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canary

Who acts: canary, Canaries, She, Miners, Falling bee numbers, cat · What happens: keep, give, warn, sing, need, wear · To what, where: small yellow songbird, early warning, danger, clean water, canary yellow raincoat, canaries

«canary» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: canary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 songbird	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songbird	amod
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songbird	amod
4	songbird	songbird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 kept	advmod
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 songbird	acl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 pet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pet	det
9	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 songbird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a small yellow songbird not said here				as a pet; often property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

A bright yellow colour (canary yellow).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 colour	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colour	amod
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colour	amod
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 yellow	punct
6	canary	canary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 yellow	amod
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colour	amod
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 yellow	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 colour	punct

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

Meaning 3

Something that gives an early warning of danger (a canary in a coal mine).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Something	acl:relcl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 warning	det
5	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 warning	amod
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 danger	case
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warning	nmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 canary	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 canary	det
11	canary	canary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 danger	appos
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 mine	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mine	det
14	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mine	compound
15	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 canary	nmod
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 canary	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present		a early warning of danger					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	warn			danger					nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

Our canary sings every morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 canary	nmod:poss
2	canary	canary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sings	nsubj
3	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 morning	det
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sings	obl:unmarked
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Our canary				morning		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Canaries need clean water and seeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Canaries	canary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 seeds	cc
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 water	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Canaries	clean water and seeds					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Example 3

She wore a canary yellow raincoat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 raincoat	det
4	canary	canary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 raincoat	amod
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 raincoat	amod
6	raincoat	raincoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	a canary yellow raincoat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent raincoat=Source

Example 4

Miners used canaries to detect bad gas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Miners	miner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	canaries	canary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 detect	mark
5	detect	detect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gas	amod
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detect	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Miners	canaries					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canary=Patient
2	detect	to-infinitive	Miners not said here	bad gas					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gas=Stimulus

Example 5

Falling bee numbers are a canary in the coal mine for nature.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 numbers	amod
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 numbers	compound
3	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 canary	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 canary	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 canary	det
6	canary	canary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 mine	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mine	det
9	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mine	compound
10	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 canary	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 nature	case
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mine	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 canary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	Falling bee numbers	a canary		the coal mine for nature			tree rules

Example 6

The cat stared at the canary in its cage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	nsubj
3	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 canary	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 canary	det
6	canary	canary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cage	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cage	nmod:poss
9	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	the cat					in cat's cage; at the canary	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at canary=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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