dromedary

Who acts: one hump, dromedary, Dromedaries, Australia, We, Bactrian camel · What happens: find, live, breed, have, walk, ride · To what, where: one hump, North Africa, central Australia, fast camel, back, many wild dromedaries

«dromedary» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: dromedary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A camel with one hump, found in North Africa, the Middle East and India, and also living wild in central Australia.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 camel	det
2	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hump	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 hump	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hump	nummod
5	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 found	punct
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hump	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Africa	case
9	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Africa	compound
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 East	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 East	det
13	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 East	compound
14	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Africa	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 India	cc
16	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Africa	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 living	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 living	cc
19	also	also	ADV	_	20 living	advmod
20	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hump	acl
21	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 living	xcomp
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 Australia	case
23	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 Australia	amod
24	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 living	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		one hump not said here		North Africa and the Middle East and India			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	live	gerund	one hump not said here			central Australia		wild property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A fast camel bred for riding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 camel	det
2	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 camel	amod
3	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 camel	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 riding	case
6	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bred	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 camel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	participle		a fast camel not said here				for riding	tree rules

Example 1

A dromedary has one hump on its back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dromedary	det
2	dromedary	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hump	nummod
5	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 back	nmod:poss
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hump	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a dromedary	one hump		dromedary's back			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hump=Patient

Example 2

Dromedaries can walk for days without water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dromedaries	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walk	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 walk	aux
3	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 days	case
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walk	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	can	Dromedaries				day	without water	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Australia has many wild dromedaries in the outback.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dromedaries	amod
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dromedaries	amod
5	dromedaries	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 outback	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outback	det
8	outback	outback	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dromedaries	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Australia	many wild dromedaries		the outback			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dromedary=Patient

Example 4

We rode a dromedary at the desert camp.

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dromedary	det
4	dromedary	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 camp	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 camp	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 camp	compound
8	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	We	a dromedary		the desert camp			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dromedary=Theme

Example 5

The Bactrian camel has two humps, but the dromedary has only one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 camel	det
2	Bactrian	bactrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 camel	amod
3	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 humps	nummod
6	humps	hump	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 has	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dromedary	det
10	dromedary	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	conj
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 one	advmod
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 has	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the Bactrian camel	two humps					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hump=Patient
2	have	present	the dromedary	one					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Example 6

The dromedary's hump is full of fat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dromedary	det
2	dromedary	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hump	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dromedary	case
4	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fat	case
8	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the dromedary's hump					of fat; full property	tree rules

Example 7

Let him be bound and placed on a dromedary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 bound	aux:pass
4	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Let	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 placed	cc
6	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bound	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 dromedary	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dromedary	det
9	dromedary	dromedary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
2	bind	infinitive · passive	him = he not said here			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	place	participle	him = he not said here		a dromedary	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on dromedary=Destination

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