cornucopia
Who acts: cornucopia, picture, goddess, table · What happens: shape, be, fill, show, spill, hold · To what, where: shaped basket, cornucopia, apples
«cornucopia» 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: cornucopia in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cornucopia | det |
| 2 | cornucopia | cornucopia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 basket | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 basket | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 basket | det |
| 5 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shaped | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 horn | punct |
| 7 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 basket | amod |
| 8 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 basket | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 fruit | case |
| 11 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 filled | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 grain | punct |
| 13 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fruit | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 flowers | cc |
| 15 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fruit | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 picture | punct |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 picture | det |
| 18 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 basket | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 plenty | case |
| 20 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 picture | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 basket | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shape | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a cornucopia | a shaped basket and a picture of plenty | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fill | participle | a shaped basket and a picture of plenty not said here | with fruit and grain and flowers | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fruit=Instrument |
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 picture showed a cornucopia spilling apples and wheat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 picture | det |
| 2 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cornucopia | det |
| 5 | cornucopia | cornucopia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 6 | spilling | spill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 cornucopia | acl |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spilling | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wheat | cc |
| 9 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 apples | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the picture | a cornucopia | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cornucopia=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | spill | gerund | a cornucopia not said here | apples and wheat | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location apple=Theme |
Example 2
The goddess held a cornucopia full of fruit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goddess | det |
| 2 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cornucopia | det |
| 5 | cornucopia | cornucopia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cornucopia | amod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fruit | case |
| 8 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the goddess | a cornucopia | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cornucopia=Theme |
Example 3
The table was like a cornucopia of good things.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 table | det |
| 2 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cornucopia | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cornucopia | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 cornucopia | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cornucopia | det |
| 6 | cornucopia | cornucopia | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 things | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 things | amod |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cornucopia | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cornucopia | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the table | like a cornucopia; of good things | 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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