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barbel

Who acts: barbel, barbels, fishermen · What happens: be, use, find, lie, have, catch · To what, where: freshwater fish, food, river bed, thin feelers, feelers, large barbel

«barbel» 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: barbel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A barbel is a freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers at its mouth, which it uses to find food on the river bed.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barbel	det
2	barbel	barbel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fish	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fish	det
5	freshwater	freshwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fish	compound
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 feelers	case
8	whisker	whisker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 like	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 whisker	punct
10	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feelers	amod
11	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fish	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 mouth	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mouth	nmod:poss
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feelers	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 uses	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 uses	obj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 uses	nsubj
18	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fish	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 find	mark
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 uses	xcomp
21	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	25 bed	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bed	det
24	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 bed	compound
25	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a barbel	a freshwater fish				with like feelers at barbel's mouth	tree rules
2	use	present	barbel	a freshwater fish					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Eventuality
3	find	to-infinitive	barbel not said here	food		the river bed			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

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 barbels are these thin feelers themselves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barbels	det
2	barbels	barbel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feelers	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 feelers	cop
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 feelers	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feelers	amod
6	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 feelers	nmod:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 feelers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the barbels	this thin feelers				barbels = barbel nmod:unmarked	tree rules

Example 1

The barbel lay still on the river bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barbel	det
2	barbel	barbel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 lay	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the barbel			the river bed	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location

Example 2

A barbel has feelers like whiskers near its mouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barbel	det
2	barbel	barbel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 whiskers	case
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feelers	nmod
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 mouth	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mouth	nmod:poss
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whiskers	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a barbel	feelers				like whiskers near barbel's mouth	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeler=Patient

Example 3

The fishermen caught a large barbel in the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fishermen	det
2	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 barbel	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 barbel	amod
6	barbel	barbel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barbel	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the fishermen	a large barbel		the river			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barbel=Theme

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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