archaeologist Who acts: archaeologist, scientist, people, Archaeologists, pot, I · What happens: be, study, live, dig up, examine, leave behind · To what, where: scientist, old things, Roman coin, field, Viking ship, ground · Speech: someone speaks here
«archaeologist» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: archaeologist in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings.
The tree, 29 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl advmod nsubj advcl advmod advmod mark advcl compound:prt cc conj amod obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct case fixed conj punct appos punct conj cc conj punct root An DET archaeologist NOUN is AUX a DET scientist NOUN who PRON studies VERB how ADV people NOUN lived VERB long ADV ago ADV by SCONJ digging VERB up ADP and CCONJ examining VERB old ADJ things NOUN they PRON left VERB behind ADV , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP bones NOUN , PUNCT tools NOUN , PUNCT pots NOUN and CCONJ buildings NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 archaeologist det 2 archaeologist archaeologist NOUN Number=Sing 5 scientist nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 scientist cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 scientist det 5 scientist scientist NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 studies nsubj 7 studies study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 scientist acl:relcl 8 how how ADV PronType=Int 10 lived advmod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 lived nsubj 10 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 studies advcl 11 long long ADV Degree=Pos 12 ago advmod 12 ago ago ADV _ 10 lived advmod 13 by by SCONJ _ 14 digging mark 14 digging dig VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 lived advcl 15 up up ADP _ 14 digging compound:prt 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 examining cc 17 examining examine VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 14 digging conj 18 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 19 things amod 19 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 17 examining obj 20 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 left nsubj 21 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 19 things acl:relcl 22 behind behind ADV _ 21 left advmod 23 , , PUNCT _ 26 bones punct 24 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 26 bones case 25 as as ADP _ 24 such fixed 26 bones bone NOUN Number=Plur 19 things conj 27 , , PUNCT _ 28 tools punct 28 tools tool NOUN Number=Plur 19 things appos 29 , , PUNCT _ 30 pots punct 30 pots pot NOUN Number=Plur 28 tools conj 31 and and CCONJ _ 32 buildings cc 32 buildings building NOUN Number=Plur 28 tools conj 33 . . PUNCT _ 5 scientist punct
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1 is a present a archaeologist a scientist tree rules 2 study present a scientist vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 live past people ago property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 dig up gerund people not said here vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 examine gerund people not said here old things and bones vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme 6 leave behind past people old things and bones not said here behind property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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 archaeologist found a Roman coin in the field.
det nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root The DET archaeologist NOUN found VERB a DET Roman ADJ coin NOUN in ADP the DET field NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 archaeologist det 2 archaeologist archaeologist NOUN Number=Sing 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 coin det 5 Roman roman ADJ Degree=Pos 6 coin amod 6 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 field case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 field det 9 field field NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
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1 find past the archaeologist a Roman coin the field vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Topic
Example 2 Archaeologists dig very slowly with small trowels and brushes.
nsubj advmod advmod case amod obl cc conj punct root Archaeologists NOUN dig VERB very ADV slowly ADV with ADP small ADJ trowels NOUN and CCONJ brushes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Archaeologists archaeologist NOUN Number=Plur 2 dig nsubj 2 dig dig VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 4 slowly advmod 4 slowly slowly ADV _ 2 dig advmod 5 with with ADP _ 7 trowels case 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 trowels amod 7 trowels trowel NOUN Number=Plur 2 dig obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 brushes cc 9 brushes brush NOUN Number=Plur 7 trowels conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 dig punct
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1 dig present Archaeologists with small trowels and brushes; slowly property vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with trowel=Instrument
Example 3 An archaeologist can tell how old a pot is.
det nsubj aux advmod ccomp det nsubj cop punct root An DET archaeologist NOUN can AUX tell VERB how ADV old ADJ a DET pot NOUN is AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 archaeologist det 2 archaeologist archaeologist NOUN Number=Sing 4 tell nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 old advmod 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 tell ccomp 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 pot det 8 pot pot NOUN Number=Sing 6 old nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 old cop 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
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1 tell speech: assert can a archaeologist vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present a pot old property tree rules
Example 4 Archaeologists found a Viking ship under the ground.
nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root Archaeologists NOUN found VERB a DET Viking PROPN ship NOUN under ADP the DET ground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Archaeologists archaeologist NOUN Number=Plur 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 ship det 4 Viking Viking PROPN Number=Sing 5 ship compound 5 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obj 6 under under ADP _ 8 ground case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ground det 8 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past Archaeologists a Viking ship the ground vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Topic
Example 5 When I grow up I want to be an archaeologist.
advmod nsubj compound:prt nsubj conj mark cop det xcomp punct root When ADV I PRON grow VERB up ADP I PRON want VERB to PART be AUX an DET archaeologist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when ADV PronType=Int 3 grow advmod 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 grow nsubj 3 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 grow compound:prt 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 want nsubj 6 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 grow conj 7 to to PART _ 10 archaeologist mark 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 archaeologist cop 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 archaeologist det 10 archaeologist archaeologist NOUN Number=Sing 6 want xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 grow punct
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1 grow up present I vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 want present I vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 3 is a not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here a archaeologist tree rules
Example 6 The archaeologists marked every find on a map.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET archaeologists NOUN marked VERB every DET find NOUN on ADP a DET map NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 archaeologists det 2 archaeologists archaeologist NOUN Number=Plur 3 marked nsubj 3 marked mark VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 find det 5 find find NOUN Number=Sing 3 marked obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 map case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 map det 8 map map NOUN Number=Sing 3 marked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 marked punct
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1 mark past the archaeologists every find a map vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent find=Theme on map=Destination
Example 7 Archaeologists study ancient Egypt by looking at tombs.
nsubj amod obj mark advcl case obl punct root Archaeologists NOUN study VERB ancient ADJ Egypt PROPN by SCONJ looking VERB at ADP tombs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Archaeologists archaeologist NOUN Number=Plur 2 study nsubj 2 study study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Egypt amod 4 Egypt Egypt PROPN Number=Sing 2 study obj 5 by by SCONJ _ 6 looking mark 6 looking look VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 study advcl 7 at at ADP _ 8 tombs case 8 tombs tomb NOUN Number=Plur 6 looking obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 study punct
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1 study present Archaeologists ancient Egypt vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Topic 2 look gerund Archaeologists not said here at tombs vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tomb=Theme
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