embody

Who acts: fox, tale, statue · What happens: embody, be, contain · To what, where: idea, something, it, cunning, old lesson, spirit

«embody» 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: embody in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To embody an idea is to show it clearly in a person or thing.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 embody	mark
2	embody	embody	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 show	advcl
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embody	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 show	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	obj
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	7 show	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 thing	cc
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 person	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embody	to-infinitive		a idea					tree rules
2	is	present						in a person or thing; clearly, show property	tree rules

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

To embody something is to include it or contain it as a part.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 embody	mark
2	embody	embody	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 include	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 embody	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 include	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 include	mark
6	include	include	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 include	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 contain	cc
9	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 include	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 contain	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 part	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contain	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 include	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	embody	to-infinitive	something		tree rules
2	is	present		include property	tree rules
3	contain	infinitive	it	as a part	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Example 1

The fox embodies cunning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	nsubj
3	embodies	embody	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 embodies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embody	present	the fox	cunning					tree rules

Example 2

This tale embodies an old lesson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	nsubj
3	embodies	embody	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lesson	amod
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 embodies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embody	present	this tale	a old lesson					tree rules

Example 3

The statue embodies the spirit of the city.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 statue	det
2	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	nsubj
3	embodies	embody	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirit	det
5	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embodies	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spirit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 embodies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embody	present	the statue	the spirit of the city					tree rules

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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