grebe Who acts: great crested grebe, Grebes, We, two grebes, ducks · What happens: lobe, find, have, dive, come up, carry · To what, where: lobed toes, lakes, fancy head feathers, water, chicks, backs · Speech: someone speaks here
«grebe» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: grebe in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A diving water bird with lobed toes and a sharp beak, found on lakes and rivers; the great crested grebe has fancy head feathers.
The tree, 24 words det compound compound case amod nmod cc det amod conj punct acl case obl cc conj punct det amod amod nsubj parataxis amod compound obj punct root A DET diving NOUN water NOUN bird NOUN with ADP lobed VERB toes NOUN and CCONJ a DET sharp ADJ beak NOUN , PUNCT found VERB on ADP lakes NOUN and CCONJ rivers NOUN ; PUNCT the DET great ADJ crested ADJ grebe NOUN has VERB fancy ADJ head NOUN feathers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bird det 2 diving diving NOUN Number=Sing 4 bird compound 3 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 bird compound 4 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 toes case 6 lobed lobe VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 toes amod 7 toes toe NOUN Number=Plur 4 bird nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 beak cc 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 beak det 10 sharp sharp ADJ Degree=Pos 11 beak amod 11 beak beak NOUN Number=Sing 7 toes conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 found punct 13 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 toes acl 14 on on ADP _ 15 lakes case 15 lakes lake NOUN Number=Plur 13 found obl 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 rivers cc 17 rivers river NOUN Number=Plur 15 lakes conj 18 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 has punct 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 grebe det 20 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 22 grebe amod 21 crested crested ADJ Degree=Pos 22 grebe amod 22 grebe grebe NOUN Number=Sing 23 has nsubj 23 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 bird parataxis 24 fancy fancy ADJ Degree=Pos 26 feathers amod 25 head head NOUN Number=Sing 26 feathers compound 26 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 23 has obj 27 . . PUNCT _ 4 bird punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lobe participle tree rules 2 find participle lobed toes and a sharp beak not said here lakes and rivers vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 3 have present the great crested grebe fancy head feathers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
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 A great crested grebe dived under the water and came up with a fish.
The tree, 14 words det amod amod nsubj case det obl cc conj advmod case det obl punct root A DET great ADJ crested ADJ grebe NOUN dived VERB under ADP the DET water NOUN and CCONJ came VERB up ADV with ADP a DET fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 grebe det 2 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 grebe amod 3 crested crested ADJ Degree=Pos 4 grebe amod 4 grebe grebe NOUN Number=Sing 5 dived nsubj 5 dived dive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 under under ADP _ 8 water case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 water det 8 water water NOUN Number=Sing 5 dived obl 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 came cc 10 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 dived conj 11 up up ADV _ 10 came advmod 12 with with ADP _ 14 fish case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 fish det 14 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 10 came obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 dived punct
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1 dive past a great crested grebe the water vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location 2 come up past a great crested grebe not said here with a fish vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Grebes carry their chicks on their backs.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Grebes NOUN carry VERB their PRON chicks NOUN on ADP their PRON backs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grebes grebe NOUN Number=Plur 2 carry nsubj 2 carry carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 chicks nmod:poss 4 chicks chick NOUN Number=Plur 2 carry obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 backs case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 backs nmod:poss 7 backs back NOUN Number=Plur 2 carry obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 carry punct
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1 carry present Grebes Grebes's chicks Grebes's backs vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Theme
Example 3 We watched two grebes doing their courtship dance.
nsubj nummod obj acl nmod:poss compound obj punct root We PRON watched VERB two NUM grebes NOUN doing VERB their PRON courtship NOUN dance NOUN . PUNCT 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 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 grebes nummod 4 grebes grebe NOUN Number=Plur 2 watched obj 5 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 grebes acl 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dance nmod:poss 7 courtship courtship NOUN Number=Sing 8 dance compound 8 dance dance NOUN Number=Sing 5 doing obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We two grebes vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grebe=Theme 2 do gerund two grebes not said here grebes's courtship dance vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality 3 dance grebes = grebe nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The little grebe is also called a dabchick.
det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod det xcomp punct root The DET little ADJ grebe NOUN is AUX also ADV called VERB a DET dabchick NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 grebe det 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 grebe amod 3 grebe grebe NOUN Number=Sing 6 called nsubj:pass 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 called aux:pass 5 also also ADV _ 6 called advmod 6 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 dabchick det 8 dabchick dabchick NOUN Number=Sing 6 called xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 called punct
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1 call present · passive the little grebe vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 5 Grebes build floating nests of reeds.
nsubj amod obj case nmod punct root Grebes NOUN build VERB floating VERB nests NOUN of ADP reeds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grebes grebe NOUN Number=Plur 2 build nsubj 2 build build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 floating float VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 nests amod 4 nests nest NOUN Number=Plur 2 build obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 reeds case 6 reeds reed NOUN Number=Plur 4 nests nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 build punct
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1 build present Grebes floating nests of reeds vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product 2 float gerund vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 There were ducks, coots and a grebe on the lake.
expl nsubj punct conj cc det conj case det nmod punct root There PRON were VERB ducks NOUN , PUNCT coots NOUN and CCONJ a DET grebe NOUN on ADP the DET lake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 were expl 2 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ducks duck NOUN Number=Plur 2 were nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 coots punct 5 coots coot NOUN Number=Plur 3 ducks conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 grebe cc 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 grebe det 8 grebe grebe NOUN Number=Sing 3 ducks conj 9 on on ADP _ 11 lake case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 lake det 11 lake lake NOUN Number=Sing 8 grebe nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 were punct
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1 be past ducks and coots and a grebe on the lake there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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