belfry Who acts: church bells, Bats, bell ringers, bells, He, Grandad · What happens: hang, have, be, live up, climb, ring out · To what, where: bats, belfry, steep stairs, village, Pigeons, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
«belfry» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: belfry in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The tower, or the room at the top of a tower, where church bells hang.
The tree, 15 words det punct cc det conj case det nmod case det nmod punct advmod compound nsubj acl:relcl punct root The DET tower NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ the DET room NOUN at ADP the DET top NOUN of ADP a DET tower NOUN , PUNCT where ADV church NOUN bells NOUN hang VERB . 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 NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 room punct 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 room cc 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 room det 6 room room NOUN Number=Sing 2 tower conj 7 at at ADP _ 9 top case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 top det 9 top top NOUN Number=Sing 6 room nmod 10 of of ADP _ 12 tower case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 tower det 12 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 9 top nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 hang punct 14 where where ADV PronType=Rel 17 hang advmod 15 church church NOUN Number=Sing 16 bells compound 16 bells bell NOUN Number=Plur 17 hang nsubj 17 hang hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 tower acl:relcl 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 tower punct
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1 hang present church bells vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Usage: idiom — kept apart, not parsed.
Have bats in the belfry: to be a bit crazy or odd (old-fashioned, jokey).
The tree, 15 words obj case det obl punct mark cop det obl:unmarked parataxis cc conj punct amod punct parataxis punct conj punct punct root Have VERB bats NOUN in ADP the DET belfry NOUN : PUNCT to PART be AUX a DET bit NOUN crazy ADJ or CCONJ odd ADJ ( PUNCT old ADJ - PUNCT fashioned ADJ , PUNCT jokey ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 bats bat NOUN Number=Plur 1 Have obj 3 in in ADP _ 5 belfry case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 belfry det 5 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 1 Have obl 6 : : PUNCT _ 11 crazy punct 7 to to PART _ 11 crazy mark 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 crazy cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 bit det 10 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 11 crazy obl:unmarked 11 crazy crazy ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Have parataxis 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 odd cc 13 odd odd ADJ Degree=Pos 11 crazy conj 14 ( ( PUNCT _ 17 fashioned punct 15 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 17 fashioned amod 16 - - PUNCT _ 15 old punct 17 fashioned fashioned ADJ Degree=Pos 11 crazy parataxis 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 jokey punct 19 jokey jokey ADJ Degree=Pos 17 fashioned conj 20 ) ) PUNCT _ 17 fashioned punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 1 Have punct
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1 have present bats the belfry vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Patient 2 is to-infinitive a bit obl:unmarked ; crazy property tree rules 3 be tree rules
Example 1 Bats lived up in the belfry of the old church.
nsubj compound:prt case det obl case det amod nmod punct root Bats NOUN lived VERB up ADP in ADP the DET belfry NOUN of ADP the DET old ADJ church NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bats bat NOUN Number=Plur 2 lived nsubj 2 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 lived compound:prt 4 in in ADP _ 6 belfry case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 belfry det 6 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 2 lived obl 7 of of ADP _ 10 church case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 church det 9 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 church amod 10 church church NOUN Number=Sing 6 belfry nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 lived punct
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1 live up past Bats the belfry of the old church vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in belfry=Location
Example 2 The bell-ringers climbed the steep stairs to the belfry.
det compound punct nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root The DET bell NOUN - PUNCT ringers NOUN climbed VERB the DET steep ADJ stairs NOUN to ADP the DET belfry NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ringers det 2 bell bell NOUN Number=Sing 4 ringers compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 bell punct 4 ringers ringer NOUN Number=Plur 5 climbed nsubj 5 climbed climb VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 stairs det 7 steep steep ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stairs amod 8 stairs stair NOUN Number=Plur 5 climbed obj 9 to to ADP _ 11 belfry case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 belfry det 11 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 5 climbed obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 climbed punct
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1 climb past the bell ringers the steep stairs to the belfry result vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient stair=Extent to belfry=Result
Example 3 The bells in the belfry rang out at noon.
det nsubj case det nmod compound:prt case obl punct root The DET bells NOUN in ADP the DET belfry NOUN rang VERB out ADP at ADP noon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bells det 2 bells bell NOUN Number=Plur 6 rang nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 belfry case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 belfry det 5 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 2 bells nmod 6 rang ring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 out out ADP _ 6 rang compound:prt 8 at at ADP _ 9 noon case 9 noon noon NOUN Number=Sing 6 rang obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 rang punct
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1 ring out past the bells in the belfry noon vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 (old-fashioned) "He's got bats in the belfry," said Grandad.
