chinchilla
Who acts: chinchilla, pet chinchilla, Chinchillas, fur, Wild chinchillas · What happens: have, roll, keep, come, not get, take · To what, where: softest fur, special dust, Andes mountains, chinchillas, bit
«chinchilla» 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: chinchilla in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A small rodent from the Andes mountains of South America, with very soft, thick grey fur and a bushy tail.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rodent | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rodent | amod |
| 3 | rodent | rodent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 mountains | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mountains | det |
| 6 | Andes | Ande | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 mountains | compound |
| 7 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rodent | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 America | case |
| 9 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 America | compound |
| 10 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mountains | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fur | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 fur | case |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 soft | advmod |
| 14 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 fur | amod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 soft | punct |
| 16 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 fur | amod |
| 17 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 fur | amod |
| 18 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rodent | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 tail | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 tail | det |
| 21 | bushy | bushy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 tail | amod |
| 22 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fur | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rodent | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
The fur of this animal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fur | det |
| 2 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 animal | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 animal | det |
| 5 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fur | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fur | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
A chinchilla has the softest fur of any land animal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 chinchilla | det |
| 2 | chinchilla | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fur | det |
| 5 | softest | soft | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 fur | amod |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 animal | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 animal | det |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 animal | compound |
| 10 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fur | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a chinchilla | the softest fur of any land animal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
Example 2
Our pet chinchilla rolls in special dust to keep clean.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 chinchilla | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chinchilla | compound |
| 3 | chinchilla | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rolls | nsubj |
| 4 | rolls | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 dust | case |
| 6 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dust | amod |
| 7 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rolls | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 keep | mark |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rolls | advcl |
| 10 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keep | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rolls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | present | Our pet chinchilla | special dust | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dust=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | Our pet chinchilla not said here | clean property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Chinchillas come from the Andes mountains.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinchillas | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 mountains | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mountains | det |
| 5 | Andes | Ande | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 mountains | compound |
| 6 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Chinchillas | the Andes mountains | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location |
Example 4
Chinchillas must not get wet, because their fur takes too long to dry.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinchillas | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 takes | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 takes | mark |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 takes | nsubj |
| 10 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 takes | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 dry | mark |
| 14 | dry | dry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 long | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | must | Chinchillas | wet property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | take | present | Chinchillas's fur | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | dry | to-infinitive | Chinchillas's fur not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Example 5
Wild chinchillas are now rare because they were hunted for fur.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 chinchillas | amod |
| 2 | chinchillas | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rare | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rare | cop |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 rare | advmod |
| 5 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 hunted | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hunted | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 hunted | aux:pass |
| 9 | hunted | hunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rare | advcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 fur | case |
| 11 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hunted | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Wild chinchillas | now | rare property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hunt | past · passive | chinchillas = chinchilla | for fur | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for fur=Theme |
Example 6
The chinchilla nibbled a bit of hay.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chinchilla | det |
| 2 | chinchilla | chinchilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nibbled | nsubj |
| 3 | nibbled | nibble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nibbled | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hay | case |
| 7 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bit | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 nibbled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nibble | past | the chinchilla | a bit of hay | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
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