ambrosia
Who acts: ambrosia, gods, Nectar · What happens: be, keep, live, feast · To what, where: food, gods, drink
«ambrosia» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: ambrosia in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In Greek myth, ambrosia is the food of the gods, which kept them living for ever.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 myth | case |
| 2 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 myth | amod |
| 3 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 food | punct |
| 5 | ambrosia | ambrosia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 food | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 food | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 food | det |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 myth | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 gods | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gods | det |
| 11 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 food | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kept | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 kept | nsubj |
| 14 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gods | acl:relcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kept | obj |
| 16 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 kept | xcomp |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 ever | case |
| 18 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 16 living | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 myth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ambrosia | the food | of the gods | tree rules | |||
| 2 | keep | past | the gods | gods = god | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live | gerund | gods = god not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The gods feasted on ambrosia on Mount Olympus.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gods | det |
| 2 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | feasted | feast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gods | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 ambrosia | case |
| 5 | ambrosia | ambrosia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feasted | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Olympus | case |
| 7 | Mount | Mount | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Olympus | compound |
| 8 | Olympus | Olympus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ambrosia | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gods | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feast | participle | the gods not said here | on ambrosia on Mount Olympus | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on ambrosia=Patient |
Example 2
Nectar was the drink, and ambrosia the food of the gods.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nectar | Nectar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 drink | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 drink | det |
| 4 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ambrosia | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ambrosia | cc |
| 7 | ambrosia | ambrosia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drink | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 food | det |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ambrosia | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 gods | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gods | det |
| 12 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 food | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Nectar | the drink and ambrosia | tree rules |
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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