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caw

Who acts: crow, We, raven, Rooks, cat, single caw · What happens: cry, make, caw, hear, go, come · To what, where: sound, crow, rooftop, caw, birds, silence

«caw» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: caw in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The loud harsh cry of a crow, rook or raven.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cry	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cry	amod
3	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cry	amod
4	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 crow	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crow	det
7	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rook	punct
9	rook	rook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crow	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 raven	cc
11	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crow	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry		a crow and rook or raven						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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

To make this sound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		this sound					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Example 1

The crow cawed from the rooftop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cawed	caw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 crow	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rooftop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rooftop	det
6	rooftop	rooftop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cawed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caw	participle		the crow not said here		the rooftop			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We heard the caw of a raven.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 caw	det
4	caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 raven	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 raven	det
7	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caw	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	the caw of a raven					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer caw=Stimulus
2	caw		a raven						nom caw «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

Rooks caw loudly in the evening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rooks	rook	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caw	nsubj
2	caw	caw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 caw	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 evening	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 evening	det
6	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caw	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 caw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caw	present	Rooks				evening	loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

«Caw! Caw!» went the crow.

Sentence 1: «Caw!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Caw	punct
2	Caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Caw	punct

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

Sentence 2: Caw!» went the crow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	vocative
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Caw	punct
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Caw	punct
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crow	det
6	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past		the crow				Caw vocative	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crow=Theme

Example 5

The birds cawed when the cat came near.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	cawed	caw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 birds	acl
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 came	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cawed	advcl
8	near	near	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caw	participle		the birds not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	past	the cat					near property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

A single caw broke the silence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 caw	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caw	amod
3	caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 silence	det
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	a single caw	the silence					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Patient

Example 7

Caw! caw! a crow flew up from the ditch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caw	compound
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Caw	punct
3	caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 caw	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crow	det
6	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	nsubj
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 flew	compound:prt
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 ditch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ditch	det
11	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly up	past	Caw caw			the ditch			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ditch=Trajectory

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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