ephemeral
Who acts: Ephemeral, ephemeral fly, joy, Fame, fun · What happens: mean, last, live, be, joy, end · To what, where: ephemeral, first snow
«ephemeral» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ephemeral in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ephemeral | ephemeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lasting | last | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 time | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lasting | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Ephemeral | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | last not said to happen | gerund | Ephemeral not said here | time | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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.
Example 1
The ephemeral fly lives only one day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fly | det |
| 2 | ephemeral | ephemeral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fly | amod |
| 3 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 one | advmod |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | nummod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the ephemeral fly | day | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The joy of the first snow was ephemeral.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 joy | det |
| 2 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ephemeral | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 snow | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 snow | amod |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 joy | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ephemeral | cop |
| 8 | ephemeral | ephemeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 ephemeral | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the joy of the first snow | ephemeral | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | joy | the first snow | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Example 3
Fame can be ephemeral.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ephemeral | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ephemeral | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ephemeral | cop |
| 4 | ephemeral | ephemeral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ephemeral | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | Fame | ephemeral property | tree rules |
Example 4
Their fun was ephemeral and ended at dusk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fun | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ephemeral | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ephemeral | cop |
| 4 | ephemeral | ephemeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ended | cc |
| 6 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ephemeral | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dusk | case |
| 8 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ended | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ephemeral | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Their fun | ephemeral | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | end | past | Their fun not said here | dusk | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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