decipherment Who acts: Decipherment, secret message, Rosetta Stone, code breakers, ancient scripts · What happens: work out, be, read, mean, take, decipher · To what, where: meaning, code, hieroglyphs, Egyptian writing, secret messages, simple codes
«decipherment» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: decipherment in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Decipherment is working out the meaning of a code, secret message or old writing that is hard to read.
The tree, 19 words nsubj aux compound:prt det obj case det nmod punct amod appos cc amod conj nsubj cop acl:relcl mark xcomp punct root Decipherment NOUN is AUX working VERB out ADP the DET meaning NOUN of ADP a DET code NOUN , PUNCT secret ADJ message NOUN or CCONJ old ADJ writing NOUN that PRON is AUX hard ADJ to PART read VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 3 working nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 working aux 3 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 out out ADP _ 3 working compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 meaning det 6 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 3 working obj 7 of of ADP _ 9 code case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 code det 9 code code NOUN Number=Sing 6 meaning nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 message punct 11 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 12 message amod 12 message message NOUN Number=Sing 9 code appos 13 or or CCONJ _ 15 writing cc 14 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 15 writing amod 15 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 12 message conj 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 18 hard nsubj 17 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 hard cop 18 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 12 message acl:relcl 19 to to PART _ 20 read mark 20 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 18 hard xcomp 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 working punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work out present · progressive Decipherment the meaning of a code vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic 2 is present secret message or old writing hard property tree rules 3 read to-infinitive secret message or old writing not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 mean a code nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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.
Example 1 The decipherment of hieroglyphs took many years.
det nsubj case nmod amod obj punct root The DET decipherment NOUN of ADP hieroglyphs NOUN took VERB many ADJ years NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 decipherment det 2 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 5 took nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 hieroglyphs case 4 hieroglyphs hieroglyph NOUN Number=Plur 2 decipherment nmod 5 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 7 years amod 7 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 took obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 took punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take past the decipherment of hieroglyphs year vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 decipher hieroglyphs nom decipherment «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 2 The Rosetta Stone helped with the decipherment of Egyptian writing.
det compound nsubj case det obl case amod nmod punct root The DET Rosetta PROPN Stone PROPN helped VERB with ADP the DET decipherment NOUN of ADP Egyptian ADJ writing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Stone det 2 Rosetta Rosetta PROPN Number=Sing 3 Stone compound 3 Stone Stone PROPN Number=Sing 4 helped nsubj 4 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 decipherment case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 decipherment det 7 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 4 helped obl 8 of of ADP _ 10 writing case 9 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ Degree=Pos 10 writing amod 10 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 7 decipherment nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 helped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help past the Rosetta Stone with the decipherment of Egyptian writing vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with decipherment=Theme 2 decipher Egyptian writing nom decipherment «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 3 The code-breakers worked on the decipherment of secret messages.
det compound punct nsubj case det obl case amod nmod punct root The DET code NOUN - PUNCT breakers NOUN worked VERB on ADP the DET decipherment NOUN of ADP secret ADJ messages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 breakers det 2 code code NOUN Number=Sing 4 breakers compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 code punct 4 breakers breaker NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked nsubj 5 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 on on ADP _ 8 decipherment case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 decipherment det 8 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 5 worked obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 messages case 10 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 11 messages amod 11 messages message NOUN Number=Plur 8 decipherment nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 worked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work past the code breakers on the decipherment of secret messages vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on decipherment=Theme 2 decipher secret messages nom decipherment «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 Some ancient scripts still wait for decipherment.
det amod nsubj advmod case obl punct root Some DET ancient ADJ scripts NOUN still ADV wait VERB for ADP decipherment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 scripts det 2 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 scripts amod 3 scripts script NOUN Number=Plur 5 wait nsubj 4 still still ADV _ 5 wait advmod 5 wait wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 decipherment case 7 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 5 wait obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 wait punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait present some ancient scripts still for decipherment vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Our puzzle club practised decipherment of simple codes.
nmod:poss compound nsubj amod case amod nmod punct root Our PRON puzzle NOUN club NOUN practised VERB decipherment NOUN of ADP simple ADJ codes NOUN . PUNCT 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 club nmod:poss 2 puzzle puzzle NOUN Number=Sing 3 club compound 3 club club NOUN Number=Sing 5 decipherment nsubj 4 practised practise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 decipherment amod 5 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 codes case 7 simple simple ADJ Degree=Pos 8 codes amod 8 codes code NOUN Number=Plur 5 decipherment nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 decipherment punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 practise participle tree rules 2 decipher simple codes nom decipherment «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 6 The decipherment of the old letter revealed a hidden treasure map.
det nsubj case det amod nmod det amod compound obj punct root The DET decipherment NOUN of ADP the DET old ADJ letter NOUN revealed VERB a DET hidden ADJ treasure NOUN map NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 decipherment det 2 decipherment decipherment NOUN Number=Sing 7 revealed nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 letter case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 letter det 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 letter amod 6 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 2 decipherment nmod 7 revealed reveal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 map det 9 hidden hidden ADJ Degree=Pos 11 map amod 10 treasure treasure NOUN Number=Sing 11 map compound 11 map map NOUN Number=Sing 7 revealed obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 revealed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reveal past the decipherment of the old letter a hidden treasure map vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic 2 decipher the old letter nom decipherment «act transitive»: of=patient
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