cockatrice

Who acts: cockatrice · What happens: make up, be, say, kill, hiss, matter · To what, where: made monster, look, it, old · Speech: someone speaks here

«cockatrice» 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: cockatrice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cockatrice	det
2	cockatrice	cockatrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monster	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 monster	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monster	det
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 monster	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 up	punct
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 made	compound:prt
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 snake	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 snake	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snake	det
12	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monster	appos
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 head	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cock	det
15	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 head	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 cock	case
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snake	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
19	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	20 look	nmod:poss
20	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	aux:pass
22	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 monster	parataxis
23	to	to	PART	_	24 kill	mark
24	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 said	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 monster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make up	participle			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a cockatrice	a made monster	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past · passive		look	tree rules
4	kill	to-infinitive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

The cockatrice hissed at the knight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cockatrice	det
2	cockatrice	cockatrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hissed	nsubj
3	hissed	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 knight	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knight	det
6	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hissed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hiss	past	the cockatrice					at the knight	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at knight=Location

Example 2

"Does it matter?" said the cockatrice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 matter	punct
2	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	expl
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 matter	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 matter	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cockatrice	det
9	cockatrice	cockatrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter in a quote	present · do-support		it					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: ask	past	the cockatrice						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 3

The cockatrice guarded the old well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cockatrice	det
2	cockatrice	cockatrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guarded	nsubj
3	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 old	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 guarded	obl
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 guarded	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	the cockatrice	the old				well property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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