ephemera Who acts: that, Ephemera, museum · What happens: be, live, print, keep, dance, seem · To what, where: Ephemera insects, printed things, tickets, river, old ticket ephemera, fair
«ephemera» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: ephemera in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Ephemera are insects, such as mayflies, that live only a very short time as adults.
The tree, 15 words compound cop punct case fixed conj punct nsubj parataxis advmod det advmod amod obl case nmod punct root Ephemera NOUN are AUX insects NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP mayflies NOUN , PUNCT that PRON live VERB only ADV a DET very ADV short ADJ time NOUN as ADP adults NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 3 insects compound 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 insects cop 3 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 mayflies punct 5 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 7 mayflies case 6 as as ADP _ 5 such fixed 7 mayflies mayfly NOUN Number=Plur 3 insects conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 live punct 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 live nsubj 10 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 insects parataxis 11 only only ADV _ 15 time advmod 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 time det 13 very very ADV _ 14 short advmod 14 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 15 time amod 15 time time NOUN Number=Sing 10 live obl 16 as as ADP _ 17 adults case 17 adults adult NOUN Number=Plur 15 time nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 insects punct
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1 is a present Ephemera insects and mayflies tree rules 2 live present that time vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 Ephemera are printed things, such as tickets or posters, that are kept for a short time.
The tree, 16 words nsubj cop amod punct case fixed nmod cc conj punct nsubj:pass aux:pass acl case det amod obl punct root Ephemera NOUN are AUX printed VERB things NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP tickets NOUN or CCONJ posters NOUN , PUNCT that PRON are AUX kept VERB for ADP a DET short ADJ time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 4 things nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 things cop 3 printed print VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 things amod 4 things thing NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 tickets punct 6 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 8 tickets case 7 as as ADP _ 6 such fixed 8 tickets ticket NOUN Number=Plur 4 things nmod 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 posters cc 10 posters poster NOUN Number=Plur 8 tickets conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 kept punct 12 that that PRON PronType=Rel 14 kept nsubj:pass 13 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 kept aux:pass 14 kept keep VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 tickets acl 15 for for ADP _ 18 time case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 time det 17 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 18 time amod 18 time time NOUN Number=Sing 14 kept obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 4 things punct
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1 print participle vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present Ephemera printed things such tickets or posters tree rules 3 keep present · passive tickets or posters time vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 1 The ephemera danced over the river all afternoon.
det nsubj case det obl det obl:unmarked punct root The DET ephemera NOUN danced VERB over ADP the DET river NOUN all DET afternoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ephemera det 2 ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 3 danced nsubj 3 danced dance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADP _ 6 river case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 river det 6 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 danced obl 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 afternoon det 8 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 3 danced obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 danced punct
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1 dance past the ephemera the river afternoon vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over river=Location
Example 2 The ephemera of one summer day seemed endless to them.
det nsubj case nummod compound nmod xcomp case obl punct root The DET ephemera NOUN of ADP one NUM summer NOUN day NOUN seemed VERB endless ADJ to ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ephemera det 2 ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 7 seemed nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 day case 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 day nummod 5 summer summer NOUN Number=Sing 6 day compound 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 ephemera nmod 7 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 endless endless ADJ Degree=Pos 7 seemed xcomp 9 to to ADP _ 10 them case 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 endless obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 seemed punct
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1 seem past the ephemera of one summer day endless property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
Example 3 The museum keeps old ticket ephemera from the fair.
det nsubj amod compound obj case det obl punct root The DET museum NOUN keeps VERB old ADJ ticket NOUN ephemera NOUN from ADP the DET fair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 3 keeps nsubj 3 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 ephemera amod 5 ticket ticket NOUN Number=Sing 6 ephemera compound 6 ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 3 keeps obj 7 from from ADP _ 9 fair case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fair det 9 fair fair NOUN Number=Sing 3 keeps obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 keeps punct
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1 keep present the museum old ticket ephemera the fair vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer ephemera=Beneficiary from fair=Eventuality
Example 4 Each ephemera in the box was a poster from a show.
det nsubj case det nmod cop det case det nmod punct root Each DET ephemera NOUN in ADP the DET box NOUN was AUX a DET poster NOUN from ADP a DET show NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 ephemera det 2 ephemera ephemera NOUN Number=Sing 8 poster nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 box case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 box det 5 box box NOUN Number=Sing 2 ephemera nmod 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 poster cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 poster det 8 poster poster NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 from from ADP _ 11 show case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 show det 11 show show NOUN Number=Sing 8 poster nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 poster punct
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1 is a past each ephemera in the box a poster a show tree rules
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