bookseller
Who acts: bookseller, person, you, Edmond · What happens: be, sell, show, ask · To what, where: person, books, shop, new stories, us, bookseller
«bookseller» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: bookseller in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A bookseller is a person who sells books, often in a shop.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bookseller | det |
| 2 | bookseller | bookseller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 sells | nsubj |
| 7 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sells | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 often | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 sells | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 shop | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 shop | det |
| 13 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sells | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bookseller | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sell | present | a person | books | a shop | often property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=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.
Example 1
The bookseller showed us the new stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bookseller | det |
| 2 | bookseller | bookseller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 showed | iobj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stories | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stories | amod |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 showed | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the bookseller | the new stories | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient story=Topic |
Example 2
Ask the bookseller for a dictionary.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bookseller | det |
| 3 | bookseller | bookseller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 dictionary | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dictionary | det |
| 6 | dictionary | dictionary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the bookseller | for a dictionary | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bookseller=Recipient |
Example 3
Edmond Curl was a bookseller in London.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edmond | Edmond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bookseller | nsubj |
| 2 | Curl | Curl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Edmond | flat |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bookseller | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bookseller | det |
| 5 | bookseller | bookseller | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 London | case |
| 7 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bookseller | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bookseller | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Edmond | a bookseller | London | tree rules |
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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