cantonese

Who acts: family, We, Cantonese, Nei hou · What happens: speak, call, do, have, sound, mean · To what, where: Chinese language, Guangzhou, Cantonese, home, Hong, Cantonese dim sum · Speech: someone speaks here

«cantonese» 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: cantonese in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The Chinese language spoken in Guangzhou (once called Canton), Hong Kong, Macau and by many Chinese people abroad.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 language	det
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 language	amod
3	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 language	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Guangzhou	case
6	Guangzhou	Guangzhou	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	obl
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 called	punct
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 called	advmod
9	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Guangzhou	acl
10	Canton	Canton	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 called	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Hong	punct
13	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Guangzhou	appos
14	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hong	flat
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Macau	punct
16	Macau	Macau	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hong	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 people	cc
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 people	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 people	amod
20	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 people	amod
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 Hong	conj
22	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	21 people	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		the Chinese language not said here		Guangzhou			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	participle		Guangzhou not said here				once property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

From or to do with this area, its people or its food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	SCONJ	_	4 do	mark
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 do	cc
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 area	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 area	det
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 people	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 people	nmod:poss
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 area	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 food	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 food	nmod:poss
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with this area and its people or its food	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

Cantonese food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cantonese	cantonese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 food	amod
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 food	punct

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

Example 1

My friend's family speaks Cantonese at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 family	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	nsubj
5	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Cantonese	Cantonese	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	My friend's family	Cantonese		home			tree rules

Example 2

Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cantonese	cantonese	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spoken	aux:pass
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Hong	case
5	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	obl
6	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Hong	flat
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive		Cantonese		Hong			tree rules

Example 3

We had Cantonese dim sum for lunch.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Cantonese	Cantonese	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sum	compound
4	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	Cantonese dim sum				for lunch	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Patient

Example 4

Cantonese and Mandarin sound very different.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cantonese	cantonese	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sound	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Mandarin	cc
3	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cantonese	conj
4	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 different	advmod
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Cantonese and Mandarin					different property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

"Nei hou" means hello in Cantonese.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hou	punct
2	Nei	Nei	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hou	compound
3	hou	hou	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hou	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Cantonese	case
8	Cantonese	Cantonese	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nei hou	hello				in Cantonese	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot hello=Theme in cantonese=Attribute

Example 6

Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cantonese	cantonese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 tones	amod
4	tones	tone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 Mandarin	case
6	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tones	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Cantonese	more tones				than Mandarin	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tone=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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