chinaman

Who acts: chinaman, you, old tale, we · What happens: be, say, call · To what, where: old word, Chinese person, courtier · Speech: someone speaks here

«chinaman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: chinaman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, now offensive — kept apart, not parsed.

A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead.

Sentence 1: A chinaman was an old word for a man from China.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chinaman	det
2	chinaman	chinaman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 man	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 China	case
11	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 man	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a chinaman	a old word				for a man from China	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.

Sentence 2: Say «a Chinese person» instead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a Chinese person				instead property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent person=Topic

Example 1

The old tale calls the emperor's courtier a chinaman, but today we say Chinese person.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tale	amod
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 emperor	det
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courtier	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 emperor	case
8	courtier	courtier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chinaman	det
10	chinaman	chinaman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 say	cc
13	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 say	obl:unmarked
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 calls	parataxis
16	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 person	amod
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 say	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	the old tale	the emperor's courtier					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent courtier=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	we	Chinese person			today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent person=Topic

Example 2

Say Chinese person, not chinaman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chinaman	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 chinaman	advmod
6	chinaman	chinaman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Chinese person and chinaman					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent person=Topic

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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