brahmin
Who acts: brahmin, son, wise brahmin · What happens: be, mourn, die, give, teach · To what, where: member, death, good advice, young prince
«brahmin» 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: brahmin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A brahmin is a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brahmin | det |
| 2 | brahmin | brahmin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 member | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 member | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 member | det |
| 5 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 class | det |
| 8 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 class | amod |
| 9 | Hindu | hindu | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 class | amod |
| 10 | priestly | priestly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 class | amod |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 member | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 India | case |
| 13 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 class | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 member | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a brahmin | a member | of the highest Hindu priestly class in India | tree rules |
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 brahmin mourned his son's death.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brahmin | det |
| 2 | brahmin | brahmin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mourned | nsubj |
| 3 | mourned | mourn | 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 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 death | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 son | case |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mourned | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mourned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mourn | past | the brahmin | brahmin's son's death | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | die | brahmin's son | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
The wise brahmin gave good advice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brahmin | det |
| 2 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brahmin | amod |
| 3 | brahmin | brahmin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 advice | amod |
| 6 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the wise brahmin | good advice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
Example 3
A brahmin taught the young prince.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brahmin | det |
| 2 | brahmin | brahmin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taught | nsubj |
| 3 | taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 prince | amod |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taught | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 taught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | past | a brahmin | the young prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
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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