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Who acts: way, Gramps, Lily, We, Calling · What happens: talk, take, fish, shout, run, hug · To what, where: me, lake, Lily, him, funniest stories, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

«gramps» 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: gramps in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Grandfather; a friendly name for your grandad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 name	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grandfather	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 grandad	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grandad	nmod:poss
8	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grandfather	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, sometimes cheeky — kept apart, not parsed.

A way of talking to or about any old man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 talking	mark
4	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 way	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 talking	fixed
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 man	cc
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 way	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund	a way or any old man not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Gramps took me fishing at the lake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 took	iobj
4	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fishing	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Gramps		me				vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme clause=Attribute
2	fish	gerund	Gramps not said here			the lake			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at lake=Location

Example 2

«Hi, Gramps!» shouted Lily as she ran to hug him.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 shouted	punct
2	Hi	hi	INTJ	_	4 Gramps	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Gramps	punct
4	Gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shouted	nsubj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Gramps	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Gramps	punct
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 ran	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ran	nsubj
11	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shouted	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hug	mark
13	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ran	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hug	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Gramps	Lily					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lily=Topic
2	run	past	Lily						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	hug	to-infinitive	Lily not said here	him = he					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Example 3

My gramps tells the funniest stories.

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 gramps	nmod:poss
2	gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stories	det
5	funniest	funny	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 stories	amod
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tells	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	My gramps	the funniest stories					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Example 4

We baked a cake for Gramps's birthday.

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 baked	nsubj
2	baked	bake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cake	det
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 birthday	case
6	Gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 birthday	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Gramps	case
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 baked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	past	We	a cake				for Gramps's birthday	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Material for birthday=Beneficiary

Example 5

Gramps fell asleep in his armchair after lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 armchair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 armchair	nmod:poss
6	armchair	armchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 armchair	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Gramps			his armchair after lunch		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in armchair=Location

Example 6

Calling a stranger «gramps» is cheeky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cheeky	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 gramps	punct
5	gramps	gramp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stranger	appos
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 gramps	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cheeky	cop
8	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cheeky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a stranger					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient
2	is	present	Calling					cheeky property	tree rules

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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