beholder
Who acts: beholder, person, beholders, eyes · What happens: be, look, see, gasp, frighten · To what, where: person, beholder, golden palace, beholders
«beholder» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: beholder in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A beholder is a person who looks at something, a person who sees it.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 beholder | det |
| 2 | beholder | beholder | 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 looks | nsubj |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 something | case |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 looks | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 person | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 person | det |
| 12 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 something | appos |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 sees | nsubj |
| 14 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 person | acl:relcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sees | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a beholder | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | present | a person | at something | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | present | a person | beholder | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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 painting pleased every beholder.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 painting | det |
| 2 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pleased | nsubj |
| 3 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 beholder | det |
| 5 | beholder | beholder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pleased | nsubj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pleased | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
All the beholders gasped at the golden palace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 beholders | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 beholders | det |
| 3 | beholders | beholder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gasped | nsubj |
| 4 | gasped | gasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 palace | amod |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gasped | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gasped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gasp | past | all beholders | the golden palace | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The dragon's eyes frightened all beholders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dragon | case |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 frightened | nsubj |
| 5 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 beholders | det |
| 7 | beholders | beholder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 frightened | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | the dragon's eyes | all beholders | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=Experiencer |
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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