bloodsucker

Who acts: animal, person, Mosquitoes, leech, bloodsucker, Vampire bats · What happens: suck, take, use, be, live, call · To what, where: blood, money, others, tiny bloodsuckers, bloodsucker, ponds · Speech: someone speaks here

«bloodsucker» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: bloodsucker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An animal that sucks blood, such as a leech, a mosquito, a tick or a vampire bat.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sucks	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sucks	nsubj
4	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sucks	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 leech	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 leech	case
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 leech	det
10	leech	leech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blood	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mosquito	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mosquito	det
13	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sucks	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tick	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tick	det
16	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mosquito	appos
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 bat	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bat	det
19	vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bat	compound
20	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tick	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sucks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	present	a animal	blood and a leech					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme

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: informal, rude — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who takes money from others or uses them unfairly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 others	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 uses	cc
9	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 uses	obj
11	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	9 uses	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a person	money		others			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from other=Initial_Location
2	use	present	a person not said here	others = other				unfairly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: stories — kept apart, not parsed.

A vampire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vampire	det
2	vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 vampire	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Mosquitoes are tiny bloodsuckers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bloodsuckers	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bloodsuckers	cop
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bloodsuckers	amod
4	bloodsuckers	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bloodsuckers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mosquitoes	tiny bloodsuckers					tree rules

Example 2

A leech is a bloodsucker that lives in ponds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leech	det
2	leech	leech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bloodsucker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bloodsucker	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bloodsucker	det
5	bloodsucker	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lives	nsubj
7	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bloodsucker	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 ponds	case
9	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lives	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bloodsucker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a leech	a bloodsucker					tree rules
2	live	present	a bloodsucker			ponds			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location

Example 3

Vampire bats are bloodsuckers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bats	compound
2	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bloodsuckers	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bloodsuckers	cop
4	bloodsuckers	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bloodsuckers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Vampire bats	bloodsuckers					tree rules

Example 4

He called the greedy landlord a bloodsucker.

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 landlord	det
4	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 landlord	amod
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bloodsucker	det
7	bloodsucker	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	the greedy landlord					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent landlord=Recipient

Example 5

In the story, the bloodsucker came out only at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bloodsucker	det
6	bloodsucker	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 night	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	the bloodsucker			the story	night	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Example 6

Ticks are bloodsuckers, so check your legs after hiking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bloodsuckers	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bloodsuckers	cop
3	bloodsuckers	bloodsucker	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 check	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 check	advmod
6	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bloodsuckers	conj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 legs	nmod:poss
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 check	obj
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 hiking	mark
10	hiking	hike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 check	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bloodsuckers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Ticks	bloodsuckers	tree rules
2	check	infinitive	Ticks not said here	your legs	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
3	hike	gerund	Ticks not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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