ghanaian

Who acts: friend, Ghanaian kente cloth, We, Many Ghanaians, Ghanaian farmers, Ghanaian storyteller · What happens: do, be, have, weave, taste, speak · To what, where: bright woven patterns, Ghanaian jollof rice, culture, English, lots, spider · Speech: someone speaks here

«ghanaian» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: ghanaian in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

From or to do with Ghana, a country in West Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	SCONJ	_	4 do	mark
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 do	cc
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Ghana	case
6	Ghana	Ghana	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 country	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 country	det
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Ghana	appos
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 Africa	case
11	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Africa	compound
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 country	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with Ghana	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A person from Ghana.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Ghana	case
4	Ghana	Ghana	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 person	nmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

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

Example 1

My friend Kwame's family is Ghanaian.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Ghanaian	nsubj
3	Kwame	Kwame	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 family	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Kwame	case
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Ghanaian	cop
7	Ghanaian	ghanaian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 Ghanaian	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My friend					ghanaian property	tree rules

Example 2

Ghanaian kente cloth has bright woven patterns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ghanaian	ghanaian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloth	amod
2	kente	kente	X	_	3 cloth	compound
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 patterns	amod
6	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 patterns	amod
7	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ghanaian kente cloth	bright woven patterns					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient
2	weave	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

We tasted Ghanaian jollof rice at the culture fair.

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 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ghanaian	ghanaian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rice	amod
4	jollof	jollof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rice	amod
5	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 culture	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 culture	det
8	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obl
9	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tasted	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	We	Ghanaian jollof rice		the culture			vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rice=Theme at culture=Location

Example 4

Many Ghanaians speak English as well as Twi or Ewe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Ghanaians	amod
2	Ghanaians	Ghanaian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 speak	nsubj
3	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 speak	obj
5	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	8 Twi	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 as	fixed
7	as	as	ADP	_	5 as	fixed
8	Twi	Twi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 English	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 Ewe	cc
10	Ewe	Ewe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 English	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	Many Ghanaians	English as Twi or Ewe					tree rules

Example 5

Ghanaian farmers grow lots of the world's cocoa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ghanaian	ghanaian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 farmers	amod
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 cocoa	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cocoa	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 world	case
9	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lots	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Ghanaian farmers	lots of the world's cocoa					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lot=Theme

Example 6

A Ghanaian storyteller told us about Anansi the spider.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storyteller	det
2	Ghanaian	ghanaian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storyteller	amod
3	storyteller	storyteller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 Anansi	case
7	Anansi	Anansi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spider	det
9	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a Ghanaian storyteller		the spider			about Anansi	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient spider=Topic

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