capitol
Who acts: Capitol, lawmakers, US Congress, We, Great prince, prince · What happens: meet, make, have, visit, use, mean · To what, where: laws, Capitol, huge white dome, state capitol, Austin, US Congress · Speech: someone speaks here
«capitol» 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: capitol in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: US — kept apart, not parsed.
The Capitol: the building in Washington, D.C. where the US Congress meets to make laws.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Capitol | det |
| 2 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 meets | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 building | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 building | det |
| 5 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Capitol | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Washington | case |
| 7 | Washington | Washington | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 building | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 D.C. | punct |
| 9 | D.C. | D.C. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Capitol | conj |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 meets | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Congress | det |
| 12 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Congress | compound |
| 13 | Congress | Congress | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 meets | nsubj |
| 14 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 make | mark |
| 16 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 meets | xcomp |
| 17 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 make | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 meets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | present | the Capitol and D.C. | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the Capitol and D.C. not said here | laws | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product |
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: US — kept apart, not parsed.
The building where a state's lawmakers meet, a state capitol.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 building | det |
| 2 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 meet | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 state | det |
| 5 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lawmakers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 state | case |
| 7 | lawmakers | lawmaker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 meet | nsubj |
| 8 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 building | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 capitol | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 capitol | det |
| 11 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 capitol | compound |
| 12 | capitol | capitol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 building | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 building | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | present | a state's lawmakers | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Meaning 3
Usage: history — kept apart, not parsed.
The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 temple | det |
| 2 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Jupiter | case |
| 4 | Jupiter | Jupiter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 temple | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Hill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Hill | det |
| 7 | Capitoline | Capitoline | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Hill | compound |
| 8 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 temple | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Rome | case |
| 10 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Rome | amod |
| 11 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 temple | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 temple | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The US Congress meets in the Capitol.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Congress | det |
| 2 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Congress | compound |
| 3 | Congress | Congress | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 meets | nsubj |
| 4 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Capitol | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Capitol | det |
| 7 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 meets | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 meets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | present | the US Congress | the Capitol | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The Capitol has a huge white dome.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Capitol | det |
| 2 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dome | det |
| 5 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dome | amod |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dome | amod |
| 7 | dome | dome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the Capitol | a huge white dome | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dome=Patient |
Example 3
We visited the state capitol in Austin.
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 visited | nsubj |
| 2 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 capitol | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 capitol | compound |
| 5 | capitol | capitol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Austin | case |
| 7 | Austin | Austin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 visited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | past | We | the state capitol | Austin | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capitol=Co-Agent |
Example 4
Capitol Hill is often used to mean the US Congress.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 used | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Capitol | flat |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 used | advmod |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 mean | mark |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 used | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Congress | det |
| 9 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Congress | compound |
| 10 | Congress | Congress | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mean | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | Capitol | often property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | mean | to-infinitive | the US Congress | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent congress=Topic |
Example 5
In ancient Rome, the Capitol was a temple on a hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Rome | case |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Rome | amod |
| 3 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 temple | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Rome | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Capitol | det |
| 6 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 temple | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 temple | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 temple | det |
| 9 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 hill | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hill | det |
| 12 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 temple | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 temple | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Capitol | a temple | ancient Rome | on a hill | tree rules |
Example 6
‘Great prince,’ said he, ‘cause a copper horse and rider to be made, and stationed in front of the Capitol.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 prince | punct |
| 2 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prince | amod |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 prince | punct |
| 5 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 prince | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cause | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cause | punct |
| 9 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 cause | punct |
| 10 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 horse | det |
| 12 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 horse | compound |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cause | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rider | cc |
| 15 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 horse | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 made | mark |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 made | aux:pass |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 horse | acl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stationed | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 stationed | cc |
| 21 | stationed | station | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 said | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 front | case |
| 23 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 stationed | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Capitol | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Capitol | det |
| 26 | Capitol | Capitol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 front | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Great prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cause | infinitive | prince | a copper horse and rider | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition horse=Patient | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive · passive | prince not said here | a copper horse and rider not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ||||
| 4 | station | participle | Great prince not said here | front of the Capitol | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in front=Destination |
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