djinn

Who acts: smokeless fire, Camel, Just Story, Djinn, Humph, genie · What happens: make, be, take, get, give, say · To what, where: spirit, shape, Hump, lazy Camel, Humph, Deserts · Speech: someone speaks here

«djinn» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: djinn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In Arab and Muslim stories and beliefs, a spirit made of smokeless fire that can be good or bad and can sometimes take the shape of people or animals.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 stories	case
2	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stories	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Muslim	cc
4	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Arab	conj
5	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 beliefs	cc
7	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stories	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spirit	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 spirit	det
10	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stories	conj
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 spirit	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fire	case
13	smokeless	smokeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fire	amod
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 good	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 good	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 good	cop
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fire	acl:relcl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 bad	cc
20	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 good	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 take	cc
22	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 take	aux
23	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	24 take	advmod
24	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 good	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 shape	det
26	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 take	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 people	case
28	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 shape	nmod
29	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 animals	cc
30	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 people	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stories	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a spirit not said here	of smokeless fire	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is	can	smokeless fire		good property	tree rules
3	be		smokeless fire not said here			tree rules
4	take	can	smokeless fire not said here	the shape of people or animals	sometimes property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=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

A genie, like the magic spirit in a lamp in the story of Aladdin.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 genie	det
2	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spirit	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 spirit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spirit	det
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spirit	compound
7	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 genie	appos
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lamp	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lamp	det
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spirit	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 story	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lamp	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Aladdin	case
15	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 story	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 genie	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

In the Just So Story «How the Camel Got His Hump», the Djinn in charge of All Deserts gives the lazy Camel a hump because he only says «Humph!» and will not work.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 Story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Story	det
3	Just	Just	PROPN	_	5 Story	compound
4	So	so	ADV	_	5 Story	advmod
5	Story	Story	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 gives	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Got	punct
7	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 Got	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Camel	det
9	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Got	nsubj
10	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Story	acl
11	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 Hump	nmod:poss
12	Hump	Hump	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Got	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Got	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Djinn	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Djinn	det
16	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 gives	nsubj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 charge	case
18	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Djinn	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Deserts	case
20	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 Deserts	det
21	Deserts	Desert	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 charge	nmod
22	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Camel	det
24	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 Camel	amod
25	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gives	obj
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 hump	det
27	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gives	obj
28	because	because	SCONJ	_	31 says	mark
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 says	nsubj
30	only	only	ADV	_	31 says	advmod
31	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 gives	advcl
32	«	«	PUNCT	_	33 Humph	punct
33	Humph	Humph	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 says	obj
34	!	!	PUNCT	_	33 Humph	punct
35	»	»	PUNCT	_	33 Humph	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 work	cc
37	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 work	aux
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 work	advmod
39	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 says	conj
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	the Camel	Camel's Hump	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus
2	give	present	the Just Story	the lazy Camel	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent camel=Recipient hump=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	Djinn	Humph	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent humph=Topic
4	not work	future	Djinn not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	charge			all Deserts	nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The Djinn rolled across the desert in a cloud of dust.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	nsubj
3	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 desert	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 desert	det
6	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cloud	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloud	det
9	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dust	case
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cloud	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	the Djinn			the desert		in a cloud of dust	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme across desert=Source in cloud=Trajectory
2	cloud			dust					nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

«Humph!» said the Camel, and the Djinn made his back puff up into a hump.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Humph	punct
2	Humph	Humph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Humph	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Humph	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Camel	det
7	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Djinn	det
11	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 puff	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 back	nmod:poss
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obj
15	puff	puff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 puff	compound:prt
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 hump	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hump	det
19	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 puff	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Humph	the Camel		tree rules
2	make	past	the Djinn	Djinn's back		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Product
3	puff up	present			a hump	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hump=Location

Example 3

In the old tale, a djinn came out of the bottle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tale	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tale	amod
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tale	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 djinn	det
7	djinn	djinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 bottle	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bottle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bottle	det
12	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	a djinn	the bottle		the old tale			vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient bottle=Result

Example 4

The Djinn in charge of All Deserts was riding on a whirlwind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 riding	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 charge	case
4	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Djinn	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Deserts	case
6	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 Deserts	det
7	Deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 charge	nmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 riding	aux
9	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 whirlwind	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 whirlwind	det
12	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 riding	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 riding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past · progressive	the Djinn in charge of all Deserts			a whirlwind			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	charge			all Deserts					nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

Aladdin's genie is a kind of djinn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 genie	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Aladdin	case
3	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 djinn	case
8	djinn	djinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Aladdin's genie	a kind				of djinn	tree rules

Example 6

Some people tell stories of djinn who live in empty places.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	nsubj
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 djinn	case
6	djinn	djinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stories	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 live	nsubj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 djinn	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 places	case
10	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 places	amod
11	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	some people	stories of djinn					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
2	live	present	djinn			empty places			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location

Example 7

The Djinn said, «You've had three days off; now work.»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
7	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 had	aux
8	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 days	nummod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	obj
11	off	off	ADV	_	8 had	advmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 work	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 work	advmod
14	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 work	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Djinn			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have off in a quote	present · perfect	You	day	off property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	work in a quote	infinitive		now		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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