documentary Who acts: documentary, film, We, David, class, documentary evidence · What happens: be, give, mean, make, watch, show · To what, where: film, facts, documentary, real footage, war, nature documentaries · Speech: someone speaks here
«documentary» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: documentary in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A documentary is a film or TV programme about real people, places and events, giving facts and information.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det cc compound conj case amod nmod punct conj cc conj punct acl obj cc conj punct root A DET documentary NOUN is AUX a DET film NOUN or CCONJ TV NOUN programme NOUN about ADP real ADJ people NOUN , PUNCT places NOUN and CCONJ events NOUN , PUNCT giving VERB facts NOUN and CCONJ information NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 documentary det 2 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 5 film nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 film cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 film det 5 film film NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 programme cc 7 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 8 programme compound 8 programme programme NOUN Number=Sing 5 film conj 9 about about ADP _ 11 people case 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 people amod 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 programme nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 places punct 13 places place NOUN Number=Plur 11 people conj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 events cc 15 events event NOUN Number=Plur 11 people conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 giving punct 17 giving give VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 film acl 18 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 17 giving obj 19 and and CCONJ _ 20 information cc 20 information information NOUN Number=Sing 18 facts conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 film punct
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1 is a present a documentary a film or TV programme about real people and places and events tree rules 2 give gerund a film or TV programme about real people and places and events not said here facts and information vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=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 Documentary (adjective) means made of documents, as in «documentary evidence».
The tree, 10 words nsubj punct appos punct ccomp case obl punct case case punct compound obl punct punct root Documentary NOUN ( PUNCT adjective NOUN ) PUNCT means VERB made VERB of ADP documents NOUN , PUNCT as ADP in ADP « PUNCT documentary NOUN evidence NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 adjective punct 3 adjective adjective NOUN Number=Sing 1 Documentary appos 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 adjective punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means ccomp 7 of of ADP _ 8 documents case 8 documents document NOUN Number=Plur 6 made obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 evidence punct 10 as as ADP _ 14 evidence case 11 in in ADP _ 14 evidence case 12 « « PUNCT _ 14 evidence punct 13 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 14 evidence compound 14 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 6 made obl 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 evidence punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 mean present Documentary vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 make participle of documents; as documentary evidence vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
Example 1 We watched a documentary about penguins.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root We PRON watched VERB a DET documentary NOUN about ADP penguins NOUN . PUNCT 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 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 documentary det 4 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obj 5 about about ADP _ 6 penguins case 6 penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 4 documentary nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We a documentary about penguins vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent documentary=Theme
Example 2 The documentary showed real footage from the war.
det nsubj amod obj case det obl punct root The DET documentary NOUN showed VERB real ADJ footage NOUN from ADP the DET war NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 documentary det 2 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed nsubj 3 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 footage amod 5 footage footage NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 war case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 war det 8 war war NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 showed punct
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1 show past the documentary real footage the war vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent footage=Recipient
Example 3 Sir David Attenborough makes nature documentaries.
nmod:desc nsubj flat compound obj punct root Sir PROPN David PROPN Attenborough PROPN makes VERB nature NOUN documentaries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sir Sir PROPN Number=Sing 2 David nmod:desc 2 David David PROPN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 3 Attenborough Attenborough PROPN Number=Sing 2 David flat 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 nature nature NOUN Number=Sing 6 documentaries compound 6 documentaries documentary NOUN Number=Plur 4 makes obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 makes punct
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1 make present David Sir nature documentaries vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent documentary=Product
Example 4 Our class made a short documentary about recycling.
nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root Our PRON class NOUN made VERB a DET short ADJ documentary NOUN about ADP recycling 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 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 documentary det 5 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 6 documentary amod 6 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 7 about about ADP _ 8 recycling case 8 recycling recycling NOUN Number=Sing 6 documentary nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past Our class a short documentary about recycling vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset documentary=Product
Example 5 Is this a documentary or a made-up story?
cop det det cc det amod punct compound:prt conj punct root Is AUX this DET a DET documentary NOUN or CCONJ a DET made VERB - PUNCT up ADP story NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 documentary cop 2 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 documentary det 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 documentary det 4 documentary documentary NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 or or CCONJ _ 10 story cc 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 story det 7 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 story amod 8 - - PUNCT _ 9 up punct 9 up up ADP _ 7 made compound:prt 10 story story NOUN Number=Sing 4 documentary conj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 documentary punct
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1 is a present this documentary or a made story tree rules 2 make up participle vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Example 6 There is documentary evidence that the castle was built by the king.
expl amod nsubj mark det nsubj:pass aux:pass acl case det obl punct root There PRON is VERB documentary ADJ evidence NOUN that SCONJ the DET castle NOUN was AUX built VERB by ADP the DET king NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 documentary documentary ADJ Degree=Pos 4 evidence amod 4 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 5 that that SCONJ _ 9 built mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 castle det 7 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 9 built nsubj:pass 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 built aux:pass 9 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 evidence acl 10 by by ADP _ 12 king case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 king det 12 king king NOUN Number=Sing 9 built obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present documentary evidence there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 build past · passive the king the castle vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
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