brontosaurus Who acts: huge eating dinosaur, dinosaur, brontosaurus, We, Scientists · What happens: eat, mean, name, have, see, argue · To what, where: thunder lizard, long neck, plants, brontosaurus skeleton, museum
«brontosaurus» 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: brontosaurus in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard".
The tree, 21 words det amod compound punct amod nsubj case det advmod amod nmod punct amod conj cc nummod amod conj punct nmod:poss nsubj punct compound obj punct punct root A DET huge ADJ plant NOUN - PUNCT eating VERB dinosaur NOUN with ADP a DET very ADV long ADJ neck NOUN , PUNCT long ADJ tail NOUN and CCONJ four NUM thick ADJ legs NOUN ; PUNCT its PRON name NOUN means VERB " PUNCT thunder NOUN lizard NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 dinosaur det 2 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dinosaur amod 3 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 5 eating compound 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 plant punct 5 eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 dinosaur amod 6 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN Number=Sing 22 means nsubj 7 with with ADP _ 11 neck case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 neck det 9 very very ADV _ 10 long advmod 10 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 11 neck amod 11 neck neck NOUN Number=Sing 6 dinosaur nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 tail punct 13 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 14 tail amod 14 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 11 neck conj 15 and and CCONJ _ 18 legs cc 16 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 18 legs nummod 17 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos 18 legs amod 18 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 11 neck conj 19 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 means punct 20 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 21 name nmod:poss 21 name name NOUN Number=Sing 22 means nsubj 22 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 23 " " PUNCT _ 25 lizard punct 24 thunder thunder NOUN Number=Sing 25 lizard compound 25 lizard lizard NOUN Number=Sing 22 means obj 26 " " PUNCT _ 25 lizard punct 27 . . PUNCT _ 22 means punct
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1 eat gerund vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present a huge eating dinosaur with a long neck and long tail and four thick legs thunder lizard vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Topic 3 name dinosaur nom name «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.
Example 1 The brontosaurus had a very long neck.
det nsubj det advmod amod obj punct root The DET brontosaurus NOUN had VERB a DET very ADV long ADJ neck NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 brontosaurus det 2 brontosaurus brontosaurus NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 neck det 5 very very ADV _ 6 long advmod 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 neck amod 7 neck neck NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the brontosaurus a long neck vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient
Example 2 Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard".
nsubj punct compound obj punct punct root Brontosaurus PROPN means VERB " PUNCT thunder NOUN lizard NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brontosaurus Brontosaurus PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 lizard punct 4 thunder thunder NOUN Number=Sing 5 lizard compound 5 lizard lizard NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 lizard punct 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Brontosaurus thunder lizard vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Topic
Example 3 The brontosaurus ate plants, not meat.
det nsubj obj punct advmod conj punct root The DET brontosaurus NOUN ate VERB plants NOUN , PUNCT not PART meat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 brontosaurus det 2 brontosaurus brontosaurus NOUN Number=Sing 3 ate nsubj 3 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 3 ate obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 meat punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 meat advmod 7 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 4 plants conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ate punct
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1 eat past the brontosaurus plants and meat vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient
Example 4 We saw a brontosaurus skeleton at the museum.
nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root We PRON saw VERB a DET brontosaurus NOUN skeleton NOUN at ADP the DET museum NOUN . 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 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 skeleton det 4 brontosaurus brontosaurus NOUN Number=Sing 5 skeleton compound 5 skeleton skeleton NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 museum case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 museum det 8 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past We a brontosaurus skeleton the museum vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skeleton=Stimulus
Example 5 Scientists argued for years about whether brontosaurus was a real separate dinosaur.
nsubj case obl case mark nsubj cop det amod amod obl punct root Scientists NOUN argued VERB for ADP years NOUN about ADP whether SCONJ brontosaurus NOUN was AUX a DET real ADJ separate ADJ dinosaur NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued nsubj 2 argued argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 4 years case 4 years year NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued obl 5 about about ADP _ 12 dinosaur case 6 whether whether SCONJ _ 12 dinosaur mark 7 brontosaurus brontosaurus NOUN Number=Sing 12 dinosaur nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 dinosaur cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 dinosaur det 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 12 dinosaur amod 11 separate separate ADJ Degree=Pos 12 dinosaur amod 12 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN Number=Sing 2 argued obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree past Scientists year vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past brontosaurus about a real separate dinosaur tree rules
Example 6 A brontosaurus was longer than a school bus.
det nsubj cop case det compound obl punct root A DET brontosaurus NOUN was AUX longer ADJ than ADP a DET school NOUN bus NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 brontosaurus det 2 brontosaurus brontosaurus NOUN Number=Sing 4 longer nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 longer cop 4 longer long ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 8 bus case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 bus det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 bus compound 8 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 4 longer obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 longer punct
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1 is past a brontosaurus than a school bus; long property tree rules
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