afar Who acts: Visitors, We, He, mountain, Wise men, Pinocchio · What happens: use, come, see, watch, admire, look · To what, where: afar, festival, fireworks, famous singer, castle · Speech: someone speaks here
«afar» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: afar in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: old-fashioned or literary — kept apart, not parsed.
Far away, at a great distance. Used mostly in "from afar".
Sentence 1: Far away, at a great distance.
advmod punct case det amod obl punct root Far ADV away ADV , PUNCT at ADP a DET great ADJ distance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Far far ADV Degree=Pos 2 away advmod 2 away away ADV _ root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 away punct 4 at at ADP _ 7 distance case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 distance det 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 7 distance amod 7 distance distance NOUN Number=Sing 2 away obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 away punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Used mostly in "from afar".
advmod case punct case obl punct punct root Used VERB mostly ADV in ADP " PUNCT from ADP afar ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 mostly mostly ADV _ 1 Used advmod 3 in in ADP _ 6 afar case 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 afar punct 5 from from ADP _ 6 afar case 6 afar afar ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Used obl 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 afar punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Used punct
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1 use participle afar mostly property vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Visitors came from afar to see the festival.
nsubj case xcomp mark xcomp det obj punct root Visitors NOUN came VERB from ADP afar ADJ to PART see VERB the DET festival NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Visitors visitor NOUN Number=Plur 2 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 4 afar case 4 afar afar ADJ Degree=Pos 2 came xcomp 5 to to PART _ 6 see mark 6 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 afar xcomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 festival det 8 festival festival NOUN Number=Sing 6 see obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct
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1 come past Visitors afar property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 see to-infinitive Visitors not said here the festival vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer festival=Stimulus
Example 2 We watched the fireworks from afar.
nsubj det obj case obl punct root We PRON watched VERB the DET fireworks NOUN from ADP afar 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 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 fireworks det 4 fireworks firework NOUN Number=Plur 2 watched obj 5 from from ADP _ 6 afar case 6 afar afar NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We the fireworks afar vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Theme
Example 3 He admired the famous singer from afar.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root He PRON admired VERB the DET famous ADJ singer NOUN from ADP afar NOUN . PUNCT 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 admired nsubj 2 admired admire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 singer det 4 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 5 singer amod 5 singer singer NOUN Number=Sing 2 admired obj 6 from from ADP _ 7 afar case 7 afar afar NOUN Number=Sing 5 singer nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 admired punct
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1 admire past He the famous singer afar vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer singer=Stimulus
Example 4 From afar, the mountain looked blue.
case obl punct det nsubj xcomp punct root From ADP afar ADJ , PUNCT the DET mountain NOUN looked VERB blue ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 From from ADP _ 2 afar case 2 afar afar ADJ Degree=Pos 6 looked obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 afar punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mountain det 5 mountain mountain NOUN Number=Sing 6 looked nsubj 6 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 6 looked xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 looked punct
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1 look past the mountain from afar; blue property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from afar=Theme
Example 5 Wise men travelled from afar in the old story.
amod nsubj case obl case det amod obl punct root Wise ADJ men NOUN travelled VERB from ADP afar ADJ in ADP the DET old ADJ story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wise wise ADJ Degree=Pos 2 men amod 2 men man NOUN Number=Plur 3 travelled nsubj 3 travelled travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 afar case 5 afar afar ADJ Degree=Pos 3 travelled obl 6 in in ADP _ 9 story case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 story det 8 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 story amod 9 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 travelled obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 travelled punct
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1 travel past Wise men afar in the old story vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from afar=Trajectory
Example 6 The castle could be seen from afar.
det nsubj:pass aux aux:pass case obl punct root The DET castle NOUN could AUX be AUX seen VERB from ADP afar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 castle det 2 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 5 seen nsubj:pass 3 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 seen aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 seen aux:pass 5 seen see VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 from from ADP _ 7 afar case 7 afar afar NOUN Number=Sing 5 seen obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 seen punct
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1 see could · passive the castle afar vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
Example 7 “Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape.
punct ccomp punct punct obj case obl punct conj case nmod:poss obl punct root “ PUNCT Drown VERB ! PUNCT ” PUNCT answered VERB Pinocchio PROPN from ADP afar ADJ , PUNCT happy ADJ at ADP his PRON escape NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 2 Drown punct 2 Drown drown VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 answered ccomp 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Drown punct 4 ” " PUNCT _ 2 Drown punct 5 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 Pinocchio Pinocchio PROPN Number=Sing 5 answered obj 7 from from ADP _ 8 afar case 8 afar afar ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answered obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 happy punct 10 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 afar conj 11 at at ADP _ 13 escape case 12 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 escape nmod:poss 13 escape escape NOUN Number=Sing 10 happy obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 answered punct
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1 drown in a quote infinitive vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 answer speech: express past Pinocchio afar tree rules 3 escape Pinocchio nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent
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