fowl

Who acts: farmer, Ducks, God, market, Wildfowl, idea · What happens: keep, be, make, sell, gather, freeze · To what, where: bird, fowl, waterfowl, Bible, fresh fowl, Christmas

«fowl» 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: fowl in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bird kept for its eggs or meat, such as a chicken, duck, goose or turkey.

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 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bird	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eggs	nmod:poss
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 meat	cc
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eggs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chicken	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 chicken	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 chicken	det
13	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eggs	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 duck	punct
15	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chicken	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 goose	punct
17	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 duck	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 turkey	cc
19	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 goose	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a bird not said here				for bird's eggs such a chicken and duck and goose or turkey or meat	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: old or in phrases — kept apart, not parsed.

Any bird, as in «wildfowl» or «the fowl of the air» in the Bible.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wildfowl	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 wildfowl	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wildfowl	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 wildfowl	punct
7	wildfowl	wildfowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bird	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 wildfowl	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 fowl	cc
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 fowl	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fowl	det
12	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wildfowl	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 air	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 air	det
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fowl	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 fowl	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 Bible	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Bible	det
19	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wildfowl	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bird	punct

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

Example 1

The farmer keeps fowl for their eggs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 eggs	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eggs	nmod:poss
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keeps	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the farmer	fowl				for their eggs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fowl=Theme

Example 2

Ducks and geese are waterfowl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waterfowl	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 geese	cc
3	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ducks	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 waterfowl	cop
5	waterfowl	waterfowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 waterfowl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ducks and geese	waterfowl					tree rules

Example 3

In the Bible, God made «the fowl of the air».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Bible	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Bible	punct
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 fowl	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fowl	det
9	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fowl	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 fowl	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	God	the fowl of the air		the Bible			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fowl=Product

Example 4

The market sold fresh fowl at Christmas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 market	det
2	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fowl	amod
5	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Christmas	case
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the market	fresh fowl		Christmas			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent fowl=Theme at christmas=Asset

Example 5

Wildfowl gathered on the frozen lake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wildfowl	Wildfowl	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 lake	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lake	amod
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	Wildfowl			the frozen lake			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The idea was neither fish nor fowl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 idea	det
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	cop
4	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 fish	cc:preconj
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	7 fowl	cc
7	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the idea	fish nor fowl					tree rules

Example 7

"Cluck, cluck!" And some fowls came.

Sentence 1: "Cluck, cluck!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cluck	punct
2	Cluck	cluck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cluck	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Cluck	punct
4	cluck	cluck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 cluck	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cluck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cluck in a quote	infinitive	Cluck						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: And some fowls came.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 came	cc
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 came	nsubj
3	fowls	fowl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 some	nmod
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fowl	present							vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	past	some						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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