cobweb

Who acts: cobweb, spider, cobwebs, old silly ideas, attic · What happens: be, spin, catch, mean, not be · To what, where: fine sticky thread net, insects, old silly ideas, fly, cobweb, tales

«cobweb» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cobweb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cobweb is the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch insects.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cobweb	det
2	cobweb	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 net	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 net	amod
6	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 net	amod
7	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 net	compound
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 spins	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 spider	det
11	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spins	nsubj
12	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 net	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 catch	mark
14	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 spins	advcl
15	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 catch	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 net	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a cobweb	the fine sticky thread net	tree rules
2	spin	present	a spider	the fine sticky thread net	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3	catch	to-infinitive	a spider not said here	insects	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme

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

In talk, «cobwebs» can mean old, silly ideas that are not true.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 talk	case
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mean	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 cobwebs	punct
5	cobwebs	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mean	nsubj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 cobwebs	punct
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 mean	aux
8	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ideas	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 old	punct
11	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ideas	amod
12	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mean	obj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 true	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 true	advmod
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ideas	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	cobwebs	old silly ideas				in talk	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme in talk=Attribute
2	not is	present	old silly ideas					true property	tree rules

Example 1

The fly was caught in the cobweb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fly	det
2	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cobweb	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cobweb	det
7	cobweb	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		the fly		the cobweb			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 2

The attic was full of dusty cobwebs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attic	det
2	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cobwebs	case
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cobwebs	amod
7	cobwebs	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the attic					of dusty cobwebs; full property	tree rules

Example 3

Are all these tales just cobwebs and moontalk?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tales	cop
2	all	all	ADV	_	4 tales	advmod
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 tales	det
4	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 cobwebs	advmod
6	cobwebs	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tales	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 moontalk	cc
8	moontalk	moontalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tales	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tales	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		this tales and moontalk				cobwebs nmod; all property	tree rules

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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