amethyst
Who acts: amethyst, She, throne, treasure chest · What happens: be, use, wear, stand, inlay · To what, where: purple gem, kind, rings, ring, steps
«amethyst» 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: amethyst in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An amethyst is a purple gem, a kind of stone used in rings and jewels.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 amethyst | det |
| 2 | amethyst | amethyst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gem | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gem | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gem | det |
| 5 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gem | amod |
| 6 | gem | gem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 kind | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 kind | det |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gem | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 stone | case |
| 11 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kind | nmod |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 kind | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 rings | case |
| 14 | rings | ring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 used | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 jewels | cc |
| 16 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 rings | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a amethyst | a purple gem | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | participle | a kind of stone not said here | rings and jewels | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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
She wore a ring with a purple amethyst.
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 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ring | det |
| 4 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 amethyst | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 amethyst | det |
| 7 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 amethyst | amod |
| 8 | amethyst | amethyst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | She | a ring | with a purple amethyst | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |
Example 2
The throne stood on steps inlaid with great amethysts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 throne | det |
| 2 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 steps | case |
| 5 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stood | obl |
| 6 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 steps | acl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 amethysts | case |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 amethysts | amod |
| 9 | amethysts | amethyst | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 inlaid | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the throne | on steps | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | ||||
| 2 | inlay | participle | steps not said here | with great amethysts | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with amethyst=Theme |
Example 3
The treasure chest was full of gold and amethysts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chest | det |
| 2 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chest | compound |
| 3 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 amethysts | cc |
| 9 | amethysts | amethyst | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gold | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the treasure chest | of gold and amethysts; full property | 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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