ancestry Who acts: ancestry, people, places, She, We, Many Americans · What happens: be, live, come, draw, trace, have · To what, where: people, family, family tree, ancestry, European ancestry, things · Speech: someone speaks here
«ancestry» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ancestry in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Your ancestry is all the people in your family who lived long before you, such as great-grandparents, and the places and groups they came from.
The tree, 26 words nmod:poss nsubj cop det:predet det case nmod:poss nmod nsubj parataxis advmod case obl punct case fixed amod punct obl punct cc det nsubj cc conj nsubj conj obl punct root Your PRON ancestry NOUN is AUX all DET the DET people NOUN in ADP your PRON family NOUN who PRON lived VERB long ADV before ADP you PRON , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP great ADJ - PUNCT grandparents NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET places NOUN and CCONJ groups NOUN they PRON came VERB from ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 ancestry nmod:poss 2 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing 6 people nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 people cop 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 people det:predet 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 people det 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 family case 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 family nmod:poss 9 family family NOUN Number=Sing 6 people nmod 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 lived nsubj 11 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 people parataxis 12 long long ADV Degree=Pos 11 lived advmod 13 before before ADP _ 14 you case 14 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 lived obl 15 , , PUNCT _ 20 grandparents punct 16 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 20 grandparents case 17 as as ADP _ 16 such fixed 18 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 20 grandparents amod 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 great punct 20 grandparents grandparent NOUN Number=Plur 11 lived obl 21 , , PUNCT _ 28 came punct 22 and and CCONJ _ 28 came cc 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 places det 24 places place NOUN Number=Plur 28 came nsubj 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 groups cc 26 groups group NOUN Number=Plur 24 places conj 27 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 28 came nsubj 28 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 lived conj 29 from from ADP _ 28 came obl 30 . . PUNCT _ 6 people punct
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1 is a present Your ancestry all people your family tree rules 2 live past all people before you such great grandparents; long property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before you=Location 3 come past the places and groups vn escape-51.1-1 «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 She is of Irish and Polish ancestry.
nsubj cop case amod cc conj punct root She PRON is AUX of ADP Irish ADJ and CCONJ Polish ADJ ancestry NOUN . PUNCT 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 7 ancestry nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 ancestry cop 3 of of ADP _ 7 ancestry case 4 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos 7 ancestry amod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 Polish cc 6 Polish polish ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Irish conj 7 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 ancestry punct
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1 is present She of Irish ancestry tree rules
Example 2 We drew a family tree to trace our ancestry.
nsubj det compound obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root We PRON drew VERB a DET family NOUN tree NOUN to PART trace VERB our PRON ancestry NOUN . PUNCT 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 drew nsubj 2 drew draw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tree det 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 5 tree compound 5 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 2 drew obj 6 to to PART _ 7 trace mark 7 trace trace VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 drew advcl 8 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 ancestry nmod:poss 9 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing 7 trace obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 drew punct
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1 draw past We a family tree vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme 2 trace to-infinitive We not said here our ancestry vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ancestry=Theme
Example 3 Many Americans have European, African or Asian ancestry.
amod nsubj amod punct conj cc conj obj punct root Many ADJ Americans PROPN have VERB European ADJ , PUNCT African ADJ or CCONJ Asian ADJ ancestry NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Americans amod 2 Americans American PROPN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 European European ADJ Degree=Pos 9 ancestry amod 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 African punct 6 African African ADJ Degree=Pos 4 European conj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 Asian cc 8 Asian Asian ADJ Degree=Pos 4 European conj 9 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing 3 have obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 have punct
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1 have present Many Americans European ancestry vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ancestry=Patient
Example 4 His ancestry goes back to Viking times.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod case compound obl punct root His PRON ancestry NOUN goes VERB back ADV to ADP Viking PROPN times NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 ancestry nmod:poss 2 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 back back ADV _ 3 goes advmod 5 to to ADP _ 7 times case 6 Viking Viking PROPN Number=Sing 7 times compound 7 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 goes obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
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1 go back present His ancestry time vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
Example 5 DNA tests can tell you some things about your ancestry.
compound nsubj aux iobj det obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root DNA NOUN tests NOUN can AUX tell VERB you PRON some DET things NOUN about ADP your PRON ancestry NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 DNA DNA NOUN Number=Sing 2 tests compound 2 tests test NOUN Number=Plur 4 tell nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj 6 some some DET PronType=Ind 7 things det 7 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 tell obj 8 about about ADP _ 10 ancestry case 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 ancestry nmod:poss 10 ancestry ancestry NOUN Number=Sing 7 things nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
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1 tell speech: assert can DNA tests some things you about your ancestry vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient thing=Topic
Example 6 Ancestry is about the past; who you are is also about your choices.
The tree, 13 words nsubj cop case det punct nsubj nsubj cop cop advmod case nmod:poss conj punct root Ancestry PROPN is AUX about ADP the DET past NOUN ; PUNCT who PRON you PRON are AUX is AUX also ADV about ADP your PRON choices NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ancestry Ancestry PROPN Number=Sing 5 past nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 past cop 3 about about ADP _ 5 past case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 past det 5 past past NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 choices punct 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 14 choices nsubj 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 who nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 who cop 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 choices cop 11 also also ADV _ 14 choices advmod 12 about about ADP _ 14 choices case 13 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 choices nmod:poss 14 choices choice NOUN Number=Plur 5 past conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 past punct
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1 is present Ancestry about the past and your choices tree rules 2 is a present you the past and your choices tree rules 3 is present the past and your choices about your choices tree rules
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