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fantail

Who acts: small bird, fantail, common friendly bird, Grandad, fantail goldfish, feet · What happens: spread out, be, follow, catch, shape, flit · To what, where: common friendly bird, New Zealand, walkers, insects, tail, fantail · Speech: someone speaks here

«fantail» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: fantail in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small bird with a tail that spreads out like a fan; in New Zealand the fantail (pīwakawaka) is a common, friendly bird that follows walkers to catch insects.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreads	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 tail	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tail	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 spreads	nsubj
8	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 spreads	compound:prt
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 fan	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fan	det
12	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreads	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 bird	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 Zealand	case
15	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Zealand	flat
16	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 bird	obl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fantail	det
18	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bird	nsubj
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 pīwakawaka	punct
20	pīwakawaka	pīwakawaka	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fantail	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 pīwakawaka	punct
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 bird	cop
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 bird	det
24	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 bird	amod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 common	punct
26	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 bird	amod
27	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreads	parataxis
28	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 follows	nsubj
29	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 bird	acl:relcl
30	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 follows	obj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 catch	mark
32	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 follows	advcl
33	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 catch	obj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spreads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	present	a small bird with a tail					like a fan	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the fantail	a common friendly bird		New Zealand			tree rules
3	follow	present	a common friendly bird	walkers					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walker=Theme
4	catch	to-infinitive	a common friendly bird not said here	insects					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=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

A kind of fancy pigeon or goldfish with a fan-shaped tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pigeon	case
4	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pigeon	amod
5	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 goldfish	cc
7	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pigeon	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	13 tail	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tail	det
10	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shaped	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 fan	punct
12	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 tail	amod
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Meaning 3

A tail or end shaped like a fan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tail	det
2	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 end	cc
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tail	conj
5	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tail	acl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 fan	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fan	det
8	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle		a tail or end not said here				like a fan	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 1

A fantail flitted along the bush track beside us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fantail	det
2	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	flitted	flit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fantail	acl
4	along	along	ADP	_	7 track	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 track	det
6	bush	bush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 track	amod
7	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flitted	obl
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 us	case
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 track	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fantail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flit	participle		a fantail not said here		the bush track beside us			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along track=Trajectory

Example 2

The fantail spread its tail like a little fan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fantail	det
2	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	nsubj
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 fan	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fan	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fan	amod
9	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the fantail	fantail's tail				like a little fan	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tail=Theme

Example 3

In New Zealand the fantail is called pīwakawaka.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Zealand	case
2	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Zealand	flat
3	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fantail	det
5	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	pīwakawaka	pīwakawaka	X	Foreign=Yes	7 called	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		the fantail		New Zealand			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 4

Grandad keeps white fantail pigeons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pigeons	amod
4	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pigeons	compound
5	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Grandad	white fantail pigeons					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme

Example 5

Our fantail goldfish has a long, flowing tail.

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	3 goldfish	nmod:poss
2	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goldfish	compound
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tail	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tail	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
8	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 tail	amod
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Our fantail goldfish	a long flowing tail					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	flow	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The fantail snapped up insects that our feet disturbed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fantail	det
2	fantail	fantail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 snapped	compound:prt
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 snapped	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 disturbed	obj
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disturbed	nsubj
9	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 insects	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 snapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap up	past	the fantail	insects					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location insect=Theme
2	disturb	past	our feet	insects					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer

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