cockroach

Who acts: cockroach, that, Calling, you, cockroaches, museum · What happens: be, live, spread, call, run, clean up · To what, where: large brown insect, warm dirty places, germs, person, kitchen floor, crumbs · Speech: someone speaks here

«cockroach» 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: cockroach in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cockroach	det
2	cockroach	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 insect	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 insect	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 insect	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 insect	amod
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 insect	amod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 black	cc
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brown	conj
9	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 feelers	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feelers	amod
12	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 insect	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lives	nsubj
14	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 insect	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 places	case
16	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 places	amod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 warm	punct
18	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 places	amod
19	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lives	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 spread	cc
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 spread	aux
22	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 lives	conj
23	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 spread	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 insect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cockroach	a large brown insect		with long feelers	tree rules
2	live	present	that		warm dirty places		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
3	spread	can	that not said here	germs			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=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

Usage: insult — kept apart, not parsed.

Calling a person a cockroach is very rude and hateful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 rude	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cockroach	det
5	cockroach	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 rude	advmod
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hateful	cc
10	hateful	hateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rude	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a person		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme cockroach=Result
2	is	present	Calling		rude property	tree rules
3	be		Calling not said here			tree rules

Example 1

A cockroach ran across the kitchen floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cockroach	det
2	cockroach	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	7 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floor	compound
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a cockroach			the kitchen floor			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Trajectory

Example 2

Cockroaches like warm, dark places.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	like	like	ADP	_	6 places	case
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 warm	punct
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
6	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cockroaches	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cockroaches	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

Clean up crumbs so you don't get cockroaches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Clean	compound:prt
3	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Clean	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Clean	advcl
9	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Clean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean up	imperative	you not said here	crumbs					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent crumb=Patient
2	not get	present · do-support	you	cockroaches					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cockroach=Stimulus

Example 4

A cockroach has six legs and two long feelers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cockroach	det
2	cockroach	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 legs	nummod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feelers	cc
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 feelers	nummod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feelers	amod
9	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 legs	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a cockroach	six legs and two long feelers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Example 5

Some cockroaches can fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 cockroaches	det
2	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	aux
4	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	can	some cockroaches						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The museum has giant hissing cockroaches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cockroaches	amod
5	hissing	hiss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cockroaches	amod
6	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the museum	giant hissing cockroaches					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cockroach=Patient
2	hiss	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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