charon Who acts: Charon, ancient Greek stories, Greeks, Horizons spacecraft, Pluto, hero · What happens: be, row, put, pay, take, spin · To what, where: ferryman, ancient Greek stories, souls, river, largest moon, dead
«charon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: charon in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: Greek myth — kept apart, not parsed.
Charon is the ferryman in ancient Greek stories who rowed the souls of the dead across the river Styx (or Acheron) into the underworld, in return for a coin.
The tree, 29 words nsubj cop det case amod amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl det obj case det nmod case det obl appos punct cc appos punct case det obl punct case conj case det nmod punct root Charon NOUN is AUX the DET ferryman NOUN in ADP ancient ADJ Greek ADJ stories NOUN who PRON rowed VERB the DET souls NOUN of ADP the DET dead ADJ across ADP the DET river NOUN Styx PROPN ( PUNCT or CCONJ Acheron PROPN ) PUNCT into ADP the DET underworld NOUN , PUNCT in ADP return NOUN for ADP a DET coin NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charon charon NOUN Number=Sing 4 ferryman nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ferryman cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ferryman det 4 ferryman ferryman NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 stories case 6 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stories amod 7 Greek Greek ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stories amod 8 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 4 ferryman nmod 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 rowed nsubj 10 rowed row VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 stories acl:relcl 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 souls det 12 souls soul NOUN Number=Plur 10 rowed obj 13 of of ADP _ 15 dead case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 dead det 15 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 12 souls nmod 16 across across ADP _ 18 river case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 river det 18 river river NOUN Number=Sing 10 rowed obl 19 Styx Styx PROPN Number=Sing 18 river appos 20 ( ( PUNCT _ 22 Acheron punct 21 or or CCONJ _ 22 Acheron cc 22 Acheron Acheron PROPN Number=Sing 19 Styx appos 23 ) ) PUNCT _ 22 Acheron punct 24 into into ADP _ 26 underworld case 25 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 underworld det 26 underworld underworld NOUN Number=Sing 10 rowed obl 27 , , PUNCT _ 29 return punct 28 in in ADP _ 29 return case 29 return return NOUN Number=Sing 4 ferryman conj 30 for for ADP _ 32 coin case 31 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 32 coin det 32 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 29 return nmod 33 . . PUNCT _ 4 ferryman punct
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1 is a present Charon the ferryman and return for a coin ancient Greek stories tree rules 2 row past ancient Greek stories the souls of the dead the river into the underworld vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent soul=Theme across river=Trajectory
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 Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.
Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, about half Pluto's size.
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop det amod case det amod compound nmod punct advmod det:predet nmod:poss case conj punct root Charon NOUN is AUX the DET largest ADJ moon NOUN of ADP the DET dwarf ADJ planet NOUN Pluto PROPN , PUNCT about ADV half DET Pluto PROPN 's PART size NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charon charon NOUN Number=Sing 5 moon nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 moon cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 moon det 4 largest large ADJ Degree=Sup 5 moon amod 5 moon moon NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 10 Pluto case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Pluto det 8 dwarf dwarf ADJ Degree=Pos 10 Pluto amod 9 planet planet NOUN Number=Sing 10 Pluto compound 10 Pluto Pluto PROPN Number=Sing 5 moon nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 size punct 12 about about ADV _ 13 half advmod 13 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 16 size det:predet 14 Pluto Pluto PROPN Number=Sing 16 size nmod:poss 15 's 's PART _ 14 Pluto case 16 size size NOUN Number=Sing 5 moon conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 moon punct
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1 is a present Charon the largest moon and Pluto's size of the dwarf planet Pluto tree rules
Example 1 Charon rowed the dead across the river Styx.
nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root Charon PROPN rowed VERB the DET dead ADJ across ADP the DET river NOUN Styx PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charon Charon PROPN Number=Sing 2 rowed nsubj 2 rowed row VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dead det 4 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 2 rowed obj 5 across across ADP _ 8 Styx case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Styx det 7 river river NOUN Number=Sing 8 Styx compound 8 Styx Styx PROPN Number=Sing 2 rowed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 rowed punct
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1 row past Charon the dead the river Styx vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dead=Theme across styx=Trajectory
Example 2 The Greeks put a coin with the dead to pay Charon.
det nsubj det obj case det obl mark advcl obj punct root The DET Greeks PROPN put VERB a DET coin NOUN with ADP the DET dead ADJ to PART pay VERB Charon PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Greeks det 2 Greeks Greek PROPN Number=Plur 3 put nsubj 3 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 coin det 5 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 3 put obj 6 with with ADP _ 8 dead case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 dead det 8 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 3 put obl 9 to to PART _ 10 pay mark 10 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 put advcl 11 Charon Charon PROPN Number=Sing 10 pay obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 put punct
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1 put past the Greeks a coin with the dead vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent coin=Goal 2 pay to-infinitive the Greeks not said here Charon vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charon=Asset
Example 3 Charon is Pluto's biggest moon.
nsubj cop nmod:poss case amod punct root Charon NOUN is AUX Pluto PROPN 's PART biggest ADJ moon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charon charon NOUN Number=Sing 6 moon nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 moon cop 3 Pluto Pluto PROPN Number=Sing 6 moon nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Pluto case 5 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 6 moon amod 6 moon moon NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 moon punct
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1 is a present Charon Pluto's biggest moon tree rules
Example 4 The New Horizons spacecraft took photos of Charon.
det amod compound nsubj obj case nmod punct root The DET New ADJ Horizons PROPN spacecraft NOUN took VERB photos NOUN of ADP Charon PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Horizons det 2 New new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Horizons amod 3 Horizons Horizon PROPN Number=Plur 4 spacecraft compound 4 spacecraft spacecraft NOUN Number=Sing 5 took nsubj 5 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 photos photo NOUN Number=Plur 5 took obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 Charon case 8 Charon Charon PROPN Number=Sing 6 photos nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 took punct
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1 take past Horizons spacecraft photos of Charon vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme
Example 5 Pluto and Charon spin around each other like dancers.
nsubj cc conj case obl fixed case obl punct root Pluto PROPN and CCONJ Charon PROPN spin VERB around ADP each DET other ADJ like ADP dancers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pluto Pluto PROPN Number=Sing 4 spin nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 Charon cc 3 Charon Charon PROPN Number=Sing 1 Pluto conj 4 spin spin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 around around ADP _ 6 each case 6 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 4 spin obl 7 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 each fixed 8 like like ADP _ 9 dancers case 9 dancers dancer NOUN Number=Plur 4 spin obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 spin punct
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1 spin present Pluto and Charon each like dancers vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around each=Trajectory
Example 6 In the story the hero had no coin for Charon.
case det obl det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root In ADP the DET story NOUN the DET hero NOUN had VERB no DET coin NOUN for ADP Charon PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 had obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 hero det 5 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 6 had nsubj 6 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 coin det 8 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 6 had obj 9 for for ADP _ 10 Charon case 10 Charon Charon PROPN Number=Sing 8 coin nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 had punct
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1 have past the hero no coin the story for Charon vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient
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