gal
Who acts: gal, little gal, I · What happens: be, run, come, visit, see · To what, where: girl, sweetheart, gal, fair
«gal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: gal in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A gal is a girl or young woman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gal | det |
| 2 | gal | gal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 girl | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 girl | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 woman | cc |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 woman | amod |
| 8 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 girl | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a gal | a girl or young woman | tree rules |
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: dialect — kept apart, not parsed.
A gal can be a sweetheart, as in old songs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gal | det |
| 2 | gal | gal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sweetheart | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sweetheart | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sweetheart | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sweetheart | det |
| 6 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 songs | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 songs | case |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 songs | case |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 songs | amod |
| 11 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sweetheart | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweetheart | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | a gal | a sweetheart and old songs | tree rules |
Example 1
The little gal ran to the well.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gal | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gal | amod |
| 3 | gal | gal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 well | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 well | det |
| 7 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the little gal | to the well result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to well=Result |
Example 2
Her gal came to visit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 gal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gal | gal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 visit | mark |
| 5 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Her gal | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | visit | to-infinitive | Her gal not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
I saw a gal at the fair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gal | det |
| 4 | gal | gal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 fair | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fair | det |
| 7 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | I | a gal | the fair | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gal=Stimulus |
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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