centaur

Who acts: centaur, Chiron, Jason, dying Centaur · What happens: be, live, stay, die, thirst · To what, where: creature, Greek myths, cave

«centaur» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: centaur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A centaur is a creature in Greek myths with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 centaur	det
2	centaur	centaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creature	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 creature	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 creature	det
5	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 myths	case
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 myths	amod
8	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 creature	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 half	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 half	det
11	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 half	amod
12	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 creature	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 man	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 man	det
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 half	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 body	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 body	det
18	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 half	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 legs	cc
20	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 half	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 horse	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 horse	det
23	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 legs	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 creature	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a centaur	a creature		Greek myths		with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse	tree rules

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

Chiron the Centaur lived in a cave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Centaur	det
3	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Chiron	flat
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Chiron			a cave			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location

Example 2

For ten years Jason stayed with the Centaur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 years	case
2	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 years	nummod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stayed	obl
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	nsubj
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 Centaur	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Centaur	det
8	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Jason				year	with the Centaur	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with centaur=Location

Example 3

The dying Centaur was thirsting for revenge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Centaur	det
2	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 Centaur	amod
3	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 thirsting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thirsting	aux
5	thirsting	thirst	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 revenge	case
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thirsting	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thirsting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	thirst	past · progressive	the dying Centaur					for revenge	vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for revenge=Theme

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