cardinal

Who acts: senior leader, male, cardinal number, cardinals, red cardinal, cardinal points · What happens: wear, help, choose, be, count, oppose · To what, where: Pope, counting number, Rome, new Pope, bird feeder, cardinal number

«cardinal» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: cardinal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

A senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church who wears red and helps choose the Pope.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 leader	det
2	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leader	amod
3	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 Church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Church	det
6	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Church	amod
7	Catholic	Catholic	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Church	compound
8	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 leader	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wears	nsubj
10	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 leader	parataxis
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wears	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 helps	cc
13	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wears	conj
14	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 helps	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Pope	det
16	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 choose	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wear	present	a senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church		red property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	help	present	a senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	choose	infinitive	a senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church not said here	the Pope		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pope=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.

Meaning 2

A bright red songbird of North America; the male is red with a crest.

The tree, 14 words

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	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songbird	amod
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songbird	amod
4	songbird	songbird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 America	case
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 America	compound
7	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 songbird	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 red	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 male	det
10	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 red	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 red	cop
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songbird	appos
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 crest	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 crest	det
15	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 red	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 songbird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the male					with a crest; red property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Most important or basic, as in "a cardinal rule".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 important	amod
2	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 basic	cc
4	basic	basic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 important	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rule	punct
6	as	as	ADP	_	11 rule	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 rule	case
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 rule	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rule	det
10	cardinal	cardinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rule	amod
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 important	parataxis
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 rule	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 important	punct

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

Meaning 4

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

A cardinal number is a counting number like one, two, three, as opposed to first, second, third.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 number	compound
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 number	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 one	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 number	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 two	punct
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 one	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 three	punct
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 one	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 opposed	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 opposed	mark
16	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 number	acl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 first	case
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 opposed	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 second	punct
20	second	second	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 opposed	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 third	punct
22	third	third	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 second	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	count	gerund				vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	present	a cardinal number	a counting number	like one	tree rules
3	oppose	participle		a counting number not said here	second property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Meaning 5

A deep red colour.

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	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colour	amod
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colour	amod
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 colour	punct

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

Example 1

The cardinals met in Rome to choose a new Pope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cardinals	det
2	cardinals	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 met	nsubj
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Rome	case
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 met	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 choose	mark
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 met	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Pope	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Pope	amod
10	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 choose	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	the cardinals			Rome			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	choose	to-infinitive	the cardinals not said here	a new Pope					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pope=Theme

Example 2

A red cardinal sat on our bird feeder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cardinal	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cardinal	amod
3	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 feeder	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feeder	nmod:poss
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feeder	compound
8	feeder	feeder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a red cardinal			our bird feeder			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on feeder=Location

Example 3

The cardinal points are north, east, south and west.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 points	det
2	cardinal	cardinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 points	amod
3	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 east	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 east	cop
5	north	north	ADV	_	7 east	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 east	punct
7	east	east	ADV	_	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 south	punct
9	south	south	ADV	_	7 east	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 west	cc
11	west	west	ADV	_	7 east	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 east	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cardinal points					east, north, south property	tree rules

Example 4

Three is a cardinal number; third is an ordinal number.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 number	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 number	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	compound
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 number	punct
7	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 number	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 number	cop
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 number	det
10	ordinal	ordinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 number	amod
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Three	a cardinal number and a ordinal number					tree rules
2	is a	present	third	a ordinal number					tree rules

Example 5

The cardinal rule of the pool is no running.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rule	det
2	cardinal	cardinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rule	amod
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 running	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 pool	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pool	det
6	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rule	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 running	cop
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 running	det
9	running	running	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 running	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the cardinal rule of the pool	no running					tree rules
2	rule		the pool						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 6

The cardinal wore a red robe and hat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cardinal	det
2	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 robe	det
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 robe	amod
6	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hat	cc
8	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robe	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the cardinal	a red robe and hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

Example 7

At last he arrived in Rome, where the Pope had just died, and there was great doubt among the cardinals as to whom they should appoint as his successor.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 arrived	nsubj
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Rome	case
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 died	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 died	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Pope	det
10	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 died	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 died	aux
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 died	advmod
13	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 Rome	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 was	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 was	cc
16	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	17 was	expl
17	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 arrived	conj
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 doubt	amod
19	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 was	nsubj
20	among	among	ADP	_	22 cardinals	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cardinals	det
22	cardinals	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 was	obl
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 appoint	mark
24	to	to	ADP	_	23 as	fixed
25	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 appoint	obj
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 appoint	nsubj
27	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 appoint	aux
28	appoint	appoint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 cardinals	acl
29	as	as	ADP	_	31 successor	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 successor	nmod:poss
31	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 appoint	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 arrived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	he		last	in Rome	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die	past · perfect	the Pope				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	be	past	great doubt		the cardinals; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among cardinal=Location
4	appoint	should	cardinals = cardinal	the cardinals		as doubt's successor	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent whom=Theme as successor=Attribute

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