abridgment
Who acts: abridgment, main parts, book, short abridgment · What happens: be, keep, leave out, read · To what, where: shorter version, rest, abridgment, long speeches, one lesson
«abridgment» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: abridgment in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An abridgment is a shorter version of a book, story or speech, with the main parts kept and the rest left out.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 abridgment | det |
| 2 | abridgment | abridgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 version | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 version | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 version | det |
| 5 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 version | amod |
| 6 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 book | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 version | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 story | punct |
| 11 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 book | conj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 speech | cc |
| 13 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 book | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 kept | punct |
| 15 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 19 kept | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 parts | det |
| 17 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 parts | amod |
| 18 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 kept | nsubj |
| 19 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 version | parataxis |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 rest | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 rest | det |
| 22 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 kept | conj |
| 23 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 rest | acl |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 left | compound:prt |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 version | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a abridgment | a shorter version | of a book and story or speech | tree rules | |||
| 2 | keep | past | the main parts | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | leave out | participle | the rest not said here | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
This book is an abridgment of the Odyssey.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abridgment | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 abridgment | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 abridgment | det |
| 5 | abridgment | abridgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Odyssey | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Odyssey | det |
| 8 | Odyssey | Odyssey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 abridgment | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 abridgment | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this book | a abridgment | of the Odyssey | tree rules |
Example 2
The abridgment left out the long speeches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 abridgment | det |
| 2 | abridgment | abridgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 abridgment | acl |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 left | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 speeches | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 speeches | amod |
| 7 | speeches | speech | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 left | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 abridgment | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave out | participle | the abridgment not said here | the long speeches | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |
Example 3
Here is an abridgment of one of these stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Here | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 abridgment | det |
| 4 | abridgment | abridgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Here | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 abridgment | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 stories | case |
| 8 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 stories | det |
| 9 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 one | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Here | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a abridgment of one of this stories | here property | tree rules |
Example 4
The short abridgment was easy to read in one lesson.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 abridgment | det |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 abridgment | amod |
| 3 | abridgment | abridgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 easy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 easy | cop |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 read | mark |
| 7 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lesson | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 lesson | nummod |
| 10 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 read | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 easy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the short abridgment | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | the short abridgment not said here | one lesson | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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