codfish

Who acts: codfish, people, We, captain, Fishermen · What happens: be, eat, fry, call, bring · To what, where: large sea fish, insult, fried codfish, codfish, boat · Speech: someone speaks here

«codfish» 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: codfish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 codfish	det
2	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fish	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fish	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fish	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fish	compound
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 eat	obj
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eat	nsubj
10	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fish	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a codfish	a large sea fish					tree rules
2	eat	present	people	a large sea fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

«Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Codfish	punct
2	Codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insult	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Codfish	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 insult	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insult	det
6	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 foolish	punct
11	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insult	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 codfish	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 codfish	mark
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 codfish	case
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 codfish	punct
17	only	only	ADV	_	19 codfish	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 codfish	det
19	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insult	appos
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 codfish	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 insult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Codfish	a insult				for a foolish dull person	tree rules

Example 1

We ate fried codfish for supper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fried	fry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 codfish	amod
4	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 supper	case
6	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	We	fried codfish				for supper	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent codfish=Patient
2	fry	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The captain was furious to be called a codfish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 furious	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 furious	cop
4	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 called	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 furious	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 codfish	det
9	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 furious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the captain					furious property	tree rules
2	call	to-infinitive · passive	the captain not said here	a codfish					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»

Example 3

Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obl
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boat	amod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 codfish	case
8	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Fishermen			a boat			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: 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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