cypher
Who acts: you, he, cypher message, We · What happens: not call, be, take, read, write · To what, where: him, number · Speech: someone speaks here
«cypher» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cypher in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person of no importance, a nobody.
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 | _ | 5 importance | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 importance | det |
| 5 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 nobody | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 nobody | det |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 person | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
A secret code, or the sign for the figure 0.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 code | det |
| 2 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 code | amod |
| 3 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sign | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 sign | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sign | det |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 code | appos |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 figure | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 figure | det |
| 10 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | nmod |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 figure | flat |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 code | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Don't call him a cypher; he is clever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 call | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 call | advmod |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 call | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cypher | det |
| 6 | cypher | cypher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | xcomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 clever | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 clever | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 clever | cop |
| 10 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 call | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not call | imperative · do-support | you not said here | him = he | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | clever property | tree rules |
Example 2
The cypher message took an hour to read.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 message | det |
| 2 | cypher | cypher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 message | compound |
| 3 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hour | det |
| 6 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 read | mark |
| 8 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 took | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the cypher message | hour | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | the cypher message not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
We wrote the number zero as a cypher.
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 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obj |
| 5 | zero | zero | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 number | appos |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 cypher | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cypher | det |
| 8 | cypher | cypher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | We | the number | as a cypher | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent number=Result as cypher=Attribute |
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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