daw

Who acts: daw, word, daws, Crows, We · What happens: be, find, nest, scream, see · To what, where: small black bird, old use, country speech, old church tower, garden, daw

«daw» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: daw in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A daw is a small black bird of the crow family, a jackdaw; the word is old use and mostly found in country speech and old stories.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 daw	det
2	daw	daw	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
10	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 family	compound
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 jackdaw	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 jackdaw	det
14	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 family	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 use	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 word	det
17	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 use	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 use	cop
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 use	amod
20	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 found	cc
22	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	23 found	advmod
23	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 use	conj
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 speech	case
25	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 speech	compound
26	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 found	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 stories	cc
28	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 stories	amod
29	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 speech	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a daw	a small black bird and old use		of the crow family and a jackdaw	tree rules
2	is a	present	the word	old use			tree rules
3	find	participle	the word not said here		country speech and old stories	mostly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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

The daws nested in the old church tower.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 daws	det
2	daws	daw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nested	nsubj
3	nested	nest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tower	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tower	amod
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tower	compound
8	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nested	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	past	the daws			the old church tower			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Crows and daws screamed over the garden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 screamed	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 daws	cc
3	daws	daw	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crows	conj
4	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 screamed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 screamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	Crows and daws			the garden			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over garden=Location

Example 3

We saw a daw on the roof.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 daw	det
4	daw	daw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 roof	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	a daw		the roof			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daw=Stimulus

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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