dryad

Who acts: dryad, spirit, axe · What happens: be, live, say, die, cut down, strike · To what, where: spirit, tree, old oak tree · Speech: someone speaks here

«dryad» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: dryad in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down.

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 dryad	det
2	dryad	dryad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spirit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spirit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spirit	det
5	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lives	nsubj
7	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spirit	acl:relcl
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lives	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 said	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 said	aux:pass
13	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lives	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 die	mark
15	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	xcomp
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 cut	mark
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tree	nmod:poss
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cut	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 cut	aux:pass
20	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 die	advcl
21	down	down	ADP	_	20 cut	compound:prt
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spirit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a dryad	a spirit		tree rules
2	live	present	a spirit		a tree	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside tree=Location
3	say speech: assert	present · passive	a spirit not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
4	die	to-infinitive	a spirit not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	cut down	present · passive		dryad's tree		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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 dryad lived in the old oak tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dryad	det
2	dryad	dryad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tree	amod
7	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	compound
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

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

Example 2

When the axe struck, the dryad sighed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 struck	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 axe	det
3	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sighed	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 struck	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dryad	det
7	dryad	dryad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sighed	nsubj
8	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sighed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the axe						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sigh	past	the dryad						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The dryad prayed that the tree would be saved.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dryad	det
2	dryad	dryad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prayed	nsubj
3	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 saved	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saved	nsubj:pass
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 saved	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 saved	aux:pass
9	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 prayed	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	the dryad						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	save	would · passive		the tree					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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