acrobat Who acts: acrobat, performer, Chinese acrobats, Monkeys, She, acrobats · What happens: be, do, jump, balance, want, grow up · To what, where: performer, difficult movements, circus, backflip, tightrope, shoulders
«acrobat» 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: acrobat in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An acrobat is a performer who does difficult and exciting movements like flips, balancing and jumps, especially in a circus.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl amod cc conj obj case nmod punct conj cc conj punct advmod case det obl punct root An DET acrobat NOUN is AUX a DET performer NOUN who PRON does VERB difficult ADJ and CCONJ exciting ADJ movements NOUN like ADP flips NOUN , PUNCT balancing NOUN and CCONJ jumps VERB , PUNCT especially ADV in ADP a DET circus NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 acrobat det 2 acrobat acrobat NOUN Number=Sing 5 performer nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 performer cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 performer det 5 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 does nsubj 7 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 performer acl:relcl 8 difficult difficult ADJ Degree=Pos 11 movements amod 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 exciting cc 10 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 8 difficult conj 11 movements movement NOUN Number=Plur 7 does obj 12 like like ADP _ 13 flips case 13 flips flip NOUN Number=Plur 11 movements nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 balancing punct 15 balancing balancing NOUN Number=Sing 13 flips conj 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 jumps cc 17 jumps jump VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 does conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 22 circus punct 19 especially especially ADV _ 22 circus advmod 20 in in ADP _ 22 circus case 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 circus det 22 circus circus NOUN Number=Sing 17 jumps obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 5 performer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a acrobat a performer tree rules 2 do present a performer difficult movements like flips and balancing vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Eventuality 3 jump present a performer not said here a circus vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circus=Trajectory
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 acrobat did a backflip on the tightrope.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET acrobat NOUN did VERB a DET backflip NOUN on ADP the DET tightrope NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 acrobat det 2 acrobat acrobat NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 backflip det 5 backflip backflip NOUN Number=Sing 3 did obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 tightrope case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tightrope det 8 tightrope tightrope NOUN Number=Sing 3 did obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
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1 do past the acrobat a backflip the tightrope vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backflip=Eventuality
Example 2 Chinese acrobats can balance on each other's shoulders.
amod nsubj aux case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Chinese ADJ acrobats NOUN can AUX balance VERB on ADP each DET other ADJ 's PART shoulders NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 2 acrobats amod 2 acrobats acrobat NOUN Number=Plur 4 balance nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 balance aux 4 balance balance VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 on on ADP _ 9 shoulders case 6 each each DET PronType=Tot 7 other det 7 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 9 shoulders nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 other case 9 shoulders shoulder NOUN Number=Plur 4 balance obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 balance punct
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1 balance can Chinese acrobats each other's shoulders vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location
Example 3 Monkeys are acrobats of the forest.
nsubj cop case det nmod punct root Monkeys NOUN are AUX acrobats NOUN of ADP the DET forest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Monkeys monkey NOUN Number=Plur 3 acrobats nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 acrobats cop 3 acrobats acrobat NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 of of ADP _ 6 forest case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 forest det 6 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 3 acrobats nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 acrobats punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Monkeys acrobats of the forest tree rules
Example 4 She wants to be an acrobat when she grows up.
nsubj mark cop det xcomp advmod nsubj conj compound:prt punct root She PRON wants VERB to PART be AUX an DET acrobat NOUN when ADV she PRON grows VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 6 acrobat mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 acrobat cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 acrobat det 6 acrobat acrobat NOUN Number=Sing 2 wants xcomp 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 grows advmod 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 grows nsubj 9 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 wants conj 10 up up ADP _ 9 grows compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wants punct
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1 want present She vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive She not said here a acrobat tree rules 3 grow up present she vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The acrobats flew from one trapeze to another.
det nsubj case nummod obl case obl punct root The DET acrobats NOUN flew VERB from ADP one NUM trapeze NOUN to ADP another DET . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 acrobats det 2 acrobats acrobat NOUN Number=Plur 3 flew nsubj 3 flew fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 6 trapeze case 5 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 trapeze nummod 6 trapeze trapeze NOUN Number=Sing 3 flew obl 7 to to ADP _ 8 another case 8 another another DET PronType=Ind 3 flew obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 flew punct
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1 fly past the acrobats one trapeze to another vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from trapeze=Initial_Location to another=Destination
Example 6 Our cat is a real acrobat on the fence.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det amod case det nmod punct root Our PRON cat NOUN is AUX a DET real ADJ acrobat NOUN on ADP the DET fence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cat nmod:poss 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 6 acrobat nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 acrobat cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 acrobat det 5 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 acrobat amod 6 acrobat acrobat NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 on on ADP _ 9 fence case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fence det 9 fence fence NOUN Number=Sing 6 acrobat nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 acrobat punct
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1 is a present Our cat a real acrobat the fence tree rules
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