father Who acts: father, man, person, We, penguin father, grandfather · What happens: be, have, take, start, give, buy · To what, where: man, child, care, title, person, him
«father» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: father in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A father is a man who has a child; a dad.
det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl det obj punct det conj punct root A DET father NOUN is AUX a DET man NOUN who PRON has VERB a DET child NOUN ; PUNCT a DET dad NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 father det 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 5 man nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 man cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 man det 5 man man NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 has nsubj 7 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 man acl:relcl 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 child det 9 child child NOUN Number=Sing 7 has obj 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 dad punct 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 dad det 12 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 5 man conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 man punct
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1 is a present a father a man and a dad tree rules 2 have present a man and a dad a child vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
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 father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop advmod det nsubj acl:relcl obj case det obl case det obl punct case det obl punct root A DET father NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET man NOUN who PRON takes VERB care NOUN of ADP a DET child NOUN as ADP a DET parent NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET stepfather NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 father det 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 6 man nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 man cop 4 also also ADV _ 6 man advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 man det 6 man man NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 takes nsubj 8 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 man acl:relcl 9 care care NOUN Number=Sing 8 takes obj 10 of of ADP _ 12 child case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 child det 12 child child NOUN Number=Sing 8 takes obl 13 as as ADP _ 15 parent case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 parent det 15 parent parent NOUN Number=Sing 8 takes obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 stepfather punct 17 like like ADP _ 19 stepfather case 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 stepfather det 19 stepfather stepfather NOUN Number=Sing 8 takes obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 man punct
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1 is a present a father a man tree rules 2 take present a man care of a child; as a parent; like a stepfather vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of child=Initial_Location
Meaning 3 Father is a title for some priests.
nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root Father PROPN is AUX a DET title NOUN for ADP some DET priests NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Father Father PROPN Number=Sing 4 title nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 title cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 title det 4 title title NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 priests case 6 some some DET PronType=Ind 7 priests det 7 priests priest NOUN Number=Plur 4 title nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 title punct
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1 is a present Father a title for some priests tree rules
Meaning 4 The father of something is the person who started it.
det nsubj case nmod cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root The DET father NOUN of ADP something PRON is AUX the DET person NOUN who PRON started VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 father det 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 7 person nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 something case 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 father nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 person cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 started nsubj 9 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 person acl:relcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 started obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 person punct
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1 is a present the father of something the person tree rules 2 start past the person person vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Example 1 Her father is 40 years old.
nmod:poss nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked punct root Her PRON father NOUN is AUX 40 NUM years NOUN old ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 father nmod:poss 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 6 old nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 old cop 4 40 40 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 years nummod 5 years year NOUN Number=Plur 6 old obl:unmarked 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 old punct
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1 is present Her father year old property tree rules
Example 2 His father gave him $10.
nmod:poss nsubj iobj obj nummod punct root His PRON father NOUN gave VERB him PRON $ SYM 10 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 father nmod:poss 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 gave iobj 5 $ $ SYM _ 3 gave obj 6 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 $ nummod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past His father him = he vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient $=Theme
Example 3 The father is 3 times as old as his son.
det nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET father NOUN is AUX 3 NUM times NOUN as ADV old ADJ as ADP his PRON son NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 father det 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 7 old nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 old cop 4 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 times nummod 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 7 old obl:unmarked 6 as as ADV _ 7 old advmod 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 as as ADP _ 10 son case 9 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 son nmod:poss 10 son son NOUN Number=Sing 7 old obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 old punct
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1 is present the father time as his son; old property tree rules
Example 4 Father bought 2 pizzas.
nsubj nummod obj punct root Father PROPN bought VERB 2 NUM pizzas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Father Father PROPN Number=Sing 2 bought nsubj 2 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 pizzas nummod 4 pizzas pizza NOUN Number=Plur 2 bought obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 bought punct
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1 buy past Father 2 pizzas vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pizza=Theme
Example 5 My father takes me to swimming.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case obl punct root My PRON father NOUN takes VERB me PRON to ADP swimming NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 father nmod:poss 2 father father NOUN Number=Sing 3 takes nsubj 3 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 takes obj 5 to to ADP _ 6 swimming case 6 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 3 takes obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 takes punct
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1 take present My father me swimming vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to swimming=Destination
Example 6 We made cards for Father's Day.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss case obl punct root We PRON made VERB cards NOUN for ADP Father PROPN 's PART Day PROPN . PUNCT 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 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 cards card NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obj 4 for for ADP _ 7 Day case 5 Father Father PROPN Number=Sing 7 Day nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Father case 7 Day Day PROPN Number=Sing 2 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past We cards for Father's Day vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent card=Product for day=Beneficiary
Example 7 The penguin father keeps the egg warm.
det compound nsubj det obj xcomp punct root The DET penguin NOUN father NOUN keeps VERB the DET egg NOUN warm ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 father det 2 penguin penguin NOUN Number=Sing 3 father compound 3 father father NOUN Number=Sing 4 keeps nsubj 4 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 egg det 6 egg egg NOUN Number=Sing 4 keeps obj 7 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 4 keeps xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 keeps punct
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1 keep present the penguin father the egg warm property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
Example 8 His grandfather is his father's father.
nmod:poss nsubj cop nmod:poss nmod:poss case punct root His PRON grandfather NOUN is AUX his PRON father NOUN 's PART father NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 grandfather nmod:poss 2 grandfather grandfather NOUN Number=Sing 7 father nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 father cop 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 father nmod:poss 5 father father NOUN Number=Sing 7 father nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 father case 7 father father NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 father punct
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1 is a present His grandfather his father's father tree rules
Example 9 Which was taller, Father or Mother?
nsubj cop punct advcl cc conj punct root Which PRON was AUX taller ADJ , PUNCT Father PROPN or CCONJ Mother NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 taller nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 taller cop 3 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 Father punct 5 Father Father PROPN Number=Sing 3 taller advcl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 Mother cc 7 Mother mother NOUN Number=Sing 5 Father conj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 taller punct
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1 is past tall property tree rules
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