ducky

Who acts: ducky, children, grown up, Ducky daddles · What happens: be, use, grow, call, waddle, swim · To what, where: little duck, word, dear child, pond, old woman, child · Speech: someone speaks here

«ducky» 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: ducky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A ducky is a little duck, a word children use.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ducky	det
2	ducky	ducky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 duck	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 duck	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 duck	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 duck	amod
6	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 word	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 duck	appos
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	nsubj
11	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 word	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 duck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ducky	a little duck					tree rules
2	use	present	children	a word not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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: casual — kept apart, not parsed.

A grown-up may call a dear child «ducky» as a fond name.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 up	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 up	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 call	aux
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 ducky	punct
11	ducky	ducky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 ducky	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 name	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 name	det
15	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	may	a grown up		a dear child			as a fond name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Example 1

Ducky-daddles waddled to the pond.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ducky	ducky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 daddles	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Ducky	punct
3	daddles	daddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waddled	nsubj
4	waddled	waddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waddled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 waddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waddle	past	Ducky daddles			the pond			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pond=Destination

Example 2

The old woman called the child her little ducky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 woman	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ducky	nmod:poss
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ducky	amod
9	ducky	ducky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 child	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the old woman not said here	the child				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Example 3

The ducky swam in a circle round the pond.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ducky	det
2	ducky	ducky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swam	nsubj
3	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 circle	det
6	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swam	obl
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 pond	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pond	det
9	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 circle	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	the ducky			a circle round the pond			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory

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