forefather

Who acts: forefathers, king · What happens: come, build, curse, pride · To what, where: Scotland, village, pride, forefathers

«forefather» 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: forefather in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 generation	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 generation	det
5	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 generation	amod
6	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 generation	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 ancestor	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ancestor	det
12	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

My forefathers came from Scotland.

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 forefathers	nmod:poss
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Scotland	case
5	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	My forefathers			Scotland			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from scotland=Initial_Location

Example 2

Our forefathers built this village.

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 forefathers	nmod:poss
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Our forefathers	this village					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset village=Product

Example 3

The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cursed	nsubj
3	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pride	det
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cursed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 forefathers	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 forefathers	nmod:poss
8	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pride	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cursed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	the king	the pride of king's forefathers					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme
2	pride			king's forefathers					nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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