basilisk

Who acts: basilisk, look, warm places, knight, lizards · What happens: be, kill, run, fear, stare, guard · To what, where: monstrous serpent, old fairy tales, real lizard, water, deadly stare, golden

«basilisk» 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: basilisk in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In old fairy tales, a basilisk is a monstrous serpent or lizard whose look could kill.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 tales	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tales	amod
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tales	compound
4	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 serpent	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tales	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 basilisk	det
7	basilisk	basilisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 serpent	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 serpent	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 serpent	det
10	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 serpent	amod
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 lizard	cc
13	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 serpent	conj
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 look	nmod:poss
15	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kill	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 kill	aux
17	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 lizard	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 serpent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a basilisk	a monstrous serpent or lizard		old fairy tales			tree rules
2	kill	could	look						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 basilisk is a real lizard of warm places that can run across water on its back legs.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 basilisk	det
2	basilisk	basilisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lizard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lizard	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lizard	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lizard	amod
6	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 places	case
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 places	amod
9	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lizard	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 run	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 run	aux
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 places	acl:relcl
13	across	across	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 run	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 legs	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 legs	nmod:poss
17	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 legs	compound
18	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 run	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lizard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a basilisk	a real lizard				of warm places	tree rules
2	run	can	warm places			water		on basilisk's back legs	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across water=Trajectory

Example 1

The knight feared the basilisk's deadly stare.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 basilisk	det
5	basilisk	basilisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stare	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 basilisk	case
7	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stare	amod
8	stare	stare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the knight	the basilisk's deadly stare					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stare=Stimulus
2	stare		the basilisk						nom stare «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

In the story, a basilisk guarded the golden well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guarded	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 basilisk	det
6	basilisk	basilisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guarded	nsubj
7	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 golden	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guarded	obj
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 guarded	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	a basilisk	the golden		the story		well property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent golden=Beneficiary

Example 3

Some lizards can run on water, like the basilisk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 lizards	det
2	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 run	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 basilisk	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 basilisk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 basilisk	det
10	basilisk	basilisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	can	some lizards			water		like the basilisk	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory

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