afternoon Who acts: afternoon, Good afternoon, She, 9 more birds, He, We · What happens: be, use, sell, come, read, pick · To what, where: part, greeting, 20 cakes, 12 pages, many, art
«afternoon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: afternoon in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The afternoon is the part of the day after midday (12 o'clock) and before evening.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj cop det case det nmod case nmod punct nummod conj punct cc case conj punct root The DET afternoon NOUN is AUX the DET part NOUN of ADP the DET day NOUN after ADP midday NOUN ( PUNCT 12 NUM o'clock NOUN ) PUNCT and CCONJ before ADP evening NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 afternoon det 2 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 5 part nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 part cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 part det 5 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 day case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 part nmod 9 after after ADP _ 10 midday case 10 midday midday NOUN Number=Sing 8 day nmod 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 13 o'clock punct 12 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 o'clock nummod 13 o'clock o'clock NOUN Number=Sing 5 part conj 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 13 o'clock punct 15 and and CCONJ _ 17 evening cc 16 before before ADP _ 17 evening case 17 evening evening NOUN Number=Sing 5 part conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 part punct
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1 is a present the afternoon the part and 12 o'clock and evening day tree rules
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 «Good afternoon» is a greeting used in the afternoon.
punct amod nsubj punct cop det acl case det obl punct root « PUNCT Good ADJ afternoon NOUN » PUNCT is AUX a DET greeting NOUN used VERB in ADP the DET afternoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 afternoon punct 2 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 afternoon amod 3 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 7 greeting nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 afternoon punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 greeting cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 greeting det 7 greeting greeting NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 greeting acl 9 in in ADP _ 11 afternoon case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 afternoon det 11 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 8 used obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 greeting punct
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1 is a present Good afternoon a greeting tree rules 2 use participle a greeting not said here afternoon vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 She sold 20 cakes in the morning and 15 in the afternoon.
nsubj nummod obj case det obl cc conj case det obl punct root She PRON sold VERB 20 NUM cakes NOUN in ADP the DET morning NOUN and CCONJ 15 NUM in ADP the DET afternoon NOUN . 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 sold nsubj 2 sold sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 cakes nummod 4 cakes cake NOUN Number=Plur 2 sold obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 morning case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 morning det 7 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 2 sold obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 15 cc 9 15 15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 morning conj 10 in in ADP _ 12 afternoon case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 afternoon det 12 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 2 sold obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 sold punct
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1 sell past She 20 cakes afternoon; morning vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme
Example 2 In the afternoon, 9 more birds came.
case det obl punct nummod amod nsubj punct root In ADP the DET afternoon NOUN , PUNCT 9 NUM more ADJ birds NOUN came VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 afternoon case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 afternoon det 3 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 afternoon punct 5 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 birds nummod 6 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 birds amod 7 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 came punct
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1 come past 9 more birds afternoon vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 He read 12 pages in the afternoon.
nsubj nummod obj case det obl punct root He PRON read VERB 12 NUM pages NOUN in ADP the DET afternoon 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 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 pages nummod 4 pages page NOUN Number=Plur 2 read obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 afternoon case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 afternoon det 7 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past He 12 pages afternoon vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic
Example 4 How many more did she pick in the morning than in the afternoon?
advmod obj conj aux nsubj case det obl case case det obl punct root How ADV many ADJ more ADJ did AUX she PRON pick VERB in ADP the DET morning NOUN than ADP in ADP the DET afternoon NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pick obj 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 many conj 4 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 pick aux 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 pick nsubj 6 pick pick VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 morning case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 morning det 9 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 6 pick obl 10 than than ADP _ 13 afternoon case 11 in in ADP _ 13 afternoon case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 afternoon det 13 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 6 pick obl 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 pick punct
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1 pick past · do-support she many afternoon; morning vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient
Example 5 Good afternoon, class!
amod punct conj punct root Good ADJ afternoon NOUN , PUNCT class NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 afternoon amod 2 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 class punct 4 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 afternoon conj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 afternoon punct
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Example 6 We have art on Friday afternoons.
nsubj obj case compound obl punct root We PRON have VERB art NOUN on ADP Friday PROPN afternoons 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 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 art art NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 afternoons case 5 Friday Friday PROPN Number=Sing 6 afternoons compound 6 afternoons afternoon NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present We art afternoon vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient
Example 7 It is hottest in the early afternoon.
nsubj cop case det amod obl punct root It PRON is AUX hottest ADJ in ADP the DET early ADJ afternoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 hottest nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hottest cop 3 hottest hot ADJ Degree=Sup root root 4 in in ADP _ 7 afternoon case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 afternoon det 6 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 7 afternoon amod 7 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 3 hottest obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 hottest punct
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1 is present It afternoon hot property tree rules
Example 8 3 p.m. is in the afternoon.
nummod nsubj cop case det punct root 3 NUM p.m. NOUN is AUX in ADP the DET afternoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 p.m. nummod 2 p.m. p.m. NOUN Number=Sing 6 afternoon nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 afternoon cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 afternoon case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 afternoon det 6 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 afternoon punct
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1 is present 3 p.m. in the afternoon tree rules
Example 9 Caliph Chasid, of Bagdad, was resting comfortably on his divan one fine afternoon.
The tree, 13 words nsubj flat punct case conj punct aux advmod case nmod:poss obl nummod amod obl:unmarked punct root Caliph PROPN Chasid PROPN , PUNCT of ADP Bagdad PROPN , PUNCT was AUX resting VERB comfortably ADV on ADP his PRON divan NOUN one NUM fine ADJ afternoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caliph Caliph PROPN Number=Sing 8 resting nsubj 2 Chasid Chasid PROPN Number=Sing 1 Caliph flat 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Bagdad punct 4 of of ADP _ 5 Bagdad case 5 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN Number=Sing 1 Caliph conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Caliph punct 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 resting aux 8 resting rest VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 9 comfortably comfortably ADV _ 8 resting advmod 10 on on ADP _ 12 divan case 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 divan nmod:poss 12 divan divan NOUN Number=Sing 8 resting obl 13 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 15 afternoon nummod 14 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 15 afternoon amod 15 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 8 resting obl:unmarked 16 . . PUNCT _ 8 resting punct
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1 rest past · progressive Caliph and Bagdad Bagdad's divan afternoon comfortably property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on divan=Location
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