adieu
Who acts: Goodbye, Adieu, Heracles, He · What happens: say, part, friend, bade, depart, wave · To what, where: him, adieu, boat · Speech: someone speaks here
«adieu» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: adieu in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Goodbye; a farewell, said when parting, often for a long time.
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 farewell | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 farewell | det |
| 4 | farewell | farewell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Goodbye | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Goodbye | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 parting | advmod |
| 8 | parting | part | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 said | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 time | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 14 time | advmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 parting | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Goodbye and a farewell | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | part | gerund | Goodbye and a farewell not said here | time | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
"Adieu, my friend," she said.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 friend | punct |
| 2 | Adieu | Adieu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 friend | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 friend | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 friend | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 friend | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | friend in a quote | Adieu | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Adieu | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Heracles bade him adieu and departed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bade | nsubj |
| 2 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bade | obj |
| 4 | adieu | adieu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bade | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 departed | cc |
| 6 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bade | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bade | past | Heracles | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depart | past | Heracles not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
He waved adieu from the boat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waved | nsubj |
| 2 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | adieu | adieu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 waved | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 boat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 waved | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 waved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | past | He | adieu | the boat | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adieu=Patient |
Text: the school 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.
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