creole

Who acts: language, millions, creole, Jamaican Patois, We, Many creoles · What happens: grow, become, mix, speak, be, rule · To what, where: first language, Haitian Creole, real language, based creole, Creole jambalaya, New Orleans · Speech: someone speaks here

«creole» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: creole in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A language that grew from a mix of two or more languages and became the first language of a group of people, such as Haitian Creole or Jamaican Patois.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 language	det
2	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 language	acl:relcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 mix	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mix	det
7	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 languages	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 languages	nummod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 more	cc
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 two	conj
12	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mix	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 became	cc
14	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grew	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 language	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 language	amod
17	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 became	xcomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 group	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 group	det
20	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 language	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 people	case
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 group	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Creole	punct
24	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	27 Creole	case
25	as	as	ADP	_	24 such	fixed
26	Haitian	haitian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Creole	amod
27	Creole	Creole	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 people	nmod
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 Patois	cc
29	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 Patois	amod
30	Patois	Patois	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Creole	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	a language					from a mix of two languages	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from mix=Patient
2	become	past	a language not said here	the first language of a group of people such Haitian Creole or Jamaican Patois					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

A person of mixed European and African or local descent in the Caribbean or Louisiana.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	10 descent	case
4	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 descent	amod
5	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 descent	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 African	cc
7	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 European	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 local	cc
9	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 European	conj
10	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Caribbean	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Caribbean	det
13	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 descent	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 Louisiana	cc
15	Louisiana	Louisiana	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Caribbean	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Meaning 3

Creole cooking: spicy food from Louisiana in the USA, with rice, peppers and seafood.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Creole	creole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cooking	amod
2	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 food	punct
4	spicy	spicy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooking	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Louisiana	case
7	Louisiana	Louisiana	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 food	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 USA	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 USA	det
10	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 food	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rice	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 rice	case
13	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooking	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 peppers	punct
15	peppers	pepper	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rice	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 seafood	cc
17	seafood	seafood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 peppers	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cooking	punct

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

Example 1

Haitian Creole is spoken by millions of people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Haitian	haitian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Creole	amod
2	Creole	Creole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spoken	aux:pass
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 millions	case
6	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spoken	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 millions	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive	millions of people	Haitian Creole					tree rules

Example 2

A creole is a real language with its own rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 creole	det
2	creole	creole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 language	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 language	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 language	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 language	amod
6	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 rules	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rules	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rules	amod
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 language	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a creole	a real language				with creole's own rules	tree rules
2	rule		creole						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Patois	amod
2	Patois	Patois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 creole	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 creole	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 creole	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 based	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 English	punct
7	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 creole	amod
8	creole	creole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 creole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	base	participle							vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Jamaican Patois	a based creole					tree rules

Example 4

We ate Creole jambalaya in New Orleans.

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	Creole	creole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jambalaya	amod
4	jambalaya	jambalaya	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Orleans	case
6	New	New	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Orleans	amod
7	Orleans	Orleans	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 jambalaya	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	We	Creole jambalaya		New Orleans			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jambalaya=Patient

Example 5

Many creoles grew up in the Caribbean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 creoles	amod
2	creoles	creole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 grew	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Caribbean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Caribbean	det
7	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	past	Many creoles			the Caribbean			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in caribbean=Location

Example 6

Tok Pisin, a creole, is spoken in Papua New Guinea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tok	Tok	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spoken	nsubj:pass
2	Pisin	Pisin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tok	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 creole	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 creole	det
5	creole	creole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tok	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tok	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spoken	aux:pass
8	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 Guinea	case
10	Papua	Papua	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Guinea	compound
11	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Guinea	compound
12	Guinea	Guinea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spoken	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive		Tok		Papua New Guinea			tree rules

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