burglary Who acts: Burglary, crime, burglary next door, you, police, we · What happens: be, break, steal, lock, help, prevent · To what, where: crime, building, things, back door, burglary, serious crime · Speech: someone speaks here
«burglary» 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: burglary in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Burglary is the crime of breaking into a building to steal things.
nsubj cop det mark acl case det obl mark advcl obj punct root Burglary NOUN is AUX the DET crime NOUN of SCONJ breaking VERB into ADP a DET building NOUN to PART steal VERB things NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 4 crime nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 crime cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 crime det 4 crime crime NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of SCONJ _ 6 breaking mark 6 breaking break VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 crime acl 7 into into ADP _ 9 building case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 building det 9 building building NOUN Number=Sing 6 breaking obl 10 to to PART _ 11 steal mark 11 steal steal VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 breaking advcl 12 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 11 steal obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 crime punct
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1 is a present Burglary the crime tree rules 2 break gerund the crime not said here into a building result vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into building=Result 3 steal to-infinitive the crime not said here things vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme
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 A burglary is one time this happens: «There was a burglary next door».
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked nsubj punct punct expl parataxis det compound amod nsubj punct punct root A DET burglary NOUN is AUX one NUM time NOUN this PRON happens VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT There PRON was VERB a DET burglary NOUN next ADJ door NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 burglary det 2 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 7 happens nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 happens cop 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 time nummod 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 happens obl:unmarked 6 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 happens nsubj 7 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 : : PUNCT _ 11 was punct 9 « « PUNCT _ 11 was punct 10 There there PRON PronType=Dem 11 was expl 11 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 happens parataxis 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 door det 13 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 15 door compound 14 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 15 door amod 15 door door NOUN Number=Sing 11 was nsubj 16 » » PUNCT _ 11 was punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 7 happens punct
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1 is present a burglary time happen property tree rules 2 be in a quote past a burglary next door there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 There was a burglary on our street last night.
expl det nsubj case nmod:poss nmod amod obl:unmarked punct root There PRON was VERB a DET burglary NOUN on ADP our PRON street NOUN last ADJ night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 burglary det 4 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 5 on on ADP _ 7 street case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 street nmod:poss 7 street street NOUN Number=Sing 4 burglary nmod 8 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 9 night amod 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 was obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a burglary on our street there night vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Lock the back door to help prevent burglary.
det compound obj mark advcl xcomp obj punct root Lock VERB the DET back NOUN door NOUN to PART help VERB prevent VERB burglary NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lock lock VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 door det 3 back back NOUN Number=Sing 4 door compound 4 door door NOUN Number=Sing 1 Lock obj 5 to to PART _ 6 help mark 6 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Lock advcl 7 prevent prevent VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 help xcomp 8 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 7 prevent obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Lock punct
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1 lock imperative you not said here the back door vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient 2 help to-infinitive you not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 prevent infinitive you not said here burglary vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer burglary=Theme
Example 3 The police are investigating the burglary.
det nsubj aux det obj punct root The DET police NOUN are AUX investigating VERB the DET burglary NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 4 investigating nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 investigating aux 4 investigating investigate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 burglary det 6 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 4 investigating obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 investigating punct
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1 investigate present · progressive the police the burglary vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=Theme
Example 4 Burglary is a serious crime.
nsubj cop det amod punct root Burglary NOUN is AUX a DET serious ADJ crime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 5 crime nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 crime cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 crime det 4 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 crime amod 5 crime crime NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 crime punct
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1 is a present Burglary a serious crime tree rules
Example 5 After the burglary we got a new alarm.
case det obl nsubj det amod obj punct root After ADP the DET burglary NOUN we PRON got VERB a DET new ADJ alarm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 burglary case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 burglary det 3 burglary burglary NOUN Number=Sing 5 got obl 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 got nsubj 5 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 alarm det 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 alarm amod 8 alarm alarm NOUN Number=Sing 5 got obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 got punct
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1 get past we a new alarm after the burglary vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alarm=Stimulus
Example 6 The detective solved three burglaries in one week.
det nsubj nummod obj case nummod obl punct root The DET detective NOUN solved VERB three NUM burglaries NOUN in ADP one NUM week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 solved nsubj 3 solved solve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 burglaries nummod 5 burglaries burglary NOUN Number=Plur 3 solved obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 week case 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 week nummod 8 week week NOUN Number=Sing 3 solved obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 solved punct
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1 solve past the detective three burglaries week vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=Topic
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