costa

Who acts: people, 's, Costa, Mum, We, footballer · What happens: say, let, go, name, mean, not be · To what, where: 's, Costa, coasts, coast, English common word, hot chocolate · Speech: someone speaks here

«costa» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: costa in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Costa Coffee, a big chain of coffee shops in the UK and Ireland; people say «Let's go to Costa».

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costa	costa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Coffee	Coffee	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	appos
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chain	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chain	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chain	amod
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 shops	case
8	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shops	compound
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chain	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 UK	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 UK	det
12	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shops	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Ireland	cc
14	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 UK	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 say	punct
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 say	nsubj
17	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Costa	parataxis
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 Let	punct
19	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 say	ccomp
20	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 Let	obj
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 Let	xcomp
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 Costa	case
23	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 Let	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Costa	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	infinitive		's		tree rules
3	go in a quote	infinitive	's not said here		Costa	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to costa=Initial_Location

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: a place name — kept apart, not parsed.

Part of names of coasts and countries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 names	case
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Part	nmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 coasts	case
5	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 names	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 countries	cc
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 coasts	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			coasts and countries					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

Costa Rica (a country in Central America), Costa del Sol and Costa Brava (holiday coasts in Spain).

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Rica	Rica	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	flat
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 country	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 country	det
5	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	appos
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 America	case
7	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 America	flat
8	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 country	nmod
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 country	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Costa	punct
11	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	conj
12	del	Del	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Costa	flat
13	Sol	Sol	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Costa	flat
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Costa	cc
15	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	conj
16	Brava	Brava	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Costa	flat
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 coasts	punct
18	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 coasts	compound
19	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Costa	appos
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 Spain	case
21	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 coasts	nmod
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 coasts	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Costa	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian — kept apart, not parsed.

«Costa» means «coast» in these languages; it is not an English common word.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Costa	punct
2	Costa	costa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Costa	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 coast	punct
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 coast	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 languages	case
9	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 languages	det
10	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 word	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 word	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 word	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 word	advmod
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 word	det
16	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 word	amod
17	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 word	amod
18	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Costa	coast				in this languages	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot coast=Theme in language=Attribute
2	not is a	present	Costa	a English common word					tree rules

Meaning 4

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

A surname, as in the footballer Diego Costa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surname	det
2	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 footballer	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 footballer	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 footballer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 footballer	det
7	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surname	conj
8	Diego	Diego	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 footballer	appos
9	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Diego	flat
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 surname	punct

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

Meaning 5

Usage: science, rare — kept apart, not parsed.

A rib, or a rib-like ridge, for example the strong front vein of an insect's wing.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rib	det
2	rib	rib	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ridge	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 ridge	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ridge	det
6	rib	rib	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 like	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 rib	punct
8	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ridge	amod
9	ridge	ridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rib	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 example	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 example	case
12	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rib	nmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 vein	det
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 vein	amod
15	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 vein	amod
16	vein	vein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rib	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 wing	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 insect	det
19	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wing	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 insect	case
21	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 vein	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rib	punct

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

Example 1

Mum bought a hot chocolate for me at Costa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chocolate	det
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chocolate	amod
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Costa	case
9	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	Mum	a hot chocolate		Costa		for me	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chocolate=Theme for i=Beneficiary

Example 2

Costa Rica is home to sloths and toucans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sloths	nsubj
2	Rica	Rica	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sloths	cop
4	home	home	ADV	_	6 sloths	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 sloths	case
6	sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 toucans	cc
8	toucans	toucan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sloths	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sloths	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Costa					to sloths and toucans; home property	tree rules

Example 3

We went on holiday to the Costa del Sol in Spain.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 holiday	case
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 Sol	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sol	det
7	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sol	compound
8	del	Del	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sol	compound
9	Sol	Sol	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Spain	case
11	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sol	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	We			holiday		to the Costa del Sol in Spain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sol=Initial_Location

Example 4

«Costa» means coast in Spanish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Costa	punct
2	Costa	costa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Costa	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Spanish	case
7	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Costa	coast				in Spanish	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot coast=Theme in spanish=Attribute

Example 5

The footballer Costa scored in the final.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 footballer	det
2	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scored	nsubj
3	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 footballer	appos
4	scored	score	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 final	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 final	det
7	final	final	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scored	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	score	past	the footballer			the final			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Costa Rica has no army.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costa	Costa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
2	Rica	Rica	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Costa	flat
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 army	det
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Costa	no army					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient

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