afghan Who acts: Afghan, Afghan hound, Afghan coat, new classmate, Afghan food, Grandma · What happens: be, mean, do, knit, crochet, speak · To what, where: person, Afghanistan, tall dog, knitted blanket, sheepskin coat, Dari · Speech: someone speaks here
«afghan» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: afghan in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An Afghan is a person from Afghanistan, a country in Central and South Asia; Afghan means from or to do with Afghanistan.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop det case nmod punct det conj case nmod cc compound conj punct nsubj conj mark cc mark ccomp case obl punct root An DET Afghan NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN from ADP Afghanistan PROPN , PUNCT a DET country NOUN in ADP Central PROPN and CCONJ South PROPN Asia PROPN ; PUNCT Afghan ADJ means VERB from SCONJ or CCONJ to PART do VERB with ADP Afghanistan PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 Afghan det 2 Afghan afghan NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 from from ADP _ 7 Afghanistan case 7 Afghanistan Afghanistan PROPN Number=Sing 5 person nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 country punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 country det 10 country country NOUN Number=Sing 5 person conj 11 in in ADP _ 12 Central case 12 Central Central PROPN Number=Sing 10 country nmod 13 and and CCONJ _ 15 Asia cc 14 South South PROPN Number=Sing 15 Asia compound 15 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 12 Central conj 16 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 means punct 17 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 18 means nsubj 18 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person conj 19 from from SCONJ _ 22 do mark 20 or or CCONJ _ 22 do cc 21 to to PART _ 22 do mark 22 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 18 means ccomp 23 with with ADP _ 24 Afghanistan case 24 Afghanistan Afghanistan PROPN Number=Sing 22 do obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a Afghan a person and a country in Central and South Asia Afghanistan tree rules 2 mean present Afghan vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 do not said to happen to-infinitive with Afghanistan vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2 An Afghan hound is a tall dog with long, silky hair.
det amod nsubj cop det amod case amod punct amod nmod punct root An DET Afghan ADJ hound NOUN is AUX a DET tall ADJ dog NOUN with ADP long ADJ , PUNCT silky ADJ hair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 hound det 2 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hound amod 3 hound hound NOUN Number=Sing 7 dog nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 dog cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 dog det 6 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dog amod 7 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 with with ADP _ 12 hair case 9 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 12 hair amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 long punct 11 silky silky ADJ Degree=Pos 12 hair amod 12 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 7 dog nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 dog punct
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1 is a present a Afghan hound a tall dog with long silky hair tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: US, Canada — kept apart, not parsed.
An afghan is a knitted or crocheted blanket, often colourful.
det nsubj cop det amod cc conj punct advmod conj punct root An DET afghan NOUN is AUX a DET knitted VERB or CCONJ crocheted VERB blanket NOUN , PUNCT often ADV colourful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 afghan det 2 afghan afghan NOUN Number=Sing 8 blanket nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 blanket cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 blanket det 5 knitted knit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 blanket amod 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 crocheted cc 7 crocheted crochet VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 knitted conj 8 blanket blanket NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 colourful punct 10 often often ADV _ 11 colourful advmod 11 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 8 blanket conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 blanket punct
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1 knit participle vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 crochet participle vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 is a present a afghan a knitted blanket tree rules 4 be a afghan not said here often property tree rules
Meaning 4 Usage: UK, older use — kept apart, not parsed.
An Afghan coat is a sheepskin coat with the woolly side inside.
det amod nsubj cop det amod case det amod nmod advmod punct root An DET Afghan ADJ coat NOUN is AUX a DET sheepskin ADJ coat NOUN with ADP the DET woolly ADJ side NOUN inside ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 coat det 2 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 3 coat amod 3 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 7 coat nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 coat cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 coat det 6 sheepskin sheepskin ADJ Degree=Pos 7 coat amod 7 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 with with ADP _ 11 side case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 side det 10 woolly woolly ADJ Degree=Pos 11 side amod 11 side side NOUN Number=Sing 7 coat nmod 12 inside inside ADV _ 11 side advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 coat punct
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1 is a present a Afghan coat a sheepskin coat with the woolly side tree rules
Example 1 Our new classmate is Afghan and speaks Dari and English.
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop cc conj obj cc conj punct root Our PRON new ADJ classmate NOUN is AUX Afghan ADJ and CCONJ speaks VERB Dari PROPN and CCONJ English PROPN . 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 3 classmate nmod:poss 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 classmate amod 3 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 5 Afghan nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Afghan cop 5 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 speaks cc 7 speaks speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Afghan conj 8 Dari Dari PROPN Number=Sing 7 speaks obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 English cc 10 English English PROPN Number=Sing 8 Dari conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 Afghan punct
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1 is present Our new classmate afghan property tree rules 2 speak speech: other present Our new classmate not said here Dari and English tree rules
Example 2 Afghan food includes rice dishes and flatbread.
amod nsubj compound obj cc conj punct root Afghan ADJ food NOUN includes VERB rice NOUN dishes NOUN and CCONJ flatbread NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 2 food amod 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 includes nsubj 3 includes include VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 rice rice NOUN Number=Sing 5 dishes compound 5 dishes dish NOUN Number=Plur 3 includes obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 flatbread cc 7 flatbread flatbread NOUN Number=Sing 5 dishes conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 includes punct
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1 include present Afghan food rice dishes and flatbread vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme
Example 3 The Afghan hound has long, flowing hair.
det amod nsubj xcomp punct advcl obj punct root The DET Afghan ADJ hound NOUN has VERB long ADJ , PUNCT flowing VERB hair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 hound det 2 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hound amod 3 hound hound NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 has xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 flowing punct 7 flowing flow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 has advcl 8 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 7 flowing obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present the Afghan hound long property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 flow gerund the Afghan hound not said here hair vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hair=Theme
Example 4 Grandma crocheted a bright afghan for my bed.
nsubj det amod ccomp case nmod:poss obl punct root Grandma NOUN crocheted VERB a DET bright ADJ afghan ADJ for ADP my PRON bed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 crocheted nsubj 2 crocheted crochet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 afghan det 4 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 5 afghan amod 5 afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 2 crocheted ccomp 6 for for ADP _ 8 bed case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 bed nmod:poss 8 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 5 afghan obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 crocheted punct
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1 crochet past Grandma vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Afghan rugs are famous for their red patterns.
amod nsubj cop case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Afghan ADJ rugs NOUN are AUX famous ADJ for ADP their PRON red ADJ patterns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Afghan Afghan ADJ Degree=Pos 2 rugs amod 2 rugs rug NOUN Number=Plur 4 famous nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 famous cop 4 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 for for ADP _ 8 patterns case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 patterns nmod:poss 7 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 8 patterns amod 8 patterns pattern NOUN Number=Plur 4 famous obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 famous punct
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1 is present Afghan rugs for rugs's red patterns; famous property tree rules 2 pattern rugs = rug nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 We wrapped up in an afghan to watch the film.
nsubj compound:prt case det obl mark advcl det obj punct root We PRON wrapped VERB up ADP in ADP an DET afghan NOUN to PART watch VERB the DET film 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 wrapped nsubj 2 wrapped wrap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 wrapped compound:prt 4 in in ADP _ 6 afghan case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 afghan det 6 afghan afghan NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrapped obl 7 to to PART _ 8 watch mark 8 watch watch VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wrapped advcl 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 film det 10 film film NOUN Number=Sing 8 watch obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrapped punct
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1 wrap up past We a afghan vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in afghan=Destination 2 watch to-infinitive We not said here the film vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
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