flea

Who acts: small jumping insect, people, dog, vet, flea, We · What happens: jump, live, suck, sell, keep, scratch · To what, where: skin, blood, old hand things, fleas, flea treatment, own length · Speech: someone speaks here

«flea» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: flea in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood.

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	5 insect	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 insect	amod
4	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 insect	amod
5	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 wings	case
7	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 insect	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lives	nsubj
9	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 insect	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 skin	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 skin	det
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lives	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fur	cc
14	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skin	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 animals	case
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fur	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 people	cc
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 animals	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sucks	cc
20	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lives	conj
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 blood	nmod:poss
22	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sucks	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 insect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	jump	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	live	present	a small jumping insect without wings		the skin and fur of animals and people	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on skin=Location
3	suck	present	a small jumping insect without wings not said here	people's blood		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=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

Flea market: a market where people sell old and second-hand things cheaply.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 market	compound
2	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 market	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 market	det
5	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 market	appos
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 sell	advmod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sell	nsubj
8	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 market	acl:relcl
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 things	cc
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 hand	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 second	punct
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 things	compound
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sell	obj
15	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	_	8 sell	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 market	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	people	old hand things				cheaply property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Example 1

Our dog kept scratching because it had fleas.

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	2 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	scratching	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 had	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	advcl
8	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	Our dog		tree rules
2	scratch	gerund	Our dog not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	past	dog	fleas	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient

Example 2

The vet gave the cat flea treatment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vet	det
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treatment	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flea	compound
6	flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treatment	compound
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the vet	the flea treatment					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme

Example 3

A flea can jump more than a hundred times its own length.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flea	det
2	flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jump	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 jump	aux
4	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 hundred	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 more	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hundred	det
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 jump	obl:unmarked
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 length	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 length	amod
12	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jump	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	can	a flea	flea's own length			time		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme length=Trajectory

Example 4

We bought old comics at the flea market.

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 comics	amod
4	comics	comic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bought	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 market	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
7	flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 market	compound
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	We	old comics		the flea market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent comic=Theme at market=Asset

Example 5

Flea bites leave small itchy red spots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bites	compound
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leave	nsubj
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spots	amod
5	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spots	amod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spots	amod
7	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Flea bites	small itchy red spots					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme

Example 6

Fleas are parasites that drink blood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 parasites	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 parasites	cop
3	parasites	parasite	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 drink	nsubj
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 parasites	acl:relcl
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 parasites	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fleas	parasites					tree rules
2	drink	present	parasites	blood					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient

Example 7

Long ago, fleas on rats spread a deadly disease called the plague.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ago	advmod
2	ago	ago	ADV	_	7 spread	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ago	punct
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spread	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 rats	case
6	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fleas	nmod
7	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 disease	det
9	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disease	amod
10	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spread	obj
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 disease	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plague	det
13	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	fleas on rats	a deadly disease				ago property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disease=Theme
2	call	participle	a deadly disease not said here	the plague					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent plague=Recipient

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