delphic

Who acts: Delphic priestess, answer, His · What happens: relate, understand, say, speak, be, answer · To what, where: Delphi, old Delphic oracle, riddles, us, baby · Speech: someone speaks here

«delphic» 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: delphic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Relating to Delphi, an old Greek town with a famous shrine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Relating	relate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Delphi	case
3	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Relating	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 town	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 town	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 town	amod
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 town	amod
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Delphi	appos
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 shrine	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shrine	det
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shrine	amod
12	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 town	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Relating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relate	gerund			Delphi				vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to delphi=Co-Theme

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

Hard to understand, with a hidden meaning, like the sayings of the old Delphic oracle (old use).

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 understand	mark
3	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hard	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meaning	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 meaning	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 understand	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sayings	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 sayings	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sayings	det
12	sayings	saying	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 meaning	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 oracle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 oracle	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 oracle	amod
16	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 oracle	amod
17	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sayings	nmod
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 use	punct
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 use	amod
20	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 oracle	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 use	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	to-infinitive						with a hidden meaning like the sayings of the old Delphic oracle	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say			the old Delphic oracle					nom saying «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The Delphic priestess spoke in riddles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priestess	det
2	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 priestess	amod
3	priestess	priestess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoke	nsubj
4	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 riddles	case
6	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spoke	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the Delphic priestess			riddles			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

His answer was Delphic and puzzled us all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Delphic	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Delphic	cop
4	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 puzzled	cc
6	puzzled	puzzled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Delphic	conj
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 puzzled	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 us	nmod:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Delphic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	His answer		delphic property	tree rules
2	be		His answer not said here	us		tree rules
3	answer		His = he			nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The baby was found by a Delphic priestess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 priestess	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 priestess	det
7	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 priestess	amod
8	priestess	priestess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive	a Delphic priestess	the baby					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

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