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amharic

Who acts: language, millions, Amharic, mum, Selam, Amharic letters · What happens: work, write, call, script, speak, use · To what, where: main working language, own script, Amharic, Ethiopia, own beautiful script, home · Speech: someone speaks here

«amharic» 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: amharic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The main working language of Ethiopia, written in its own script called Ge'ez (Fidel).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 language	det
2	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 language	amod
3	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 language	amod
4	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Ethiopia	case
6	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 language	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 written	punct
8	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 language	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 script	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 script	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 script	amod
12	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 written	obl
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 script	acl
14	Ge'ez	Ge'ez	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 called	xcomp
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 Fidel	punct
16	Fidel	Fidel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Ge'ez	appos
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 Fidel	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	write	participle		the main working language of Ethiopia not said here		language's own script			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in script=Destination
3	call	participle		language's own script not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	script		language						nom script «communication transitive»: poss=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

adjective.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 adjective	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

About that language.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADP	_	3 language	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 language	det
3	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 language	punct

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

Example 1

Amharic is spoken by millions in Ethiopia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amharic	amharic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spoken	aux:pass
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 millions	case
5	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoken	obl:agent
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Ethiopia	case
7	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive	millions	Amharic		Ethiopia			tree rules

Example 2

Amharic uses its own beautiful script.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amharic	amharic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 script	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 script	amod
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 script	amod
6	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Amharic	Amharic's own beautiful script					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent script=Patient
2	script		Amharic						nom script «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

My friend's mum speaks Amharic at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	nsubj
5	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Amharic	Amharic	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	My friend's mum	Amharic		home			tree rules

Example 4

«Selam» is a greeting in Amharic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Selam	punct
2	Selam	Selam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 greeting	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Selam	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 greeting	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 greeting	det
6	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Amharic	case
8	Amharic	Amharic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 greeting	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 greeting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Selam	a greeting		Amharic			tree rules

Example 5

Amharic letters stand for whole syllables.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amharic	amharic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letters	compound
2	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	nsubj
3	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 syllables	case
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 syllables	amod
6	syllables	syllable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	Amharic letters					for whole syllables	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for syllable=Attribute

Example 6

We saw an Amharic sign in the café.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
4	Amharic	amharic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sign	amod
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 café	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 café	det
8	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	a Amharic sign		the café			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus

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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