=Location
Example 5 The aardwolf has very small teeth.
det nsubj advmod amod obj punct root The DET aardwolf NOUN has VERB very ADV small ADJ teeth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 aardwolf det 2 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 very very ADV _ 5 small advmod 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 6 teeth amod 6 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the aardwolf small teeth vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
Example 6 We read about the aardwolf in our book of African animals.
nsubj case det obl case nmod:poss obl case amod nmod punct root We PRON read VERB about ADP the DET aardwolf NOUN in ADP our PRON book NOUN of ADP African ADJ animals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADP _ 5 aardwolf case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 aardwolf det 5 aardwolf aardwolf NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 book case 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 book nmod:poss 8 book book NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 animals case 10 African African ADJ Degree=Pos 11 animals amod 11 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 8 book nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past We our book of African animals about the aardwolf vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about aardwolf=Topic
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