almanac

Who acts: Grandpa, almanac, Benjamin, football almanac, Farmers, Old almanacs · What happens: publish, check, list, have, use, decide · To what, where: book, almanac, famous almanac, score, almanacs, weather guesses · Speech: someone speaks here

«almanac» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: almanac in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A book published every year with a calendar and facts like sunrise times, tides, the moon's phases and weather predictions.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 book	acl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 published	obl:unmarked
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 calendar	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 calendar	det
8	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 published	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 facts	cc
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 calendar	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 times	case
12	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 times	compound
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tides	punct
15	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 phases	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 moon	det
18	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 phases	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 moon	case
20	phases	phase	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 predictions	cc
22	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 predictions	compound
23	predictions	prediction	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 book	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	participle		a book not said here			year	with a calendar and facts like sunrise times and tides and the moon's phases and weather predictions	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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

A yearly book of facts and figures about a subject, like sport or a country.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	yearly	yearly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 facts	case
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 book	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 figures	cc
7	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 facts	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 subject	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 subject	det
10	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 figures	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sport	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 sport	case
13	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 country	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 country	det
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 book	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Grandpa checks the almanac for the full moon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checks	nsubj
2	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 almanac	det
4	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checks	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moon	amod
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checks	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 checks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present	Grandpa	the almanac				for the full moon	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent almanac=Theme for moon=Attribute

Example 2

The almanac lists sunrise times for every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 almanac	det
2	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lists	nsubj
3	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sunrise	sunrise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 times	amod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lists	obl:unmarked
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lists	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lists	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present	the almanac				day; time		tree rules

Example 3

Benjamin Franklin published a famous almanac.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 published	nsubj
2	Franklin	Franklin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Benjamin	flat
3	published	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 almanac	det
5	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 almanac	amod
6	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 published	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 published	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	past	Benjamin	a famous almanac					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent almanac=Result

Example 4

The football almanac has every score since 1888.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 almanac	det
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 almanac	compound
3	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 score	det
6	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	since	since	ADP	_	8 1888	case
8	1888	1888	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 score	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the football almanac	every score			since 1888		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Patient

Example 5

Farmers used almanacs to decide when to plant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	almanacs	almanac	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decide	mark
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 plant	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 plant	mark
8	plant	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decide	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	Farmers	almanacs	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent almanac=Patient
2	decide	to-infinitive	Farmers not said here		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	plant not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Old almanacs gave weather guesses, not always right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 almanacs	amod
2	almanacs	almanac	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guesses	compound
5	guesses	guess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 right	advmod
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 right	advmod
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gave	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Old almanacs	weather guesses					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guess=Theme

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