faggot
Who acts: faggot, woodcutter, children, I · What happens: be, tie, burn, carry, gather, make · To what, where: bundle, sticks, faggot, back
«faggot» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: faggot in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 faggot | det |
| 2 | faggot | faggot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bundle | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bundle | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bundle | det |
| 5 | bundle | bundle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sticks | case |
| 7 | sticks | stick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bundle | nmod |
| 8 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 sticks | acl |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 tied | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 burning | mark |
| 11 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 tied | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bundle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a faggot | a bundle | of sticks | tree rules | |||
| 2 | tie | participle | sticks not said here | together property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «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.
Example 1
The woodcutter carried a faggot home on his back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 woodcutter | det |
| 2 | woodcutter | woodcutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 faggot | det |
| 5 | faggot | faggot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 carried | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | the woodcutter | a faggot | woodcutter's back | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faggot=Theme |
Example 2
The children gathered sticks to make a faggot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gathered | nsubj |
| 3 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sticks | stick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gathered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gathered | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 faggot | det |
| 8 | faggot | faggot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gathered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | the children | sticks | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the children not said here | a faggot | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset faggot=Product |
Example 3
Shall I bring in your bundle of faggots every day?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bring | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 bring | compound:prt |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bundle | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bundle | bundle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 faggots | case |
| 8 | faggots | faggot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bundle | nmod |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in | shall | I | your bundle of faggots | day | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bundle=Asset |
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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