ferryman

Who acts: ferryman, job, boat, old ferryman, you · What happens: be, steer, carry, ask, go, not get in · To what, where: person, boat, people, river, ferryman · Speech: someone speaks here

«ferryman» 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: ferryman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A ferryman is a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries people across a river or lake.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ferryman	det
2	ferryman	ferryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 row	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 row	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 row	mark
10	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 steer	cc
12	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 row	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boat	det
14	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 steer	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 carries	nsubj
16	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 boat	acl:relcl
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 carries	obj
18	across	across	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carries	obl
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 lake	cc
22	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 river	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ferryman	a person			tree rules
2	is	present	job			row property	tree rules
3	steer	infinitive	job not said here	a boat			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
4	carry	present	a boat	people	a river or lake		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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 old ferryman asked: 'Are you going far, my friend?'

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ferryman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ferryman	amod
3	ferryman	ferryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
7	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 going	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 going	nsubj
9	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 asked	ccomp
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 going	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 friend	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 friend	nmod:poss
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the old ferryman						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present · progressive	you					far property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The ferryman did not get in but pushed the boat off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ferryman	det
2	ferryman	ferryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 pushed	cc
8	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pushed	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	8 pushed	compound:prt
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get in	past · do-support	the ferryman						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	push off	past	the ferryman not said here	the boat					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Example 3

The ferryman has rowed to and fro for thirty years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ferryman	det
2	ferryman	ferryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rowed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rowed	aux
4	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 rowed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fro	cc
7	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rowed	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fro	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	present · perfect · passive		the ferryman					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fro	infinitive					year		tree rules

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