fiber
Who acts: fiber, that, body, They, Cotton, Oats · What happens: be, find, help, digest, stitch, have · To what, where: thin like piece, tough part, bread, body, leaves, soft fiber
«fiber» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: fiber in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A fiber is a thin thread-like piece of something, such as cotton, wool or wood.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fiber | det |
| 2 | fiber | fiber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 piece | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 piece | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 piece | det |
| 5 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 piece | amod |
| 6 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 thread | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 piece | amod |
| 9 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 something | case |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 piece | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cotton | punct |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 15 cotton | case |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 such | fixed |
| 15 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 something | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wool | punct |
| 17 | wool | wool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 something | nmod |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 wood | cc |
| 19 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wool | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 piece | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fiber | a thin like piece | of something | 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
Fiber is also the tough part of food, found in bread, oats and vegetables, that helps the body to digest it.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiber | Fiber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 part | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | tough | tough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 found | punct |
| 10 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 part | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 bread | case |
| 12 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 found | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 oats | punct |
| 14 | oats | oat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 bread | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 vegetables | cc |
| 16 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 oats | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 helps | punct |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 helps | nsubj |
| 19 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 body | det |
| 21 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 helps | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 digest | mark |
| 23 | digest | digest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 helps | xcomp |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 digest | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fiber | the tough part | of food | tree rules | |||
| 2 | find | participle | the tough part not said here | bread and oats and vegetables | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | help | present | that | the body | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent body=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | digest | to-infinitive | the body not said here | body | tree rules |
Example 1
They stitched the leaves together with fibers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stitched | nsubj |
| 2 | stitched | stitch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaves | det |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stitched | obj |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 stitched | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fibers | case |
| 7 | fibers | fiber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stitched | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stitched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stitch | past | They | the leaves | with fibers; together property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient with fiber=Instrument |
Example 2
Cotton is a soft fiber from a plant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fiber | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fiber | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fiber | det |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fiber | amod |
| 5 | fiber | fiber | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 plant | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 plant | det |
| 8 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fiber | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fiber | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cotton | a soft fiber | a plant | tree rules |
Example 3
Oats and beans have plenty of fiber.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oats | oat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 beans | cc |
| 3 | beans | bean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Oats | conj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fiber | case |
| 7 | fiber | fiber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plenty | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Oats and beans | plenty of fiber | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient |
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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