Who acts: their, borrowing, one people, I, you, Pyjamas · What happens: take, belong, give back, permit, get, pay back · To what, where: something, permission, money, bank, person, word · Speech: someone speaks here
«borrowing» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: borrowing in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Taking something that belongs to someone else, with their permission, and giving it back later.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2
belong
present
to someone
vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3
give back
gerund
permission
late property
vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4
permit
their = they
nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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: money — kept apart, not parsed.
Getting money from a bank or person that must be paid back, often with extra (interest).
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Getting
get
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
root
root
2
money
money
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Getting
obj
3
from
from
ADP
_
5 bank
case
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 bank
det
5
bank
bank
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Getting
obl
6
or
or
CCONJ
_
7 person
cc
7
person
person
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 bank
conj
8
that
that
PRON
PronType=Rel
11 paid
nsubj:pass
9
must
must
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
11 paid
aux
10
be
be
AUX
VerbForm=Inf
11 paid
aux:pass
11
paid
pay
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
7 person
acl:relcl
12
back
back
ADV
_
11 paid
advmod
13
,
,
PUNCT
_
16 extra
punct
14
often
often
ADV
_
16 extra
advmod
15
with
with
ADP
_
16 extra
case
16
extra
extra
ADJ
Degree=Pos
1 Getting
conj
17
(
(
PUNCT
_
18 interest
punct
18
interest
interest
NOUN
Number=Sing
16 extra
parataxis
19
)
)
PUNCT
_
18 interest
punct
20
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Getting
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
get
gerund
money
a bank or person
vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from bank=Source
2
pay back
must · passive
person
vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
Meaning 3
Usage: language — kept apart, not parsed.
A word taken from another language, like «café» from French or «kangaroo» from an Aboriginal language.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 word
det
2
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
taken
take
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 word
acl
4
from
from
ADP
_
6 language
case
5
another
another
DET
PronType=Ind
6 language
det
6
language
language
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 taken
obl
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 café
punct
8
like
like
ADP
_
10 café
case
9
«
«
PUNCT
_
10 café
punct
10
café
café
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 word
appos
11
»
»
PUNCT
_
10 café
punct
12
from
from
ADP
_
13 French
case
13
French
French
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 café
nmod
14
or
or
CCONJ
_
16 kangaroo
cc
15
«
«
PUNCT
_
16 kangaroo
punct
16
kangaroo
kangaroo
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 café
conj
17
»
»
PUNCT
_
16 kangaroo
punct
18
from
from
ADP
_
21 language
case
19
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
21 language
det
20
Aboriginal
aboriginal
ADJ
Degree=Pos
21 language
amod
21
language
language
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 café
nmod
22
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 word
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
take
participle
a word not said here
another language
vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from language=Initial_Location
Meaning 4
Usage: maths, old — kept apart, not parsed.
In subtraction, «borrowing» means taking ten from the next column (also called regrouping or exchanging).
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3
lendnot said to happen
gerund
I not said here
vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Example 7
Borrowing tales is a mutual process, and when Indian meets European, European meets Indian; which borrowed from which, is a question which we have very few criteria to decide.
The tree, 29 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme
2
is a
present
Borrowing
a mutual process
tree rules
3
meet
present
european property
vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4
meet
present
indian property
vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5
borrow
past
a mutual process
a mutual process
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
6
is a
present
a mutual process
a question
tree rules
7
have
present
we
a question
tree rules
8
decide
to-infinitive
we not said here
vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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.