boyhood Who acts: time, person, He, Dad, Becoming, We · What happens: be, become, spend, talk, visit, start · To what, where: boy, young man, boyhood, farm, pilot, boyhood dream · Speech: someone speaks here
«boyhood» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: boyhood in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The time in a person's life when he is a boy, from birth until he becomes a young man.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj case det nmod:poss case nmod advmod nsubj cop det punct case conj mark nsubj advcl det amod xcomp punct root The DET time NOUN in ADP a DET person NOUN 's PART life NOUN when ADV he PRON is AUX a DET boy NOUN , PUNCT from ADP birth NOUN until SCONJ he PRON becomes VERB a DET young ADJ man NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 time det 2 time time NOUN Number=Sing 12 boy nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 7 life case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 life nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 person case 7 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 time nmod 8 when when ADV PronType=Int 12 boy advmod 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 boy nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 boy cop 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 boy det 12 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing root root 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 birth punct 14 from from ADP _ 15 birth case 15 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 12 boy conj 16 until until SCONJ _ 18 becomes mark 17 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 becomes nsubj 18 becomes become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 birth advcl 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 man det 20 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 21 man amod 21 man man NOUN Number=Sing 18 becomes xcomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 12 boy punct
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1 is a present the time in a person's life a boy and birth tree rules 2 become present person a young man vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 The state of being a boy.
det case cop det nmod punct root The DET state NOUN of ADP being AUX a DET boy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 state det 2 state state NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 6 boy case 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 boy cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 boy det 6 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 2 state nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 state punct
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1 is gerund of a boy tree rules
Example 1 He spent his boyhood on a farm.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root He PRON spent VERB his PRON boyhood NOUN on ADP a DET farm NOUN . PUNCT 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 spent nsubj 2 spent spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 boyhood nmod:poss 4 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 farm case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 farm det 7 farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 spent punct
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1 spend past He his boyhood on a farm goal vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent boyhood=Asset on farm=Goal
Example 2 Dad still talks about his boyhood in Belfast.
nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl case nmod punct root Dad NOUN still ADV talks VERB about ADP his PRON boyhood NOUN in ADP Belfast PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 talks nsubj 2 still still ADV _ 3 talks advmod 3 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 boyhood case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 boyhood nmod:poss 6 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 3 talks obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 Belfast case 8 Belfast Belfast PROPN Number=Sing 6 boyhood nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 talks punct
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1 talk present Dad still about Dad's boyhood in Belfast vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about boyhood=Topic
Example 3 Becoming a pilot was his boyhood dream.
csubj det xcomp cop nmod:poss compound punct root Becoming VERB a DET pilot NOUN was AUX his PRON boyhood NOUN dream NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Becoming become VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 dream csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 pilot det 3 pilot pilot NOUN Number=Sing 1 Becoming xcomp 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 dream cop 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 dream nmod:poss 6 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 7 dream compound 7 dream dream NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 dream punct
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1 become gerund a pilot vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 is a past Becoming his boyhood dream tree rules
Example 4 We visited Mark Twain's boyhood home.
nsubj nmod:poss flat case obj advmod punct root We PRON visited VERB Mark PROPN Twain PROPN 's PART boyhood NOUN home ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 visited nsubj 2 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Mark Mark PROPN Number=Sing 6 boyhood nmod:poss 4 Twain Twain PROPN Number=Sing 3 Mark flat 5 's 's PART _ 3 Mark case 6 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 2 visited obj 7 home home ADV _ 2 visited advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 visited punct
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1 visit past We Mark's boyhood home property vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boyhood=Co-Agent
Example 5 They had been friends since boyhood.
nsubj aux cop case nmod punct root They PRON had AUX been AUX friends NOUN since ADP boyhood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 friends nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 friends aux 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 friends cop 4 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 since since ADP _ 6 boyhood case 6 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 4 friends nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 friends punct
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1 is a past · perfect They friends since boyhood tree rules
Example 6 In his boyhood he had already started on a journey, for his desire was to see foreign lands and strange people.
The tree, 21 words case nmod:poss obl nsubj aux advmod case det obl punct mark nmod:poss nsubj aux mark conj amod obj cc amod conj punct root In ADP his PRON boyhood NOUN he PRON had AUX already ADV started VERB on ADP a DET journey NOUN , PUNCT for SCONJ his PRON desire NOUN was AUX to PART see VERB foreign ADJ lands NOUN and CCONJ strange ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 boyhood case 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 boyhood nmod:poss 3 boyhood boyhood NOUN Number=Sing 7 started obl 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 started nsubj 5 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 started aux 6 already already ADV _ 7 started advmod 7 started start VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 8 on on ADP _ 10 journey case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 journey det 10 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing 7 started obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 17 see punct 12 for for SCONJ _ 17 see mark 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 desire nmod:poss 14 desire desire NOUN Number=Sing 17 see nsubj 15 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 see aux 16 to to PART _ 17 see mark 17 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 started conj 18 foreign foreign ADJ Degree=Pos 19 lands amod 19 lands land NOUN Number=Plur 17 see obj 20 and and CCONJ _ 22 people cc 21 strange strange ADJ Degree=Pos 22 people amod 22 people people NOUN Number=Plur 19 lands conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 7 started punct
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1 start past · perfect he his boyhood on a journey vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 see past his desire foreign lands and strange people vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus 3 desire his = he nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
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