fowler

Who acts: fowler, person, fowlers, bird · What happens: be, catch, set, come, wait · To what, where: person, birds, net, reeds

«fowler» 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: fowler in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A fowler is a person who catches birds, for food or sport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fowler	det
2	fowler	fowler	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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 catches	nsubj
7	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catches	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 food	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catches	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 sport	cc
13	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fowler	a person					tree rules
2	catch	present	a person	birds				for food or sport	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Theme for food=Beneficiary

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 fowler set a net in the reeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fowler	det
2	fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 net	det
5	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 reeds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reeds	det
8	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 set	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	the fowler	a net		the reeds			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent net=Theme in reed=Destination

Example 2

The fowlers came to catch the birds in the morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fowlers	det
2	fowlers	fowler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 catch	mark
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 catch	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 morning	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morning	det
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the fowlers						tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive	the fowlers not said here	the birds			morning		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

Example 3

Caught in the net, the bird waited for the fowler.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 net	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 net	det
4	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Caught	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waited	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waited	nsubj
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 net	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 fowler	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fowler	det
11	fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waited	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	participle				the net			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	wait	past	the bird	the net not said here				for the fowler	tree rules

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