autobiography Who acts: people, footballer, autobiography, he, homework, Grandad · What happens: write, tell, grow up, describe, be, use · To what, where: life, kind, autobiography, Manchester, ten books, shelf · Speech: someone speaks here
«autobiography» 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: autobiography in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A book or story of a person's life written by that person.
det cc conj case det nmod:poss case nmod acl case det obl punct root A DET book NOUN or CCONJ story NOUN of ADP a DET person NOUN 's PART life NOUN written VERB by ADP that DET person NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 story cc 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 book conj 5 of of ADP _ 9 life case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 life nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 person case 9 life life NOUN Number=Sing 4 story nmod 10 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 life acl 11 by by ADP _ 13 person case 12 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 person det 13 person person NOUN Number=Sing 10 written obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 book punct
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1 write participle a person's life not said here by that person vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 The kind of writing (genre) where people tell their own life story.
The tree, 12 words det obj case nmod punct appos punct advmod nsubj nmod:poss amod compound obj punct root The DET kind NOUN of ADP writing NOUN ( PUNCT genre NOUN ) PUNCT where ADV people NOUN tell VERB their PRON own ADJ life NOUN story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 kind det 2 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 10 tell obj 3 of of ADP _ 4 writing case 4 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 2 kind nmod 5 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 genre punct 6 genre genre NOUN Number=Sing 2 kind appos 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 genre punct 8 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 tell advmod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 tell nsubj 10 tell tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 story nmod:poss 12 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 14 story amod 13 life life NOUN Number=Sing 14 story compound 14 story story NOUN Number=Sing 10 tell obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 10 tell punct
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1 tell speech: assert present people the kind of writing vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient story=Topic
Example 1 The footballer wrote an autobiography about growing up in Manchester.
det nsubj det obj mark acl compound:prt case obl punct root The DET footballer NOUN wrote VERB an DET autobiography NOUN about SCONJ growing VERB up ADP in ADP Manchester PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 footballer det 2 footballer footballer NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrote nsubj 3 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 autobiography det 5 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrote obj 6 about about SCONJ _ 7 growing mark 7 growing grow VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 autobiography acl 8 up up ADP _ 7 growing compound:prt 9 in in ADP _ 10 Manchester case 10 Manchester Manchester PROPN Number=Sing 7 growing obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 wrote punct
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1 write past the footballer a autobiography vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent autobiography=Theme 2 grow up gerund a autobiography not said here Manchester vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manchester=Location
Example 2 In his autobiography, he describes his first day at school.
case nmod:poss obl punct nsubj nmod:poss amod obj case obl punct root In ADP his PRON autobiography NOUN , PUNCT he PRON describes VERB his PRON first ADJ day NOUN at ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 autobiography case 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 autobiography nmod:poss 3 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 6 describes obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 autobiography punct 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 describes nsubj 6 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 day nmod:poss 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 day amod 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 describes obj 10 at at ADP _ 11 school case 11 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 describes obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 describes punct
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1 describe present he his autobiography day at school vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Our homework is to write a short autobiography.
nmod:poss nsubj cop mark det amod obj punct root Our PRON homework NOUN is AUX to PART write VERB a DET short ADJ autobiography NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 homework nmod:poss 2 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 5 write nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 write cop 4 to to PART _ 5 write mark 5 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 autobiography det 7 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 8 autobiography amod 8 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 5 write obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 write punct
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Example 4 An autobiography is written in the first person, using «I».
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl punct advcl punct ccomp punct punct root An DET autobiography NOUN is AUX written VERB in ADP the DET first ADJ person NOUN , PUNCT using VERB « PUNCT I PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 autobiography det 2 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 4 written nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 written aux:pass 4 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 person case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 person det 7 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 8 person amod 8 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 written obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 using punct 10 using use VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 written advcl 11 « « PUNCT _ 12 I punct 12 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 using ccomp 13 » » PUNCT _ 12 I punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 written punct
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1 write present · passive a autobiography in the first person vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in person=Destination 2 use gerund vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Grandad says his autobiography would fill ten books.
nsubj nmod:poss nsubj aux ccomp nummod obj punct root Grandad PROPN says VERB his PRON autobiography NOUN would AUX fill VERB ten NUM books NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 autobiography nmod:poss 4 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 6 fill nsubj 5 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 fill aux 6 fill fill VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says ccomp 7 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 books nummod 8 books book NOUN Number=Plur 6 fill obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
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1 say speech: assert present Grandad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fill would Grandad's autobiography ten books vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent book=Patient
Example 6 The library has a shelf of autobiographies by famous scientists.
det nsubj det obj case nmod case amod nmod punct root The DET library NOUN has VERB a DET shelf NOUN of ADP autobiographies NOUN by ADP famous ADJ scientists NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 library det 2 library library NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 shelf det 5 shelf shelf NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 autobiographies case 7 autobiographies autobiography NOUN Number=Plur 5 shelf nmod 8 by by ADP _ 10 scientists case 9 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 10 scientists amod 10 scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 7 autobiographies nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the library a shelf of autobiographies by famous scientists vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelf=Patient
Example 7 Her autobiography tells how she learned to swim at forty.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp mark xcomp case obl punct root Her PRON autobiography NOUN tells VERB how ADV she PRON learned VERB to PART swim VERB at ADP forty NUM . PUNCT 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 2 autobiography nmod:poss 2 autobiography autobiography NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells nsubj 3 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 learned advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 learned nsubj 6 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 tells ccomp 7 to to PART _ 8 swim mark 8 swim swim VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 learned xcomp 9 at at ADP _ 10 forty case 10 forty forty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 swim obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 tells punct
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1 tell speech: assert present Her autobiography vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 learn past autobiography vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 swim to-infinitive autobiography not said here forty vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at forty=Trajectory
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