druid

Who acts: druid, ancient Celtic peoples, druids · What happens: be, know, wave, speak, live · To what, where: priest, wise person, stories, staff, spell, wise guardians · Speech: someone speaks here

«druid» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: druid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 druid	det
2	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 priest	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 person	cc
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	conj
9	among	among	ADP	_	13 peoples	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 peoples	det
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 peoples	amod
12	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 peoples	amod
13	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 person	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 knew	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 knew	nsubj
16	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 peoples	acl:relcl
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 nature	case
18	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 knew	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 magic	punct
20	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nature	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 religion	cc
22	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nature	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a druid	a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples					tree rules
2	know	past	the ancient Celtic peoples					about nature and magic and religion	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about nature=Stimulus

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

In stories a druid is a wise person with magic powers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 stories	case
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 person	obl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 druid	det
4	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 powers	case
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 powers	amod
11	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 person	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a druid	a wise person		stories		with magic powers	tree rules

Example 1

The druid waved her staff and spoke the spell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 druid	det
2	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	nsubj
3	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 staff	nmod:poss
5	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 spoke	cc
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waved	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spell	det
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the druid	druid's staff					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past	the druid not said here	the spell					tree rules

Example 2

The druids were wise guardians of the young prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 druids	det
2	druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guardians	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 guardians	cop
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guardians	amod
5	guardians	guardian	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 prince	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prince	amod
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guardians	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 guardians	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the druids	wise guardians				of the young prince	tree rules

Example 3

Long ago, a druid lived in the great oak wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ago	advmod
2	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 lived	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ago	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 druid	det
5	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	nsubj
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wood	amod
10	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wood	compound
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	a druid			the great oak wood		ago property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

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