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gibbon

Who acts: gibbon, that, Gibbons, arms, gibbon pair, others · What happens: be, live, swing, sing, not have, tell · To what, where: small ape, rainforests, branch, gibbon, loud songs, tails · Speech: someone speaks here

«gibbon» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: gibbon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gibbon is a small ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and swings quickly from branch to branch through the trees.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibbon	det
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ape	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ape	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ape	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ape	amod
6	ape	ape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 arms	case
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 arms	amod
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ape	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tail	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 tail	det
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arms	conj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 lives	nsubj
15	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ape	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 rainforests	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rainforests	det
18	rainforests	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lives	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Asia	case
20	Southeast	Southeast	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Asia	compound
21	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 rainforests	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 swings	cc
23	swings	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lives	conj
24	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	23 swings	advmod
25	from	from	ADP	_	26 branch	case
26	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 swings	obl
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 branch	case
28	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 swings	obl
29	through	through	ADP	_	31 trees	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 trees	det
31	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 swings	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ape	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gibbon	a small ape				with long arms and no tail	tree rules
2	live	present	that			the rainforests of Southeast Asia			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rainforest=Location
3	swing	present	that not said here			branch		to branch; through the trees; quickly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from branch=Source to branch=Trajectory through tree=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 gibbon swung from branch to branch at high speed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gibbon	det
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gibbon	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 branch	case
5	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 branch	case
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 speed	case
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 speed	amod
10	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gibbon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	participle		the gibbon not said here		branch		to branch; at high speed	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from branch=Source to branch=Trajectory at speed=Destination

Example 2

Gibbons sing loud songs every morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gibbons	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sing	nsubj
2	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songs	amod
4	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sing	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sing	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Gibbons	loud songs			morning		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Example 3

A gibbon's arms are longer than its legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibbon	det
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arms	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gibbon	case
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 legs	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 legs	cop
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 legs	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 legs	nmod:poss
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 legs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a gibbon's arms					than gibbon's legs; long property	tree rules

Example 4

Gibbons do not have tails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gibbons	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	Gibbons	tails					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Example 5

The gibbon pair sang together to tell others to keep away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pair	det
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pair	compound
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 sang	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sang	advcl
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tell	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 keep	mark
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tell	xcomp
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the gibbon pair					together property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	the gibbon pair not said here	others					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent other=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep away not said to happen	to-infinitive	others not said here					away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Gibbons live in the forests of Southeast Asia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gibbons	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 forests	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forests	det
5	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Asia	case
7	Southeast	Southeast	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Asia	compound
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 forests	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Gibbons			the forests of Southeast Asia			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

Example 7

Many kinds of gibbons are in danger because of logging.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kinds	amod
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 danger	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gibbons	case
4	gibbons	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kinds	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 danger	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 danger	case
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 logging	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 because	fixed
10	logging	log	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 danger	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 danger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Many kinds of gibbons			danger			tree rules
2	log	gerund	Many kinds of gibbons not said here						vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 8

At the zoo we watched the gibbons swinging on ropes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 zoo	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 zoo	det
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watched	obl
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 watched	nsubj
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gibbons	det
7	gibbons	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watched	obj
8	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 gibbons	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 ropes	case
10	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swinging	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	we	the gibbons		the zoo			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gibbon=Theme
2	swing	gerund	the gibbons not said here			ropes			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on rope=Trajectory

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