danseur
Who acts: male ballet dancer, danseur, man, English, He, ballet teacher · What happens: mean, lead, dance, use, lift, become · To what, where: leading male dancer, dancer, ballet, ballerina, head, premier danseur
«danseur» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: danseur in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: ballet, from French — kept apart, not parsed.
A male ballet dancer; «premier danseur» means a leading male dancer in a ballet company.
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 | 4 dancer | det |
| 2 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dancer | amod |
| 3 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dancer | compound |
| 4 | dancer | dancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | nsubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 danseur | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 danseur | punct |
| 7 | premier | premier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 danseur | compound |
| 8 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dancer | appos |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 danseur | punct |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 dancer | det |
| 12 | leading | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 dancer | amod |
| 13 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dancer | amod |
| 14 | dancer | dancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 company | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 company | det |
| 17 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 company | compound |
| 18 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 dancer | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a male ballet dancer | a leading male dancer | in a ballet company | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot dancer=Theme in company=Attribute | |||
| 2 | lead | gerund | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
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: French — kept apart, not parsed.
In French, «danseur» simply means «dancer» (a man who dances); English uses it only in ballet.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 French | case |
| 2 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 means | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 danseur | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 danseur | punct |
| 5 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 means | nsubj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 danseur | punct |
| 7 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 8 means | advmod |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 dancer | punct |
| 10 | dancer | dancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 means | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 dancer | punct |
| 12 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 man | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 man | det |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dancer | appos |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 dances | nsubj |
| 16 | dances | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 man | acl:relcl |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 dances | punct |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 uses | punct |
| 19 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 uses | nsubj |
| 20 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 means | conj |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 uses | obj |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 24 ballet | advmod |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 ballet | case |
| 24 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 uses | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | danseur | dancer | in French; simply property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot dancer=Theme in french=Attribute | |||
| 2 | dance | present | a man | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | use | present | English | dancer | ballet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Example 1
The danseur lifted the ballerina high above his head.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 danseur | det |
| 2 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ballerina | det |
| 5 | ballerina | ballerina | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obj |
| 6 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 lifted | advmod |
| 7 | above | above | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lifted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past | the danseur | the ballerina | danseur's head | high property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ballerina=Theme above head=Destination |
Example 2
He became a premier danseur at the Royal Ballet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 danseur | det |
| 4 | premier | premier | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 danseur | amod |
| 5 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Ballet | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Ballet | det |
| 8 | Royal | Royal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Ballet | compound |
| 9 | Ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 became | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | He | a premier danseur | the Royal Ballet | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Example 3
The danseur leapt across the stage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 leapt | det |
| 2 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leapt | compound |
| 3 | leapt | leapt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 stage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stage | det |
| 6 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leapt | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 leapt | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 4
In French, a danseur is just a male dancer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 French | case |
| 2 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 dancer | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 French | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 danseur | det |
| 5 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dancer | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 dancer | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 dancer | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dancer | det |
| 9 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dancer | amod |
| 10 | dancer | dancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 dancer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a danseur | a male dancer | French | tree rules |
Example 5
Our ballet teacher showed us a famous danseur on video.
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 | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 showed | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 danseur | det |
| 7 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 danseur | amod |
| 8 | danseur | danseur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 video | case |
| 10 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 danseur | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Our ballet teacher | a famous danseur | us | video | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient danseur=Topic |
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