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bushbaby

Who acts: that, bushbaby, huge eyes, We, Bushbabies, nocturnal house · What happens: live, come out, call, have, see, hear · To what, where: trees, galago, huge eyes, bushbaby, insects, bushbabies · Speech: someone speaks here

«bushbaby» 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: bushbaby in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small African animal with huge round eyes, big ears and a long tail that lives in trees and comes out at night. Also called a galago.

Sentence 1: A small African animal with huge round eyes, big ears and a long tail that lives in trees and comes out at night.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
3	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyes	amod
7	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyes	amod
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 animal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ears	punct
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ears	amod
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eyes	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tail	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tail	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tail	amod
15	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eyes	conj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lives	nsubj
17	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animal	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 trees	case
19	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lives	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 comes	cc
21	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lives	conj
22	out	out	ADP	_	21 comes	compound:prt
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 night	case
24	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 comes	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	that			trees			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
2	come out	present	that not said here				night		vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: 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.

Sentence 2: Also called a galago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Also	also	ADV	_	2 called	advmod
2	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 galago	det
4	galago	galago	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		a galago					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The bushbaby leapt from tree to tree in the dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 leapt	det
2	bushbaby	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leapt	compound
3	leapt	leapt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 tree	case
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leapt	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 tree	case
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leapt	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tree	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leapt	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

A bushbaby has huge eyes for seeing at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bushbaby	det
2	bushbaby	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyes	amod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 seeing	mark
7	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 eyes	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a bushbaby	huge eyes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	see	gerund	huge eyes not said here				night		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

We heard a bushbaby crying in the African night.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bushbaby	det
4	bushbaby	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bushbaby	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crying	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	a bushbaby					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bushbaby=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	gerund	a bushbaby not said here				night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Bushbabies eat insects and tree gum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bushbabies	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gum	cc
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gum	compound
6	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 insects	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Bushbabies	insects and tree gum					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient

Example 5

The zoo's nocturnal house has bushbabies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 zoo	det
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 zoo	case
4	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 house	amod
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	bushbabies	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the zoo's nocturnal house	bushbabies					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bushbaby=Patient

Example 6

A bushbaby can jump much further than its own body length.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bushbaby	det
2	bushbaby	bushbaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jump	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 jump	aux
4	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 further	advmod
6	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 jump	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	11 length	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 length	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 length	amod
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 length	compound
11	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 further	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	can	a bushbaby					far property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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