greater Who acts: Greater, Greater London, number, sign, 54, it · What happens: mean, be, have, chance, walk, need · To what, where: city, more tens · Speech: someone speaks here
«greater» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: greater in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Greater means bigger or more. 9 is greater than 5.
Sentence 1: Greater means bigger or more.
nsubj ccomp cc conj punct root Greater ADJ means VERB bigger ADJ or CCONJ more ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 means ccomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 more cc 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 bigger conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Greater vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Sentence 2: 9 is greater than 5.
obl:unmarked cop case obl punct root 9 NUM is AUX greater ADJ than ADP 5 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 greater obl:unmarked 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 greater cop 3 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 than than ADP _ 5 5 case 5 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 greater obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 greater punct
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1 is present than 5; 9 obl:unmarked ; great property tree rules
Meaning 2 Greater means more important or better: «a greater artist».
nsubj advmod ccomp cc conj punct punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Greater ADJ means VERB more ADV important ADJ or CCONJ better ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT a DET greater ADJ artist NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 4 important advmod 4 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means ccomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 better cc 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 important conj 7 : : PUNCT _ 11 artist punct 8 « « PUNCT _ 11 artist punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 artist det 10 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 artist amod 11 artist artist NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 artist punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Greater vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Meaning 3 «Greater London» or «Greater Sydney» means the city with all the towns around it.
The tree, 14 words punct amod nsubj punct cc punct amod conj punct det obj case det:predet det nmod case nmod punct root « PUNCT Greater ADJ London PROPN » PUNCT or CCONJ « PUNCT Greater ADJ Sydney PROPN » PUNCT means VERB the DET city NOUN with ADP all DET the DET towns NOUN around ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 London punct 2 Greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 London amod 3 London London PROPN Number=Sing 10 means nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 London punct 5 or or CCONJ _ 8 Sydney cc 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 Sydney punct 7 Greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 Sydney amod 8 Sydney Sydney PROPN Number=Sing 3 London conj 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 Sydney punct 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 city det 12 city city NOUN Number=Sing 10 means obj 13 with with ADP _ 16 towns case 14 all all DET PronType=Tot 16 towns det:predet 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 towns det 16 towns town NOUN Number=Plur 12 city nmod 17 around around ADP _ 18 it case 18 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 towns nmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 10 means punct
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1 mean present Greater London or Greater Sydney the city with all towns around city vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Topic
Example 1 Which is greater, 45 or 54?
nsubj cop punct obl cc conj punct root Which PRON is AUX greater ADJ , PUNCT 45 NUM or CCONJ 54 NUM ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 greater nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 greater cop 3 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 45 punct 5 45 45 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 greater obl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 54 cc 7 54 54 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 45 conj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 greater punct
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1 is present 45 obl ; great property tree rules
Example 2 12 is 3 greater than 9.
obl:unmarked cop nummod case obl punct root 12 NUM is AUX 3 NUM greater ADJ than ADP 9 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 greater obl:unmarked 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 greater cop 3 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 greater nummod 4 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 6 9 case 6 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 greater obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 greater punct
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1 is present than 9; 12 obl:unmarked ; great property tree rules
Example 3 A number is 5 greater than 8.
det nsubj cop nummod case obl punct root A DET number NOUN is AUX 5 NUM greater ADJ than ADP 8 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 number det 2 number number NOUN Number=Sing 5 greater nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 greater cop 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 greater nummod 5 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 than than ADP _ 7 8 case 7 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 greater obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 greater punct
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1 is present a number than 8; great property tree rules
Example 4 Is 7 + 3 greater than 9?
cop obl:unmarked cc conj case obl punct root Is AUX 7 NUM + SYM 3 NUM greater ADJ than ADP 9 NUM ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 greater cop 2 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 greater obl:unmarked 3 + + SYM _ 4 3 cc 4 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 7 conj 5 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 than than ADP _ 7 9 case 7 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 greater obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 greater punct
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1 is present than 9; 7 obl:unmarked ; great property tree rules
Example 5 The sign > means «is greater than».
det nsubj nsubj punct cop obj fixed punct punct root The DET sign NOUN > SYM means VERB « PUNCT is AUX greater ADJ than ADP » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sign det 2 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 3 > > SYM ExtPos=ADP 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 greater punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 greater cop 7 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 means obj 8 than than ADP _ 7 greater fixed 9 » » PUNCT _ 7 greater punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 mean present the sign vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2 is in a quote present great property tree rules
Example 6 54 is greater than 45 because it has more tens.
nsubj cop case obl mark nsubj advcl amod obj punct root 54 NUM is AUX greater ADJ than ADP 45 NUM because SCONJ it PRON has VERB more ADJ tens NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 54 54 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 greater nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 greater cop 3 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 than than ADP _ 5 45 case 5 45 45 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 greater obl 6 because because SCONJ _ 8 has mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 has nsubj 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 greater advcl 9 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 tens amod 10 tens ten NOUN Number=Plur 8 has obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 greater punct
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1 is present 54 than 45; great property tree rules
2 have present it more tens vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Patient
Example 7 There is a greater chance of rain tomorrow.
expl det amod nsubj case nmod nmod:unmarked punct root There PRON is VERB a DET greater ADJ chance NOUN of ADP rain NOUN tomorrow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 chance det 4 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 chance amod 5 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 of of ADP _ 7 rain case 7 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 5 chance nmod 8 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN Number=Sing 5 chance nmod:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present a greater chance of rain tomorrow there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2 chance rain nom chance «state intransitive»: of=agent
Example 8 The greater part of the class walks to school.
det amod nsubj case det nmod case obl punct root The DET greater ADJ part NOUN of ADP the DET class NOUN walks VERB to ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 part det 2 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 part amod 3 part part NOUN Number=Sing 7 walks nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 6 class case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 class det 6 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 part nmod 7 walks walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 to to ADP _ 9 school case 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 walks obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 walks punct
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1 walk present the greater part of the class to school result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result
Example 9 Thy need is greater than mine."
nmod:poss nsubj cop case obl punct punct root Thy PRON need NOUN is AUX greater ADJ than ADP mine PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thy thy PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch 2 need nmod:poss 2 need need NOUN Number=Sing 4 greater nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 greater cop 4 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 6 mine case 6 mine my PRON Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 greater obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 greater punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 4 greater punct
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1 is present Thy need than mine; great property tree rules
2 need Thy nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent
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