auburn
Who acts: Auburn, auburn hair, fox, Auburn Mary · What happens: mean, say, be, shine, have, come · To what, where: brown colour, sun., auburn fur, well · Speech: someone speaks here
«auburn» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: auburn in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Auburn means a reddish-brown colour, usually said of hair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | auburn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 colour | det |
| 4 | reddish | reddish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brown | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 reddish | punct |
| 6 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 colour | amod |
| 7 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 10 said | advmod |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 colour | acl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 hair | case |
| 12 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Auburn | a brown colour | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | participle | a brown colour not said here | of hair; usually property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.
Meaning 2
As a noun, auburn is that reddish-brown colour itself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 noun | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 noun | det |
| 3 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 colour | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 noun | punct |
| 5 | auburn | auburn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 colour | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 colour | cop |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 colour | mark |
| 8 | reddish | reddish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 brown | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 reddish | punct |
| 10 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 colour | amod |
| 11 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 11 colour | nmod:unmarked |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 colour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | auburn | brown colour | as a noun; auburn nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
Example 1
Her auburn hair shone in the sun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | auburn | auburn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hair | compound |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shone | nsubj |
| 4 | shone | shine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sun. | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun. | det |
| 7 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | participle | Her auburn hair | the sun. | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |
Example 2
The fox had auburn fur.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | auburn | auburn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fur | compound |
| 5 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the fox | auburn fur | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
Example 3
Auburn Mary came to the well at noon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | Auburn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mary | compound |
| 2 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 well | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 well | det |
| 6 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 noon | case |
| 8 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Auburn Mary | the well | noon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial_Location |
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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