ago Who acts: Mia, Ben, Dinosaurs, We, people, bus · What happens: mean, be, plant, live, move, have · To what, where: old Tom, 5, tree, millions, electricity, tooth
«ago» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: ago in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Ago means before now, back in the past: «two years ago».
The tree, 11 words advmod case obl punct advmod case det obl punct punct nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root Ago ADV means VERB before ADP now ADV , PUNCT back ADV in ADP the DET past NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT two NUM years NOUN ago ADV » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ago ago ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 before before ADP _ 4 now case 4 now now ADV PronType=Dem 2 means obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 back punct 6 back back ADV _ 2 means advmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 past case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 past det 9 past past NOUN Number=Sing 6 back obl 10 : : PUNCT _ 14 ago punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 14 ago punct 12 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 years nummod 13 years year NOUN Number=Plur 14 ago obl:unmarked 14 ago ago ADV _ 2 means advmod 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 ago punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present ago property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Example 1 How old was Tom 2 years ago?
advmod amod cop nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct root How ADV old ADJ was AUX Tom PROPN 2 NUM years NOUN ago ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 old advmod 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Tom amod 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 Tom cop 4 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing root root 5 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 years nummod 6 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 ago obl:unmarked 7 ago ago ADV _ 4 Tom advmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 Tom punct
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1 is a past old Tom ago property tree rules
Example 2 3 years ago Mia was 5. How old is she now?
Sentence 1: 3 years ago Mia was 5.
nummod obl:unmarked nsubj cop parataxis punct root 3 NUM years NOUN ago ADV Mia PROPN was AUX 5 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 years nummod 2 years year NOUN Number=Plur 3 ago obl:unmarked 3 ago ago ADV _ root root 4 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 6 5 nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 5 cop 6 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 ago parataxis 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 ago punct
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1 is a past Mia 5 tree rules
Sentence 2: How old is she now?
advmod cop nsubj advmod punct root How ADV old ADJ is AUX she PRON now ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 old advmod 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 old cop 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 old nsubj 5 now now ADV PronType=Dem 2 old advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 old punct
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1 is present Mia now old property tree rules
Example 3 Ben planted a tree 4 years ago.
nsubj det obj nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct root Ben PROPN planted VERB a DET tree NOUN 4 NUM years NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 planted nsubj 2 planted plant VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 tree det 4 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 2 planted obj 5 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 years nummod 6 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 ago obl:unmarked 7 ago ago ADV _ 2 planted advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 planted punct
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1 plant past Ben a tree ago property vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient
Example 4 Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.
nsubj obj case nmod advmod punct root Dinosaurs NOUN lived VERB millions NOUN of ADP years NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN Number=Plur 2 lived nsubj 2 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 millions million NOUN Number=Plur 2 lived obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 years case 5 years year NOUN Number=Plur 3 millions nmod 6 ago ago ADV _ 2 lived advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 lived punct
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1 live past Dinosaurs millions of years ago property vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme million=Location
Example 5 We moved here a long time ago.
nsubj advmod det amod obl:unmarked advmod punct root We PRON moved VERB here ADV a DET long ADJ time NOUN ago ADV . 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 moved nsubj 2 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 here here ADV PronType=Dem 2 moved advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 time det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 6 time amod 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 ago obl:unmarked 7 ago ago ADV _ 2 moved advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 moved punct
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1 move past We here ago property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Long ago, people had no electricity.
advmod advmod punct nsubj det obj punct root Long ADV ago ADV , PUNCT people NOUN had VERB no DET electricity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Long long ADV Degree=Pos 2 ago advmod 2 ago ago ADV _ 5 had advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 ago punct 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 had nsubj 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 electricity det 7 electricity electricity NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 had punct
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1 have past people no electricity ago property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient
Example 7 The bus left five minutes ago.
det nsubj nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct root The DET bus NOUN left VERB five NUM minutes NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bus det 2 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 3 left nsubj 3 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 minutes nummod 5 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 6 ago obl:unmarked 6 ago ago ADV _ 3 left advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 left punct
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1 leave past the bus ago property vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 How long ago did you lose your tooth?
advmod advmod advmod aux nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root How ADV long ADV ago ADV did AUX you PRON lose VERB your PRON tooth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 long advmod 2 long long ADV Degree=Pos 3 ago advmod 3 ago ago ADV _ 6 lose advmod 4 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 lose aux 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 lose nsubj 6 lose lose VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 tooth nmod:poss 8 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 6 lose obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 lose punct
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1 lose past · do-support you your tooth ago property vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality
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