fragmentary
Who acts: Fragmentary, old map, We, fragmentary pictures · What happens: mean, break, know, be, have, show · To what, where: small pieces, fragmentary news, kingdom, earth · Speech: someone speaks here
«fragmentary» 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: fragmentary in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Fragmentary means broken into small pieces, or only partly known, not whole.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fragmentary | fragmentary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 pieces | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pieces | amod |
| 6 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 broken | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 known | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 known | cc |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 known | advmod |
| 10 | partly | partly | ADV | _ | 11 known | advmod |
| 11 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 whole | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 whole | advmod |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 known | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Fragmentary | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | break | participle | into small pieces result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result | |||||
| 3 | know | participle | Fragmentary not said here | partly, whole property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 old map was fragmentary, with pieces missing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 map | amod |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fragmentary | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fragmentary | cop |
| 5 | fragmentary | fragmentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pieces | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 pieces | case |
| 8 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fragmentary | parataxis |
| 9 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pieces | amod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fragmentary | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old map | fragmentary property | tree rules |
Example 2
We had only fragmentary news of the battle.
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 news | advmod |
| 4 | fragmentary | fragmentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 news | amod |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 battle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 battle | det |
| 8 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 news | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | We | fragmentary news of the battle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient |
Example 3
The fragmentary pictures showed a kingdom under the earth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pictures | det |
| 2 | fragmentary | fragmentary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pictures | compound |
| 3 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 earth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 earth | det |
| 9 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the fragmentary pictures | a kingdom | the earth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kingdom=Recipient |
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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