buzzard

Who acts: buzzard, We · What happens: be, hunt, circle, let out, see, sit · To what, where: large bird, small animals, buzzard, field, loud cry, fence post

«buzzard» 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: buzzard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 buzzard	det
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 prey	case
8	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 wings	case
10	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wings	amod
11	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bird	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 high	nsubj
13	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 high	nsubj
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wings	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 sky	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sky	det
17	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 high	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 hunts	cc
19	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 high	conj
20	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 animals	amod
21	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 hunts	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a buzzard	a large bird				of prey; with broad wings	tree rules
2	hunt	present	a buzzard not said here	small animals					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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.

Example 1

A buzzard circled over the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 buzzard	det
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	circled	circle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 buzzard	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 buzzard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	participle		a buzzard not said here		the field			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The buzzard let out a loud cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buzzard	det
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 let	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cry	det
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cry	amod
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let out	infinitive	the buzzard	a loud cry					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme

Example 3

We saw a buzzard sitting on a fence post.

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	4 buzzard	det
4	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 buzzard	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 post	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 post	det
8	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 post	compound
9	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	a buzzard					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer buzzard=Stimulus
2	sit	gerund	a buzzard not said here			a fence post			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on post=Location

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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