bowerbird Who acts: bowerbird, male, male bowerbird, Bowerbirds, satin bowerbird, Scientists · What happens: be, build, decorate, attract, impress, live · To what, where: bird, Australia, decorated shelter, female, bower, anything
«bowerbird» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: bowerbird in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A bowerbird is a bird from Australia and New Guinea; the male builds a decorated shelter of twigs (a bower) to attract a female.
The tree, 24 words det nsubj cop det case nmod cc compound conj punct det nsubj conj det amod obj case nmod punct det appos punct mark advcl det obj punct root A DET bowerbird NOUN is AUX a DET bird NOUN from ADP Australia PROPN and CCONJ New PROPN Guinea PROPN ; PUNCT the DET male NOUN builds VERB a DET decorated VERB shelter NOUN of ADP twigs NOUN ( PUNCT a DET bower NOUN ) PUNCT to PART attract VERB a DET female NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bowerbird det 2 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bird cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 bird det 5 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 from from ADP _ 7 Australia case 7 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 5 bird nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 Guinea cc 9 New New PROPN Number=Sing 10 Guinea compound 10 Guinea Guinea PROPN Number=Sing 7 Australia conj 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 builds punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 male det 13 male male NOUN Number=Sing 14 builds nsubj 14 builds build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bird conj 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 shelter det 16 decorated decorate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 shelter amod 17 shelter shelter NOUN Number=Sing 14 builds obj 18 of of ADP _ 19 twigs case 19 twigs twig NOUN Number=Plur 17 shelter nmod 20 ( ( PUNCT _ 22 bower punct 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 bower det 22 bower bower NOUN Number=Sing 17 shelter appos 23 ) ) PUNCT _ 22 bower punct 24 to to PART _ 25 attract mark 25 attract attract VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 builds advcl 26 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 27 female det 27 female female NOUN Number=Sing 25 attract obj 28 . . PUNCT _ 5 bird punct
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1 is a present a bowerbird a bird Australia and New Guinea tree rules 2 build present the male a decorated shelter of twigs vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shelter=Product 3 decorate participle vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 attract to-infinitive the male not said here a female vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent female=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.
Example 1 The bowerbird decorated his bower with blue bottle tops.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case amod compound obl punct root The DET bowerbird NOUN decorated VERB his PRON bower NOUN with ADP blue ADJ bottle NOUN tops NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bowerbird det 2 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN Number=Sing 3 decorated nsubj 3 decorated decorate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 bower nmod:poss 5 bower bower NOUN Number=Sing 3 decorated obj 6 with with ADP _ 9 tops case 7 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tops amod 8 bottle bottle NOUN Number=Sing 9 tops compound 9 tops top NOUN Number=Plur 3 decorated obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 decorated punct
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1 decorate past the bowerbird bowerbird's bower with blue bottle tops vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bower=Destination with top=Theme
Example 2 A male bowerbird builds a bower to impress a female.
det amod nsubj det obj mark advcl det obj punct root A DET male ADJ bowerbird NOUN builds VERB a DET bower NOUN to PART impress VERB a DET female NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 bowerbird det 2 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bowerbird amod 3 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN Number=Sing 4 builds nsubj 4 builds build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bower det 6 bower bower NOUN Number=Sing 4 builds obj 7 to to PART _ 8 impress mark 8 impress impress VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 builds advcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 female det 10 female female NOUN Number=Sing 8 impress obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 builds punct
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1 build present a male bowerbird a bower vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bower=Product 2 impress to-infinitive a male bowerbird not said here a female vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus female=Experiencer
Example 3 Bowerbirds live in Australia and New Guinea.
nsubj case obl cc compound conj punct root Bowerbirds NOUN live VERB in ADP Australia PROPN and CCONJ New PROPN Guinea PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bowerbirds bowerbird NOUN Number=Plur 2 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 Australia case 4 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 2 live obl 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 Guinea cc 6 New New PROPN Number=Sing 7 Guinea compound 7 Guinea Guinea PROPN Number=Sing 4 Australia conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 live punct
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1 live present Bowerbirds Australia and New Guinea vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location
Example 4 The satin bowerbird loves anything blue.
det amod nsubj obj amod punct root The DET satin ADJ bowerbird NOUN loves VERB anything PRON blue ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bowerbird det 2 satin satin ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bowerbird amod 3 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN Number=Sing 4 loves nsubj 4 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 loves obj 6 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anything amod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 loves punct
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1 love present the satin bowerbird anything vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
Example 5 The bowerbird stole a blue peg from our washing line.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root The DET bowerbird NOUN stole VERB a DET blue ADJ peg NOUN from ADP our PRON washing NOUN line NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bowerbird det 2 bowerbird bowerbird NOUN Number=Sing 3 stole nsubj 3 stole steal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 peg det 5 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 6 peg amod 6 peg peg NOUN Number=Sing 3 stole obj 7 from from ADP _ 10 line case 8 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 line nmod:poss 9 washing washing NOUN Number=Sing 10 line compound 10 line line NOUN Number=Sing 6 peg nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 stole punct
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1 steal past the bowerbird a blue peg our washing line vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent peg=Theme from line=Source
Example 6 Scientists study how bowerbirds choose colours.
nsubj advmod nsubj advcl obj punct root Scientists NOUN study VERB how ADV bowerbirds NOUN choose VERB colours NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 study nsubj 2 study study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 how how ADV PronType=Int 5 choose advmod 4 bowerbirds bowerbird NOUN Number=Plur 5 choose nsubj 5 choose choose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 study advcl 6 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 5 choose obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 study punct
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1 study present Scientists vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 choose present bowerbirds colours vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme
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