frontispiece
Who acts: picture, frontispiece, artist · What happens: face, be, draw, show · To what, where: title page, front, picture, frontispiece, Sea Maiden
«frontispiece» 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: frontispiece in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A picture facing the title page at the front of an old book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 picture | det |
| 2 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | facing | face | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 picture | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 page | det |
| 5 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 page | compound |
| 6 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 facing | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 front | det |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 facing | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 book | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 book | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 book | amod |
| 13 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 front | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 picture | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | face | gerund | a picture not said here | the title page | the front of a old book | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme page=Destination |
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 frontispiece is a picture of a ship.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frontispiece | det |
| 2 | frontispiece | frontispiece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 picture | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 picture | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 picture | det |
| 5 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ship | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ship | det |
| 8 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 picture | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 picture | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the frontispiece | a picture | of a ship | tree rules |
Example 2
The artist drew the frontispiece for the book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 artist | det |
| 2 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 frontispiece | det |
| 5 | frontispiece | frontispiece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frontispiece | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | the artist | the frontispiece | for the book | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent frontispiece=Result for book=Beneficiary |
Example 3
The frontispiece shows the Sea-Maiden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frontispiece | det |
| 2 | frontispiece | frontispiece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Maiden | det |
| 5 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Maiden | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sea | punct |
| 7 | Maiden | Maiden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the frontispiece | the Sea Maiden | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent maiden=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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