dissertation

Who acts: student, dissertation · What happens: write, look · To what, where: long formal piece, dissertation, ancient coins

«dissertation» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: dissertation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long, formal piece of writing about one subject, often written by a student for a degree.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 writing	case
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 subject	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 subject	nummod
10	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 writing	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 written	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	13 written	advmod
13	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 piece	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 student	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 student	det
16	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 written	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 degree	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 degree	det
19	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 student	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle		a long formal piece of writing about one subject not said here				by a student for a degree; often property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 student wrote a dissertation on ancient coins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dissertation	det
5	dissertation	dissertation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 coins	case
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 coins	amod
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrote	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the student	a dissertation		ancient coins			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dissertation=Theme on coin=Destination

Example 2

This dissertation looks at old fairy tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 dissertation	det
2	dissertation	dissertation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 tales	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tales	amod
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
7	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looks	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	this dissertation					at old fairy tales	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tale=Theme

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