birdie
Who acts: child, that, you, birdie · What happens: word, sing, look, see, blink · To what, where: eye · Speech: someone speaks here
«birdie» 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: birdie in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A child's word for a small bird.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 child | case |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 bird | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bird | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bird | amod |
| 8 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | word | a child | for a small bird | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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
In golf, one stroke under par on a hole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 golf | case |
| 2 | golf | golf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stroke | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 stroke | nummod |
| 5 | stroke | stroke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 golf | conj |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 par | case |
| 7 | par | par | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stroke | nmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 hole | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hole | det |
| 10 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 par | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 golf | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
What's that birdie singing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 singing | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 singing | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 singing | nsubj |
| 4 | birdie | birdie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 singing | compound |
| 5 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 singing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · progressive | that | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |
Example 2
Look at the little birdie on the fence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 birdie | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 birdie | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 birdie | amod |
| 5 | birdie | birdie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 fence | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fence | det |
| 8 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | on the fence; at the little birdie | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at birdie=Theme |
Example 3
Did you see the birdie blink its eye?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 birdie | det |
| 5 | birdie | birdie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blink | nsubj |
| 6 | blink | blink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 see | ccomp |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eye | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blink | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | blink | infinitive | the birdie | birdie's eye | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=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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