caribou Who acts: caribou, large deer, male caribou, Canadian quarter, Wolves · What happens: be, call, migrate, grow, show, dig · To what, where: large deer, same animal, Europe, tundra, antlers, caribou · Speech: someone speaks here
«caribou» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: caribou in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A caribou is a large deer of North America's Arctic and northern forests with big branching antlers; in Europe and Asia the same animal is called a reindeer.
The tree, 29 words det nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod:poss case nmod cc amod conj case amod compound nmod punct case obl cc conj det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass acl det xcomp punct root A DET caribou NOUN is AUX a DET large ADJ deer NOUN of ADP North PROPN America PROPN 's PART Arctic PROPN and CCONJ northern ADJ forests NOUN with ADP big ADJ branching NOUN antlers NOUN ; PUNCT in ADP Europe PROPN and CCONJ Asia PROPN the DET same ADJ animal NOUN is AUX called VERB a DET reindeer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 caribou det 2 caribou caribou NOUN Number=Sing 6 deer nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 deer cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 deer det 5 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 6 deer amod 6 deer deer NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 11 Arctic case 8 North North PROPN Number=Sing 9 America compound 9 America America PROPN Number=Sing 11 Arctic nmod:poss 10 's 's PART _ 9 America case 11 Arctic Arctic PROPN Number=Sing 6 deer nmod 12 and and CCONJ _ 14 forests cc 13 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 14 forests amod 14 forests forest NOUN Number=Plur 11 Arctic conj 15 with with ADP _ 18 antlers case 16 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 18 antlers amod 17 branching branching NOUN Number=Sing 18 antlers compound 18 antlers antler NOUN Number=Plur 14 forests nmod 19 ; ; PUNCT _ 28 called punct 20 in in ADP _ 21 Europe case 21 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 28 called obl 22 and and CCONJ _ 23 Asia cc 23 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 21 Europe conj 24 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 animal det 25 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 26 animal amod 26 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 28 called nsubj:pass 27 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 28 called aux:pass 28 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 deer acl 29 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 30 reindeer det 30 reindeer reindeer NOUN Number=Sing 28 called xcomp 31 . . PUNCT _ 6 deer punct
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1 is a present a caribou a large deer of North America's Arctic and northern forests with big branching antlers tree rules 2 call present · passive a large deer not said here the same animal Europe and Asia vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
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.
Example 1 Caribou migrate across the tundra in huge herds.
nsubj case det obl case amod obl punct root Caribou NOUN migrate VERB across ADP the DET tundra NOUN in ADP huge ADJ herds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caribou caribou NOUN Number=Plur 2 migrate nsubj 2 migrate migrate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 across across ADP _ 5 tundra case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 tundra det 5 tundra tundra NOUN Number=Sing 2 migrate obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 herds case 7 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 8 herds amod 8 herds herd NOUN Number=Plur 2 migrate obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 migrate punct
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1 migrate present Caribou the tundra in huge herds tree rules
Example 2 Both male and female caribou grow antlers.
det amod cc conj nsubj obj punct root Both DET male ADJ and CCONJ female ADJ caribou NOUN grow VERB antlers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 5 caribou det 2 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 5 caribou amod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 female cc 4 female female ADJ Degree=Pos 2 male conj 5 caribou caribou NOUN Number=Plur 6 grow nsubj 6 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 antlers antler NOUN Number=Plur 6 grow obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 grow punct
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1 grow present both male caribou antlers vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme
Example 3 The Canadian quarter shows a caribou.
det amod nsubj det obj punct root The DET Canadian ADJ quarter NOUN shows VERB a DET caribou NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 quarter det 2 Canadian Canadian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 quarter amod 3 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 4 shows nsubj 4 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 caribou det 6 caribou caribou NOUN Number=Sing 4 shows obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 shows punct
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1 show present the Canadian quarter a caribou vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caribou=Recipient
Example 4 Caribou dig through snow to eat lichen.
nsubj case obl mark advcl obj punct root Caribou NOUN dig VERB through ADP snow NOUN to PART eat VERB lichen NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caribou caribou NOUN Number=Plur 2 dig nsubj 2 dig dig VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 through through ADP _ 4 snow case 4 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 2 dig obl 5 to to PART _ 6 eat mark 6 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 dig advcl 7 lichen lichen NOUN Number=Sing 6 eat obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 dig punct
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1 dig present Caribou snow vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location 2 eat to-infinitive Caribou not said here lichen vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lichen=Patient
Example 5 Wolves follow the caribou herds.
nsubj det compound obj punct root Wolves NOUN follow VERB the DET caribou NOUN herds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wolves wolf NOUN Number=Plur 2 follow nsubj 2 follow follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 herds det 4 caribou caribou NOUN Number=Sing 5 herds compound 5 herds herd NOUN Number=Plur 2 follow obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 follow punct
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1 follow present Wolves the caribou herds vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme
Example 6 Caribou and reindeer are the same species.
nsubj cc conj cop det amod punct root Caribou NOUN and CCONJ reindeer NOUN are AUX the DET same ADJ species NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caribou caribou NOUN Number=Sing 7 species nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 reindeer cc 3 reindeer reindeer NOUN Number=Sing 1 Caribou conj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 species cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 species det 6 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 7 species amod 7 species species NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 species punct
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1 is a present Caribou and reindeer the same species tree rules
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