cannibal

Who acts: cannibal, person, princess, hungry giant, cannibal goblin, cannibal princess · What happens: be, eat, live, want · To what, where: person, other people, giant goblin, fairy tales, human flesh, cannibal

«cannibal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cannibal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cannibal is a person or creature that eats other people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cannibal	det
2	cannibal	cannibal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 creature	cc
7	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 eats	nsubj
9	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eats	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cannibal	a person or creature					tree rules
2	eat	present	a person or creature	other people					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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.

Meaning 2

In fairy tales a cannibal is a giant, goblin or princess who eats human flesh.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tales	compound
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 goblin	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cannibal	det
5	cannibal	cannibal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goblin	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 goblin	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 goblin	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 goblin	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 giant	punct
10	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 princess	cc
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goblin	conj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 eats	nsubj
14	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 princess	acl:relcl
15	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 flesh	amod
16	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eats	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 goblin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cannibal	a giant goblin or princess		fairy tales			tree rules
2	eat	present	princess	human flesh					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient

Example 1

The hungry giant was a cannibal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 giant	amod
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cannibal	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cannibal	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cannibal	det
6	cannibal	cannibal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cannibal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the hungry giant	a cannibal					tree rules

Example 2

The cannibal goblin lived in a dark cave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goblin	det
2	cannibal	cannibal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goblin	amod
3	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cave	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cave	amod
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the cannibal goblin			a dark cave			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location

Example 3

The cannibal princess wanted to eat the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
2	cannibal	cannibal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 princess	amod
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the cannibal princess						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cannibal princess not said here	the boy					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient

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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