cormorant Who acts: large dark sea bird, beak, cormorant, cormorants, rocks, We · What happens: hook, dive, catch, come up, stand, dry · To what, where: beak, fish, rocks, wings, cormorant, harbour
«cormorant» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: cormorant in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish.
The tree, 18 words det amod amod compound nsubj case det amod nmod cc obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod mark advcl obj punct root A DET large ADJ dark ADJ sea NOUN bird NOUN with ADP a DET long ADJ neck NOUN and CCONJ hooked VERB beak NOUN that PRON dives VERB underwater ADV to PART catch VERB fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 bird det 2 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bird amod 3 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bird amod 4 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird compound 5 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 11 hooked nsubj 6 with with ADP _ 9 neck case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 neck det 8 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 9 neck amod 9 neck neck NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 hooked cc 11 hooked hook VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 beak beak NOUN Number=Sing 11 hooked obj 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 14 dives nsubj 14 dives dive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 beak acl:relcl 15 underwater underwater ADV _ 14 dives advmod 16 to to PART _ 17 catch mark 17 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 dives advcl 18 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 17 catch obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 11 hooked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hook past a large dark sea bird with a long neck beak vn rotate-51.9.1-1 «NP V NP.extent»: agent=Theme beak=Extent 2 dive present beak underwater property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 3 catch to-infinitive beak not said here fish vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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.
Example 1 A cormorant dived and came up with a fish.
det nsubj cc conj advmod case det obl punct root A DET cormorant NOUN dived VERB and CCONJ came VERB up ADV with ADP a DET fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cormorant det 2 cormorant cormorant NOUN Number=Sing 3 dived nsubj 3 dived dive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 came cc 5 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 dived conj 6 up up ADV _ 5 came advmod 7 with with ADP _ 9 fish case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fish det 9 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 5 came obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 dived punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dive past a cormorant vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 come up past a cormorant not said here with a fish vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The cormorants stood on the rocks drying their wings.
det nsubj case det obl acl nmod:poss obj punct root The DET cormorants NOUN stood VERB on ADP the DET rocks NOUN drying VERB their PRON wings NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cormorants det 2 cormorants cormorant NOUN Number=Plur 3 stood nsubj 3 stood stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 rocks case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 rocks det 6 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 3 stood obl 7 drying dry VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 rocks acl 8 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 wings nmod:poss 9 wings wing NOUN Number=Plur 7 drying obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 stood punct
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1 stand past the cormorants the rocks vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location 2 dry gerund the rocks not said here cormorants's wings vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wing=Result
Example 3 Cormorants can swim fast underwater.
nsubj aux xcomp advmod punct root Cormorants NOUN can AUX swim VERB fast ADJ underwater ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cormorants cormorant NOUN Number=Plur 3 swim nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 swim aux 3 swim swim VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 fast fast ADJ Degree=Pos 3 swim xcomp 5 underwater underwater ADV _ 3 swim advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 swim punct
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1 swim can Cormorants fast, underwater property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 We saw a cormorant at the harbour.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root We PRON saw VERB a DET cormorant NOUN at ADP the DET harbour NOUN . PUNCT 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 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 cormorant det 4 cormorant cormorant NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 5 at at ADP _ 7 harbour case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 harbour det 7 harbour harbour NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past We a cormorant the harbour vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cormorant=Stimulus
Example 5 Cormorants have hooked beaks.
nsubj amod obj punct root Cormorants NOUN have VERB hooked VERB beaks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cormorants cormorant NOUN Number=Plur 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hooked hook VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 beaks amod 4 beaks beak NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present Cormorants hooked beaks vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient 2 hook participle vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Fishermen in China once used cormorants to catch fish.
nsubj case nmod advmod obj mark advcl obj punct root Fishermen NOUN in ADP China PROPN once ADV used VERB cormorants NOUN to PART catch VERB fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fishermen fisherman NOUN Number=Plur 5 used nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 China case 3 China China PROPN Number=Sing 1 Fishermen nmod 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 used advmod 5 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 cormorants cormorant NOUN Number=Plur 5 used obj 7 to to PART _ 8 catch mark 8 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 used advcl 9 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 8 catch obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 used punct
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1 use past Fishermen in China cormorants once property vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cormorant=Patient 2 catch to-infinitive Fishermen in China not said here fish vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
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