Who acts: feeling, you, Swimming, I, dog, She · What happens: want, eat, like, not eat, spoil, give · To what, where: food, sweets, appetite, big appetite, me, flu
«appetite» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: appetite in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The feeling of wanting to eat food.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 feeling
det
2
feeling
feeling
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
SCONJ
_
4 wanting
mark
4
wanting
want
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
2 feeling
acl
5
to
to
PART
_
6 eat
mark
6
eat
eat
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
4 wanting
xcomp
7
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 eat
obj
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 feeling
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
want
gerund
the feeling not said here
vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2
eatnot said to happen
to-infinitive
the feeling not said here
food
vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
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 strong wish or liking for something: an appetite for adventure.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 wish
det
2
strong
strong
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 wish
amod
3
wish
wish
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 liking
cc
5
liking
like
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
3 wish
conj
6
for
for
ADP
_
7 something
case
7
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
5 liking
obl
8
:
:
PUNCT
_
10 appetite
punct
9
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
10 appetite
det
10
appetite
appetite
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 something
appos
11
for
for
ADP
_
12 adventure
case
12
adventure
adventure
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 appetite
nmod
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 wish
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
like
gerund
for something
vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for something=Attribute
Example 1
Don't eat sweets before dinner or you'll spoil your appetite.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
3 eat
aux
2
n't
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
3 eat
advmod
3
eat
eat
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
4
sweets
sweet
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 eat
obj
5
before
before
ADP
_
6 dinner
case
6
dinner
dinner
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 eat
obl
7
or
or
CCONJ
_
10 spoil
cc
8
you
you
PRON
Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs
10 spoil
nsubj
9
'll
will
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
10 spoil
aux
10
spoil
spoil
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
3 eat
conj
11
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
12 appetite
nmod:poss
12
appetite
appetite
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 spoil
obj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 eat
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
noteat
imperative · do-support
you not said here
sweets
before dinner
vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient
vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus
Example 7
“Don’t spoil your appetites, children, with that stuff.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
“
"
PUNCT
_
4 spoil
punct
2
Do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
4 spoil
aux
3
n’t
n't
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
4 spoil
aux
4
spoil
spoil
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
5
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
6 appetites
nmod:poss
6
appetites
appetite
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 spoil
obj
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
8 children
punct
8
children
child
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 appetites
conj
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 stuff
punct
10
with
with
ADP
_
12 stuff
case
11
that
that
DET
Number=Sing PronType=Dem
12 stuff
det
12
stuff
stuff
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 spoil
conj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 spoil
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
notspoilin a quote
imperative · do-support
you not said here
your appetites and children
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.