bagpiper

Who acts: bagpiper, person, they, nine · What happens: be, play, ask, reappear · To what, where: person, bagpipes, market place · Speech: someone speaks here

«bagpiper» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: bagpiper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bagpiper is a person who plays the bagpipes, an instrument with a bag and pipes.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bagpiper	det
2	bagpiper	bagpiper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 plays	nsubj
7	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bagpipes	det
9	bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plays	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 instrument	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 instrument	det
12	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 bag	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bag	det
15	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 instrument	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 pipes	cc
17	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bag	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bagpiper	a person and a instrument with a bag and pipes					tree rules
2	play	present	a person and a instrument with a bag and pipes	the bagpipes					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bagpipe=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 bagpiper asked, «Are they all there?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bagpiper	det
2	bagpiper	bagpiper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 there	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 there	punct
6	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 there	cop
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 there	nsubj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 there	nsubj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 asked	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the bagpiper						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	they					there property	tree rules

Example 2

Towards nine at night the bagpiper reappeared on the market place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Towards	towards	ADV	_	2 nine	advmod
2	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 reappeared	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nine	nmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bagpiper	det
6	bagpiper	bagpiper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reappeared	nsubj
7	reappeared	reappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	compound
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reappeared	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 reappeared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reappear	past	nine at night			the market place			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on place=Location

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