domestication Who acts: Domestication, people, Horses · What happens: be, tame, live, farm, begin, help · To what, where: long process, wild animals, many generations, people, villages, life
«domestication» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: domestication in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Domestication is the long process by which people tamed wild animals and plants over many generations, so they live with or are farmed by people.
The tree, 25 words nsubj cop det amod case obl nsubj acl:relcl amod obj cc conj case amod obl punct advmod nsubj parataxis obl cc aux:pass conj case obl punct root Domestication NOUN is AUX the DET long ADJ process NOUN by ADP which PRON people NOUN tamed VERB wild ADJ animals NOUN and CCONJ plants NOUN over ADP many ADJ generations NOUN , PUNCT so ADV they PRON live VERB with ADP or CCONJ are AUX farmed VERB by ADP people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 5 process nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 process cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 process det 4 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 5 process amod 5 process process NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 by by ADP _ 7 which case 7 which which PRON PronType=Rel 9 tamed obl 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 9 tamed nsubj 9 tamed tame VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 process acl:relcl 10 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 11 animals amod 11 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 9 tamed obj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 plants cc 13 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 11 animals conj 14 over over ADP _ 16 generations case 15 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 16 generations amod 16 generations generation NOUN Number=Plur 9 tamed obl 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 live punct 18 so so ADV _ 20 live advmod 19 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 live nsubj 20 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 process parataxis 21 with with ADP _ 20 live obl 22 or or CCONJ _ 24 farmed cc 23 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 24 farmed aux:pass 24 farmed farm VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 20 live conj 25 by by ADP _ 26 people case 26 people people NOUN Number=Plur 24 farmed obl 27 . . PUNCT _ 5 process punct
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1 is a present Domestication the long process tree rules 2 tame past people wild animals and plants over many generations by the long process vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient 3 live present people vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 farm present · passive people vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 domestication of the dog began thousands of years ago.
det nsubj case det nmod obl:unmarked case nmod advmod punct root The DET domestication NOUN of ADP the DET dog NOUN began VERB thousands NOUN of ADP years NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 domestication det 2 domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 6 began nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 dog case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 2 domestication nmod 6 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur 10 ago obl:unmarked 8 of of ADP _ 9 years case 9 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 thousands nmod 10 ago ago ADV _ 6 began advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 began punct
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1 begin past the domestication of the dog ago property vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 2 Domestication of wheat helped people settle in villages.
nsubj case nmod obj xcomp case obl punct root Domestication NOUN of ADP wheat NOUN helped VERB people NOUN settle VERB in ADP villages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 4 helped nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 wheat case 3 wheat wheat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Domestication nmod 4 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 helped obj 6 settle settle VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 helped xcomp 7 in in ADP _ 8 villages case 8 villages village NOUN Number=Plur 6 settle obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 helped punct
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1 help past Domestication of wheat people vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 settle infinitive people not said here villages vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location
Example 3 Horses changed life after their domestication.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Horses NOUN changed VERB life NOUN after ADP their PRON domestication NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Horses horse NOUN Number=Plur 2 changed nsubj 2 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed obj 4 after after ADP _ 6 domestication case 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 domestication nmod:poss 6 domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 changed punct
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1 change past Horses life after Horses's domestication vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient
Example 4 Cats may have chosen domestication themselves, by living near farms.
nsubj:pass aux aux obj obl punct mark conj case obl punct root Cats NOUN may AUX have AUX chosen VERB domestication NOUN themselves PRON , PUNCT by SCONJ living VERB near ADP farms NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 4 chosen nsubj:pass 2 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 chosen aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 chosen aux 4 chosen choose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 4 chosen obj 6 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 4 chosen obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 living punct 8 by by SCONJ _ 9 living mark 9 living live VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 chosen conj 10 near near ADP _ 11 farms case 11 farms farm NOUN Number=Plur 9 living obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 chosen punct
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1 choose may · perfect · passive Cats Cats = cat obl vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary domestication=Theme 2 live gerund farms vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near farm=Location
Example 5 Domestication made cows calmer than their wild ancestors.
nsubj obj xcomp case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Domestication NOUN made VERB cows NOUN calmer ADJ than ADP their PRON wild ADJ ancestors NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Domestication domestication NOUN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obj 4 calmer calm ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 made xcomp 5 than than ADP _ 8 ancestors case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 ancestors nmod:poss 7 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 8 ancestors amod 8 ancestors ancestor NOUN Number=Plur 4 calmer obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past Domestication cows calm property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cow=Product
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