dervish

Who acts: dervish, holy man, We · What happens: be, live, give, walk, beware, say · To what, where: holy man, certain Muslim groups, Asia, road, dervish, desert · Speech: someone speaks here

«dervish» 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: dervish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dervish is a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the Middle East or Asia, who lives simply and gives himself to prayer.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dervish	det
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 groups	case
8	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 groups	amod
9	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 groups	amod
10	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 man	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 East	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	16 East	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 East	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 East	det
15	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 East	compound
16	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 groups	nmod
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 Asia	cc
18	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 East	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lives	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 lives	nsubj
21	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	parataxis
22	simply	simply	ADV	_	21 lives	advmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 gives	cc
24	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 lives	conj
25	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	24 gives	iobj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 prayer	case
27	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gives	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dervish	a holy man		certain Muslim groups in the Middle East or Asia		tree rules
2	live	present	a holy man				simply property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	give	present	a holy man not said here		Asia		to prayer	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to prayer=Recipient

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 dervish walked slowly along the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dervish	det
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the dervish			the road		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory

Example 2

"Beware of the mountains," said the dervish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Beware	punct
2	Beware	beware	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mountains	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mountains	det
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Beware	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Beware	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Beware	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dervish	det
10	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beware in a quote	infinitive						of the mountains	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	the dervish						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 3

We met a dervish in the desert.

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 met	nsubj
2	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dervish	det
4	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 met	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 desert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 met	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	We	a dervish		the desert			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dervish=Co-Agent

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