The tree, 11 words punct amod punct parataxis punct punct nsubj aux parataxis obj case det nmod punct punct nsubj punct root ( PUNCT old ADJ - PUNCT fashioned ADJ ) PUNCT " PUNCT He PRON 's AUX got VERB bats NOUN in ADP the DET belfry NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT said VERB Grandad PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 4 fashioned punct 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 fashioned amod 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 old punct 4 fashioned fashioned ADJ Degree=Pos 16 said parataxis 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 fashioned punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 got punct 7 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 got nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 got aux 9 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 fashioned parataxis 10 bats bat NOUN Number=Plur 9 got obj 11 in in ADP _ 13 belfry case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 belfry det 13 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 10 bats nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 4 fashioned punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 4 fashioned punct 16 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 17 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 16 said nsubj 18 . . PUNCT _ 16 said punct
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1 get in a quote present · passive He bats the belfry vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bat=Stimulus 2 say speech: assert past Grandad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 5 We could see the belfry from the village green.
nsubj aux det obj case det obl amod punct root We PRON could AUX see VERB the DET belfry NOUN from ADP the DET village NOUN green ADJ . 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 3 see nsubj 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 see aux 3 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 belfry det 5 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 3 see obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 village case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 village det 8 village village NOUN Number=Sing 3 see obl 9 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 8 village amod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 see punct
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1 see could We the belfry the village vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer belfry=Stimulus
Example 6 Pigeons nested in the belfry.
acl case det obl punct root Pigeons NOUN nested VERB in ADP the DET belfry NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pigeons pigeon NOUN Number=Plur root root 2 nested nest VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Pigeons acl 3 in in ADP _ 5 belfry case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 belfry det 5 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 2 nested obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pigeons punct
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1 nest participle Pigeons not said here the belfry vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 As soon as the boy reached the belfry, and turned himself round to seize the rope, he saw upon the stairs, near the sounding-hole, a white figure.
The tree, 28 words advmod advmod mark det nsubj det obj punct cc conj obj advmod mark advcl det obj punct nsubj parataxis case det obl punct case det compound punct conj punct det amod appos punct root As ADV soon ADV as SCONJ the DET boy NOUN reached VERB the DET belfry NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ turned VERB himself PRON round ADV to PART seize VERB the DET rope NOUN , PUNCT he PRON saw VERB upon ADP the DET stairs NOUN , PUNCT near ADP the DET sounding NOUN - PUNCT hole NOUN , PUNCT a DET white ADJ figure NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 As as ADV _ 2 soon advmod 2 soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 6 reached advmod 3 as as SCONJ _ 6 reached mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boy det 5 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 6 reached nsubj 6 reached reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 belfry det 8 belfry belfry NOUN Number=Sing 6 reached obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 turned punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 turned cc 11 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 reached conj 12 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 11 turned obj 13 round round ADV _ 11 turned advmod 14 to to PART _ 15 seize mark 15 seize seize VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 turned advcl 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 rope det 17 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 15 seize obj 18 , , PUNCT _ 20 saw punct 19 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 saw nsubj 20 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 reached parataxis 21 upon upon ADP _ 23 stairs case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 stairs det 23 stairs stair NOUN Number=Plur 20 saw obl 24 , , PUNCT _ 29 hole punct 25 near near ADP _ 29 hole case 26 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 29 hole det 27 sounding sounding NOUN Number=Sing 29 hole compound 28 - - PUNCT _ 27 sounding punct 29 hole hole NOUN Number=Sing 20 saw conj 30 , , PUNCT _ 33 figure punct 31 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 33 figure det 32 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 33 figure amod 33 figure figure NOUN Number=Sing 29 hole appos 34 . . PUNCT _ 6 reached punct
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1 reach past the boy the belfry soon property vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent belfry=Theme 2 turn past the boy not said here boy round property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme 3 seize to-infinitive the boy not said here the rope vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme 4 see past boy upon the stairs vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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