bostonian Who acts: person, pen pal, Bostonians, Bostonian accent, Angry Bostonians, She · What happens: come, live, have, do, be, love · To what, where: Boston, Bostonian, baseball team, tea, harbour, proud Bostonian
«bostonian» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: bostonian in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who comes from or lives in Boston, a big city in Massachusetts, USA.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj acl:relcl obl cc conj case obl punct det amod appos case nmod punct conj punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON comes VERB from ADP or CCONJ lives VERB in ADP Boston PROPN , PUNCT a DET big ADJ city NOUN in ADP Massachusetts PROPN , PUNCT USA PROPN . PUNCT 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 comes nsubj 4 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 from from ADP _ 4 comes obl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 lives cc 7 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 comes conj 8 in in ADP _ 9 Boston case 9 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 7 lives obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 city punct 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 city det 12 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 13 city amod 13 city city NOUN Number=Sing 9 Boston appos 14 in in ADP _ 15 Massachusetts case 15 Massachusetts Massachusetts PROPN Number=Sing 13 city nmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 USA punct 17 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 15 Massachusetts conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 come present a person vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 live present a person not said here Boston vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boston=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 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Having to do with Boston or its people, such as the Boston accent.
The tree, 13 words mark xcomp case obl cc nmod:poss conj punct case fixed det compound acl:relcl punct root Having VERB to PART do VERB with ADP Boston PROPN or CCONJ its PRON people NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP the DET Boston PROPN accent NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to PART _ 3 do mark 3 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Having xcomp 4 with with ADP _ 5 Boston case 5 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 3 do obl 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 people cc 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 people nmod:poss 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 Boston conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 accent punct 10 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 14 accent case 11 as as ADP _ 10 such fixed 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 accent det 13 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 14 accent compound 14 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 8 people acl:relcl 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Having punct
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1 have gerund tree rules 2 do to-infinitive with Boston or its people vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 My pen pal is a Bostonian.
nmod:poss compound nsubj cop det punct root My PRON pen NOUN pal NOUN is AUX a DET Bostonian PROPN . 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 pal nmod:poss 2 pen pen NOUN Number=Sing 3 pal compound 3 pal pal NOUN Number=Sing 6 Bostonian nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Bostonian cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 Bostonian det 6 Bostonian Bostonian PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 Bostonian punct
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1 is a present My pen pal a Bostonian tree rules
Example 2 Bostonians love their baseball team, the Red Sox.
nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct det amod obl punct root Bostonians PROPN love VERB their PRON baseball NOUN team NOUN , PUNCT the DET Red ADJ Sox PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bostonians Bostonian PROPN Number=Plur 2 love nsubj 2 love love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 team nmod:poss 4 baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 5 team compound 5 team team NOUN Number=Sing 2 love obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 Sox punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Sox det 8 Red Red ADJ Degree=Pos 9 Sox amod 9 Sox Sox PROPN Number=Plur 2 love obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 love punct
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1 love present Bostonians Bostonians's baseball team the Red Sox obl vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus
Example 3 The Bostonian accent is easy to recognise.
det amod nsubj cop mark xcomp punct root The DET Bostonian ADJ accent NOUN is AUX easy ADJ to PART recognise VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 accent det 2 Bostonian bostonian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 accent amod 3 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 5 easy nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 easy cop 5 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 to to PART _ 7 recognise mark 7 recognise recognise VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 easy xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 easy punct
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1 is present the Bostonian accent easy property tree rules 2 recognise to-infinitive the Bostonian accent not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 4 Angry Bostonians threw tea into the harbour.
amod nsubj obj case det obl punct root Angry ADJ Bostonians PROPN threw VERB tea NOUN into ADP the DET harbour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Bostonians amod 2 Bostonians Bostonian PROPN Number=Plur 3 threw nsubj 3 threw throw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 3 threw obj 5 into into ADP _ 7 harbour case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 harbour det 7 harbour harbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 threw obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 threw punct
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1 throw past Angry Bostonians tea into the harbour result vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer tea=Theme into harbour=Result
Example 5 She is a proud Bostonian.
nsubj cop det amod punct root She PRON is AUX a DET proud ADJ Bostonian PROPN . 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 5 Bostonian nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Bostonian cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 Bostonian det 4 proud proud ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Bostonian amod 5 Bostonian Bostonian PROPN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 Bostonian punct
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1 is a present She a proud Bostonian tree rules
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