ethnic

Who acts: Ethnic, people, city, She, market, We · What happens: mean, do, share, describe, have, wear · To what, where: culture, food, particular culture, people, many ethnic groups, traditional ethnic clothes · Speech: someone speaks here

«ethnic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: ethnic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ethnic means to do with a group of people who share a culture, traditions, language or family history.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 group	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 group	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 share	nsubj
11	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 people	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 culture	det
13	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 share	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 traditions	punct
15	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 culture	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 language	punct
17	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 traditions	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 history	cc
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 history	compound
20	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 language	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ethnic			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive			with a group of people	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	share	present	people	a culture and traditions and language or family history		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

Ethnic can describe food, clothes or music from a particular culture, especially one from another country.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethnic	ethnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clothes	punct
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 food	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 music	cc
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 culture	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 culture	det
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 culture	amod
12	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 one	punct
14	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 one	advmod
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 culture	appos
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 country	case
17	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	18 country	det
18	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 one	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can	Ethnic	food and clothes or music		a particular culture			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Example 1

Our city has people from many ethnic groups.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 city	nmod:poss
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 groups	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 groups	amod
7	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 groups	amod
8	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 people	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Our city	people		many ethnic groups			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Example 2

She wore traditional ethnic clothes at the festival.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clothes	amod
4	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clothes	amod
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 wore	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 festival	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 festival	det
8	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	traditional ethnic clothes		the festival			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

Example 3

The market sells ethnic foods from around the world.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 market	det
2	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 foods	amod
5	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 world	case
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foods	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	the market	ethnic foods		the world			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Example 4

We learned about the different ethnic groups in Canada.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	7 groups	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 groups	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 groups	amod
6	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 groups	amod
7	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learned	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Canada	case
9	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 groups	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We					about the different ethnic groups in Canada	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about group=Topic

Example 5

Everyone should be treated fairly whatever their ethnic background.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 treated	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 treated	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 treated	aux:pass
4	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 treated	advmod
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 treated	parataxis
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 background	nmod:poss
8	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 background	amod
9	background	background	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whatever	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	should · passive		Everyone				fairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 6

The town holds a festival of ethnic music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 festival	det
5	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 music	case
7	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 music	amod
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 festival	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 holds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	the town	a festival of ethnic music					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=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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