birth Who acts: Birth, baby, place, cow, Mammals, you · What happens: be, come out, start, live, mean, bear · To what, where: time, body, world, beginning, you, birth · Speech: someone speaks here
«birth» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: birth in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Birth is the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body and starts living in the world.
The tree, 23 words nsubj cop det mark det nsubj cc amod conj advcl case case nmod:poss nmod:poss case obl cc conj xcomp case det obl punct root Birth NOUN is AUX the DET time NOUN when SCONJ a DET baby NOUN or CCONJ young ADJ animal NOUN comes VERB out ADP of ADP its PRON mother NOUN 's PART body NOUN and CCONJ starts VERB living VERB in ADP the DET world NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 time cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 when when SCONJ _ 11 comes mark 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 baby det 7 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 11 comes nsubj 8 or or CCONJ _ 10 animal cc 9 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 10 animal amod 10 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 7 baby conj 11 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 time advcl 12 out out ADP _ 17 body case 13 of of ADP _ 17 body case 14 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 mother nmod:poss 15 mother mother NOUN Number=Sing 17 body nmod:poss 16 's 's PART _ 15 mother case 17 body body NOUN Number=Sing 11 comes obl 18 and and CCONJ _ 19 starts cc 19 starts start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 comes conj 20 living live VERB VerbForm=Ger 19 starts xcomp 21 in in ADP _ 23 world case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 world det 23 world world NOUN Number=Sing 20 living obl 24 . . PUNCT _ 4 time punct
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1 is a present Birth the time tree rules 2 come out present a baby or young animal Birth's mother's body vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient body=Result 3 start present a baby or young animal not said here vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 live gerund a baby or young animal not said here the world vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location
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 Birth is the beginning of something: the birth of a new nation.
nsubj cop det case nmod punct det appos case det amod nmod punct root Birth NOUN is AUX the DET beginning NOUN of ADP something PRON : PUNCT the DET birth NOUN of ADP a DET new ADJ nation NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 4 beginning nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 beginning cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 beginning det 4 beginning beginning NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 something case 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 beginning nmod 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 birth punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 birth det 9 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 6 something appos 10 of of ADP _ 13 nation case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 nation det 12 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 13 nation amod 13 nation nation NOUN Number=Sing 9 birth nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 beginning punct
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1 is a present Birth the beginning of something tree rules
Meaning 3 By birth means by the family or place you were born into.
case obl case det obl cc conj nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl case punct root By ADP birth NOUN means VERB by ADP the DET family NOUN or CCONJ place NOUN you PRON were AUX born VERB into ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 By by ADP _ 2 birth case 2 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 3 means obl 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 by by ADP _ 6 family case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 family det 6 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 means obl 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 place cc 8 place place NOUN Number=Sing 6 family conj 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 born nsubj:pass 10 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 born aux:pass 11 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 place acl:relcl 12 into into ADP _ 11 born case 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present by birth; by the family or place vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 bear past · passive place not said here you vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Irish by birth.
case obl punct root Irish ADJ by ADP birth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 by by ADP _ 3 birth case 3 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Irish obl 4 . . PUNCT _ 1 Irish punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1 The cow gave birth to a calf last night.
det nsubj obj case det obl amod obl:unmarked punct root The DET cow NOUN gave VERB birth NOUN to ADP a DET calf NOUN last ADJ night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cow det 2 cow cow NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 calf case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 calf det 7 calf calf NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obl 8 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 9 night amod 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the cow birth a calf night vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to calf=Recipient
Example 2 Mammals give birth to live babies.
nsubj obj case amod obl punct root Mammals NOUN give VERB birth NOUN to ADP live ADJ babies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mammals mammal NOUN Number=Plur 2 give nsubj 2 give give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 2 give obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 babies case 5 live live ADJ Degree=Pos 6 babies amod 6 babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 2 give obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 give punct
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1 give present Mammals birth live babies vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to baby=Recipient
Example 3 Write your date of birth on the form.
nmod:poss obj case nmod case det obl punct root Write VERB your PRON date NOUN of ADP birth NOUN on ADP the DET form NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 date nmod:poss 3 date date NOUN Number=Sing 1 Write obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 birth case 5 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 3 date nmod 6 on on ADP _ 8 form case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 form det 8 form form NOUN Number=Sing 1 Write obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Write punct
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1 write imperative you not said here your date of birth the form vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent date=Theme on form=Destination
Example 4 My baby sister weighed 3 kilograms at birth.
nmod:poss compound nsubj nummod obj case obl punct root My PRON baby NOUN sister NOUN weighed VERB 3 NUM kilograms NOUN at ADP birth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 sister nmod:poss 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 sister compound 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 4 weighed nsubj 4 weighed weigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 kilograms nummod 6 kilograms kilogram NOUN Number=Plur 4 weighed obj 7 at at ADP _ 8 birth case 8 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 4 weighed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 weighed punct
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1 weigh past My baby sister 3 kilograms birth vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent kilogram=Theme at birth=Value
Example 5 We watched the birth of the lambs on the farm.
nsubj det obj case det nmod case det nmod punct root We PRON watched VERB the DET birth NOUN of ADP the DET lambs NOUN on ADP the DET farm NOUN . 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 2 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 birth det 4 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 lambs case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 lambs det 7 lambs lamb NOUN Number=Plur 4 birth nmod 8 on on ADP _ 10 farm case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 farm det 10 farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 7 lambs nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We the birth of the lambs on the farm vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme
Example 6 The town is his birthplace.
det nsubj cop nmod:poss punct root The DET town NOUN is AUX his PRON birthplace NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 town det 2 town town NOUN Number=Sing 5 birthplace nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 birthplace cop 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 birthplace nmod:poss 5 birthplace birthplace NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 birthplace punct
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1 is a present the town his birthplace tree rules
Example 7 The story tells the birth of a new kingdom.
det nsubj det obj case det amod nmod punct root The DET story NOUN tells VERB the DET birth NOUN of ADP a DET new ADJ kingdom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells nsubj 3 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 birth det 5 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells obj 6 of of ADP _ 9 kingdom case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 kingdom det 8 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 9 kingdom amod 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN Number=Sing 5 birth nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 tells punct
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1 tell speech: assert present the story the birth of a new kingdom vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Recipient
Example 8 ‘Of noble birth!’ said the Darning-needle; ‘no indeed, but proud!
The tree, 11 words punct case amod nsubj punct punct det compound punct obj punct punct det advmod punct cc parataxis punct root ‘ PUNCT Of ADP noble ADJ birth NOUN ! PUNCT ’ PUNCT said VERB the DET Darning NOUN - PUNCT needle NOUN ; PUNCT ‘ PUNCT no DET indeed ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ proud ADJ ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 4 birth punct 2 Of of ADP _ 4 birth case 3 noble noble ADJ Degree=Pos 4 birth amod 4 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 birth punct 6 ’ ' PUNCT _ 4 birth punct 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 needle det 9 Darning darning NOUN Number=Sing 11 needle compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 Darning punct 11 needle needle NOUN Number=Sing 7 said obj 12 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 indeed punct 13 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 15 indeed punct 14 no no DET PronType=Neg 15 indeed det 15 indeed indeed ADV _ 7 said advmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 18 proud punct 17 but but CCONJ _ 18 proud cc 18 proud proud ADJ Degree=Pos 7 said parataxis 19 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past noble birth the Darning needle indeed property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent needle=Topic
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