chamois

Who acts: chamois, short horns, He, uncle · What happens: be, live, crush, see · To what, where: small wild animal, mountains, Many, chamois hunter

«chamois» 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: chamois in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chamois	det
2	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 goat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 goat	det
10	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 horns	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 horns	case
13	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 horns	amod
14	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animal	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lives	punct
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lives	nsubj
17	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 horns	acl:relcl
18	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 lives	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 mountains	case
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lives	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chamois	a small wild animal				like a goat; with short horns	tree rules
2	live	present	short horns			mountains		high property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location

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

"Many a chamois have I crushed."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Many	punct
2	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crushed	nsubj:pass
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chamois	det
4	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Many	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 crushed	aux
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 crushed	nsubj
7	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 crushed	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 crushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush in a quote	present · perfect · passive		Many					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

He saw two chamois high up the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 chamois	nummod
4	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 high	obl:unmarked
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saw	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 mountain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mountain	det
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 high	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He					high property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

His uncle was a chamois hunter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunter	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hunter	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hunter	det
5	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunter	compound
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hunter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His uncle	a chamois hunter					tree rules

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