birthday Who acts: birthday, people, Ann, He, 18 children, She · What happens: be, bear, have, mean, get, sing · To what, where: day, person, party, 12 new books, 25 dollars, birthday party
«birthday» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: birthday in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A birthday is the day each year when a person was born; people often have a party and gifts.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det det nmod:unmarked advmod det nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl punct nsubj advmod parataxis det obj cc conj punct root A DET birthday NOUN is AUX the DET day NOUN each DET year NOUN when ADV a DET person NOUN was AUX born VERB ; PUNCT people NOUN often ADV have VERB a DET party NOUN and CCONJ gifts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 birthday det 2 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 5 day nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 day cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 day det 5 day day NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 each each DET PronType=Tot 7 year det 7 year year NOUN Number=Sing 5 day nmod:unmarked 8 when when ADV PronType=Int 12 born advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 person det 10 person person NOUN Number=Sing 12 born nsubj:pass 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 born aux:pass 12 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 day advcl 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 16 have punct 14 people people NOUN Number=Plur 16 have nsubj 15 often often ADV _ 16 have advmod 16 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 day parataxis 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 party det 18 party party NOUN Number=Sing 16 have obj 19 and and CCONJ _ 20 gifts cc 20 gifts gift NOUN Number=Plur 18 party conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 day punct
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1 is a present a birthday the day year tree rules 2 bear past · passive a person vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 3 have present people a party and gifts often property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient
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 Birthday as an adjective means for a birthday: birthday cake, birthday card.
The tree, 12 words nsubj case det nmod case det obl punct compound conj punct compound conj punct root Birthday PROPN as ADP an DET adjective NOUN means VERB for ADP a DET birthday NOUN : PUNCT birthday NOUN cake NOUN , PUNCT birthday NOUN card NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birthday Birthday PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 2 as as ADP _ 4 adjective case 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 adjective det 4 adjective adjective NOUN Number=Sing 1 Birthday nmod 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 birthday case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 birthday det 8 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obl 9 : : PUNCT _ 11 cake punct 10 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 11 cake compound 11 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 8 birthday conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 card punct 13 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 14 card compound 14 card card NOUN Number=Sing 11 cake conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 mean present Birthday as a adjective for a birthday and birthday cake and birthday card vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for birthday=Attribute
Example 1 For her birthday, Ann got 12 new books.
case nmod:poss obl punct nsubj nummod amod obj punct root For ADP her PRON birthday NOUN , PUNCT Ann PROPN got VERB 12 NUM new ADJ books NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 For for ADP _ 3 birthday case 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 birthday nmod:poss 3 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 6 got obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 birthday punct 5 Ann Ann PROPN Number=Sing 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 books nummod 8 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 9 books amod 9 books book NOUN Number=Plur 6 got obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 got punct
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1 get past Ann 12 new books for her birthday vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent book=Theme for birthday=Source
Example 2 He got 25 dollars for his birthday.
nsubj nummod obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root He PRON got VERB 25 NUM dollars NOUN for ADP his PRON birthday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 got nsubj 2 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 25 25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 dollars nummod 4 dollars dollar NOUN Number=Plur 2 got obj 5 for for ADP _ 7 birthday case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 birthday nmod:poss 7 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 4 dollars nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 got punct
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1 get past He 25 dollars for his birthday vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dollar=Theme for birthday=Source
Example 3 There were 18 children at the birthday party.
expl nummod nsubj case det compound obl punct root There PRON were VERB 18 NUM children NOUN at ADP the DET birthday NOUN party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 were expl 2 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 18 18 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 children nummod 4 children child NOUN Number=Plur 2 were nsubj 5 at at ADP _ 8 party case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 party det 7 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 8 party compound 8 party party NOUN Number=Sing 2 were obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 were punct
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1 be past 18 children the birthday party; there vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at party=Location
Example 4 She had 5 candles on her birthday cake.
nsubj nummod obj case nmod:poss compound obl punct root She PRON had VERB 5 NUM candles NOUN on ADP her PRON birthday NOUN cake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 candles nummod 4 candles candle NOUN Number=Plur 2 had obj 5 on on ADP _ 8 cake case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 cake nmod:poss 7 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 8 cake compound 8 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past She 5 candles her birthday cake vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Patient
Example 5 Happy birthday, Grandpa!
amod punct appos punct root Happy ADJ birthday NOUN , PUNCT Grandpa PROPN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 birthday amod 2 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 Grandpa punct 4 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 2 birthday appos 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 birthday punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 6 On my next birthday I will be 10.
case nmod:poss amod obl nsubj aux cop punct root On ADP my PRON next ADJ birthday NOUN I PRON will AUX be AUX 10 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on ADP _ 4 birthday case 2 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 birthday nmod:poss 3 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 4 birthday amod 4 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 8 10 obl 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 10 nsubj 6 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 10 aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 10 cop 8 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 10 punct
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1 is a future I 10 my next birthday tree rules
Example 7 We sang and blew out the candles.
nsubj cc conj compound:prt det obj punct root We PRON sang VERB and CCONJ blew VERB out ADP the DET candles 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 sang nsubj 2 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 blew cc 4 blew blow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 sang conj 5 out out ADP _ 4 blew compound:prt 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 candles det 7 candles candle NOUN Number=Plur 4 blew obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 sang punct
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1 sing speech: express past We vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location 2 blow out past We not said here the candles vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent candle=Patient
Example 8 I made a birthday card for Mum.
nsubj det compound obj case obl punct root I PRON made VERB a DET birthday NOUN card NOUN for ADP Mum PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 card det 4 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 5 card compound 5 card card NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 Mum case 7 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 2 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past I a birthday card for Mum vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent card=Product for mum=Beneficiary
Example 9 But we are forgetting the birthday.
cc nsubj aux det obj punct root But CCONJ we PRON are AUX forgetting VERB the DET birthday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 4 forgetting cc 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 forgetting nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 forgetting aux 4 forgetting forget VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 birthday det 6 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 4 forgetting obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 forgetting punct
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1 forget present · progressive we the birthday tree rules
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