babel Who acts: Tower, people, God, babel, many voices, work · What happens: be, try, build up, mix up, not understand, spread · To what, where: story, Genesis, tower, language, each, earth · Speech: someone speaks here
«babel» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: babel in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.
The Tower of Babel is a story in Genesis where people tried to build a tower up to heaven; God mixed up their language so they could not understand each other, and they spread over the earth.
The tree, 37 words det nsubj case nmod cop det case nmod advmod nsubj advcl mark xcomp det obj compound:prt case obl punct nsubj parataxis compound:prt nmod:poss obj mark nsubj aux advmod advcl obj fixed punct cc nsubj parataxis case det obl punct root The DET Tower PROPN of ADP Babel PROPN is AUX a DET story NOUN in ADP Genesis PROPN where ADV people NOUN tried VERB to PART build VERB a DET tower NOUN up ADP to ADP heaven NOUN ; PUNCT God PROPN mixed VERB up ADP their PRON language NOUN so SCONJ they PRON could AUX not PART understand VERB each DET other ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ they PRON spread VERB over ADP the DET earth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Tower det 2 Tower Tower PROPN Number=Sing 7 story nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 Babel case 4 Babel Babel PROPN Number=Sing 2 Tower nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 story cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 story det 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 9 Genesis case 9 Genesis Genesis PROPN Number=Sing 7 story nmod 10 where where ADV PronType=Rel 12 tried advmod 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 tried nsubj 12 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 story advcl 13 to to PART _ 14 build mark 14 build build VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 tried xcomp 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 tower det 16 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 14 build obj 17 up up ADP _ 14 build compound:prt 18 to to ADP _ 19 heaven case 19 heaven heaven NOUN Number=Sing 14 build obl 20 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 mixed punct 21 God God PROPN Number=Sing 22 mixed nsubj 22 mixed mix VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 story parataxis 23 up up ADP _ 22 mixed compound:prt 24 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 25 language nmod:poss 25 language language NOUN Number=Sing 22 mixed obj 26 so so SCONJ _ 30 understand mark 27 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 30 understand nsubj 28 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 30 understand aux 29 not not PART Polarity=Neg 30 understand advmod 30 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf 22 mixed advcl 31 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 30 understand obj 32 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 31 each fixed 33 , , PUNCT _ 36 spread punct 34 and and CCONJ _ 36 spread cc 35 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 36 spread nsubj 36 spread spread VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 mixed parataxis 37 over over ADP _ 39 earth case 38 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 39 earth det 39 earth earth NOUN Number=Sing 36 spread obl 40 . . PUNCT _ 7 story punct
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1 is a present the Tower of Babel a story Genesis tree rules 2 try past people vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 build up not said to happen to-infinitive people not said here a tower to heaven result vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient tower=Extent to heaven=Result 4 mix up past God people's language vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient 5 not understand could people each vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus 6 spread present people the earth vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over earth=Location
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 babel is a confused noise of many voices talking at once.
det nsubj cop det amod case amod nmod acl case obl punct root A DET babel NOUN is AUX a DET confused ADJ noise NOUN of ADP many ADJ voices NOUN talking VERB at ADP once ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 babel det 2 babel babel NOUN Number=Sing 6 noise nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 noise cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 noise det 5 confused confused ADJ Degree=Pos 6 noise amod 6 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 voices case 8 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 9 voices amod 9 voices voice NOUN Number=Plur 6 noise nmod 10 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 voices acl 11 at at ADP _ 12 once case 12 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 10 talking obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 noise punct
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1 is a present a babel a confused noise of many voices tree rules 2 talk gerund many voices not said here vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The people of Babel wanted a tower that reached the sky.
det nsubj case nmod det obj nsubj acl:relcl det obj punct root The DET people NOUN of ADP Babel PROPN wanted VERB a DET tower NOUN that PRON reached VERB the DET sky NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 wanted nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 Babel case 4 Babel Babel PROPN Number=Sing 2 people nmod 5 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 tower det 7 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 5 wanted obj 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 reached nsubj 9 reached reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 tower acl:relcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sky det 11 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 9 reached obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 wanted punct
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1 want past the people of Babel a tower vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tower=Theme 2 reach past a tower the sky vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sky=Theme
Example 2 God confused their language, and work on the tower stopped.
nsubj nmod:poss obj punct cc nsubj case det nmod conj punct root God PROPN confused VERB their PRON language NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ work NOUN on ADP the DET tower NOUN stopped VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 God God PROPN Number=Sing 2 confused nsubj 2 confused confuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 language nmod:poss 4 language language NOUN Number=Sing 2 confused obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 stopped punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 11 stopped cc 7 work work NOUN Number=Sing 11 stopped nsubj 8 on on ADP _ 10 tower case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 tower det 10 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 7 work nmod 11 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 confused conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 confused punct
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1 confuse past God their language vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient 2 stop past work on the tower vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 3 The station was a babel of voices in many languages.
det nsubj cop det case nmod case amod nmod punct root The DET station NOUN was AUX a DET babel NOUN of ADP voices NOUN in ADP many ADJ languages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 station det 2 station station NOUN Number=Sing 5 babel nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 babel cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 babel det 5 babel babel NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 voices case 7 voices voice NOUN Number=Plur 5 babel nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 languages case 9 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 10 languages amod 10 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 7 voices nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 babel punct
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1 is a past the station a babel of voices in many languages tree rules
Example 4 Our classroom became a babel when the teacher left.
nmod:poss nsubj det xcomp advmod det nsubj advcl punct root Our PRON classroom NOUN became VERB a DET babel NOUN when ADV the DET teacher NOUN left VERB . 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 classroom nmod:poss 2 classroom classroom NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 babel det 5 babel babel NOUN Number=Sing 3 became xcomp 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 left advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 teacher det 8 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 9 left nsubj 9 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 became advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past Our classroom a babel vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 leave past the teacher vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 We built a Tower of Babel from paper cups.
nsubj det obj case nmod case compound obl punct root We PRON built VERB a DET Tower PROPN of ADP Babel PROPN from ADP paper NOUN cups 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 built nsubj 2 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 Tower det 4 Tower Tower PROPN Number=Sing 2 built obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 Babel case 6 Babel Babel PROPN Number=Sing 4 Tower nmod 7 from from ADP _ 9 cups case 8 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 9 cups compound 9 cups cup NOUN Number=Plur 2 built obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 built punct
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1 build past We a Tower of Babel paper cups vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent tower=Product from cup=Material
Example 6 The story of Babel explains why people speak different languages.
det nsubj case nmod advmod nsubj ccomp amod obj punct root The DET story NOUN of ADP Babel PROPN explains VERB why ADV people NOUN speak VERB different ADJ languages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 explains nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 Babel case 4 Babel Babel PROPN Number=Sing 2 story nmod 5 explains explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 why why ADV PronType=Int 8 speak advmod 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 speak nsubj 8 speak speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 explains ccomp 9 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 10 languages amod 10 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 8 speak obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 explains punct
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1 explain speech: assert present the story of Babel vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 speak speech: other present people different languages tree rules
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