ague
Who acts: ague, poor woman, people, old man · What happens: be, catch, suffer, shake · To what, where: old word, kind, damp places, fever, ague, old tales
«ague» 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: ague in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An ague was an old word for an illness with fever and shivering, the kind caught from damp places.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ague | det |
| 2 | ague | ague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 word | amod |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 illness | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 illness | det |
| 9 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 fever | case |
| 11 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 illness | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 shivering | cc |
| 13 | shivering | shivering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 illness | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 kind | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 kind | det |
| 16 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | appos |
| 17 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 kind | acl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 places | case |
| 19 | damp | damp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 places | amod |
| 20 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 caught | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a ague | a old word | for a illness with fever and shivering | tree rules | |||
| 2 | catch | participle | the kind not said here | damp places | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from place=Source |
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
After the hard winter the poor woman suffered from fever and ague.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 winter | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 winter | det |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 winter | amod |
| 4 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suffered | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 woman | amod |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suffered | nsubj |
| 8 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 fever | case |
| 10 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suffered | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ague | cc |
| 12 | ague | ague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fever | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 suffered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suffer | past | the poor woman | fever and ague | winter | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 2
In old tales, people caught ague from the damp marshes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 tales | case |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tales | amod |
| 3 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 caught | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tales | punct |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 caught | nsubj |
| 6 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | ague | ague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 marshes | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 marshes | det |
| 10 | damp | damp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 marshes | amod |
| 11 | marshes | marsh | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 caught | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 caught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | people | ague | old tales | from the damp marshes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ague=Theme from marsh=Source |
Example 3
The old man shook with ague by the fire.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | nsubj |
| 4 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ague | case |
| 6 | ague | ague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 fire | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fire | det |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shook | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | the old man | with ague; by the fire | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location |
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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