cubism

Who acts: Picasso, we, Cubism, shapes, teacher · What happens: begin, show, see, be, make, break · To what, where: sculpture, 1907, people, flat geometric shapes, several sides, Cubist portrait

«cubism» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: cubism in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: art — kept apart, not parsed.

A style of painting and sculpture begun around 1907–1908 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, in which people and objects are shown as flat geometric shapes like cubes and angles, often seen from several sides at once.

The tree, 39 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 style	det
2	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 painting	case
4	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 style	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sculpture	cc
6	sculpture	sculpture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painting	conj
7	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sculpture	acl
8	around	around	ADP	_	9 1907	case
9	1907	1907	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 begun	obl
10	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	11 1908	case
11	1908	1908	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 1907	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Picasso	case
13	Pablo	Pablo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Picasso	compound
14	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 begun	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Georges	cc
16	Georges	Georges	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Picasso	conj
17	Braque	Braque	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Georges	flat
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 shown	punct
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 which	case
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 shown	obl
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 shown	nsubj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 objects	cc
23	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 people	conj
24	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 shown	aux:pass
25	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 Picasso	acl:relcl
26	as	as	ADP	_	29 shapes	case
27	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 shapes	amod
28	geometric	geometric	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 shapes	compound
29	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 shown	obl
30	like	like	ADP	_	31 cubes	case
31	cubes	cube	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 shapes	nmod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 angles	cc
33	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 shapes	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 seen	punct
35	often	often	ADV	_	36 seen	advmod
36	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 shapes	acl
37	from	from	ADP	_	39 sides	case
38	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 sides	amod
39	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 seen	obl
40	at	at	ADP	_	41 once	case
41	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	36 seen	obl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 style	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	participle	sculpture not said here	1907 – 1908	by Pablo Picasso and Georges	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	show	present · passive	people and objects		as flat geometric shapes like cubes and angles; in Pablo Picasso and Georges	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in which=Topic
3	see	participle	flat geometric shapes like cubes and angles not said here	several sides	often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Picasso is famous for Cubism.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 famous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 Cubism	case
5	Cubism	Cubism	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 famous	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Picasso					for Cubism; famous property	tree rules

Example 2

In art class we made a Cubist portrait out of triangles and squares.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
2	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 class	compound
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 portrait	det
7	Cubist	cubist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 portrait	amod
8	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	11 triangles	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 triangles	case
11	triangles	triangle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 squares	cc
13	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 triangles	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	we	a Cubist portrait		art class		out triangles and squares	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Product

Example 3

Cubism shows a face from the front and the side at the same time.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cubism	cubism	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 face	det
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 front	det
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 side	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 side	det
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 time	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Cubism	a face		the front and the side	time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=Recipient

Example 4

The guitar in the painting is broken into shapes, which is typical of Cubism.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guitar	det
2	guitar	guitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broken	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 painting	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 painting	det
5	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guitar	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 broken	aux:pass
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 shapes	case
9	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 broken	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 typical	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 typical	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 typical	cop
13	typical	typical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shapes	acl:relcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Cubism	case
15	Cubism	Cubism	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 typical	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the guitar in the painting				into shapes result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into shape=Result
2	is	present	shapes					of Cubism; typical property	tree rules

Example 5

Our teacher showed us how Cubism changed modern art.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 showed	iobj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 changed	advmod
6	Cubism	Cubism	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 changed	nsubj
7	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 showed	advcl
8	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 art	amod
9	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	Our teacher		us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2	change	past	Cubism	modern art					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient

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