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greybeard

Who acts: old man, you, greybeard, Two greybeards · What happens: sound, hurry up, sit, tell, play · To what, where: little teasing, old greybeard, tale, chess, square · Speech: someone speaks here

«greybeard» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: greybeard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An old man, often one with a grey beard; the word can sound a little teasing or bossy. (old use).

Sentence 1: An old man, often one with a grey beard; the word can sound a little teasing or bossy.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sound	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 man	appos
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 beard	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beard	det
9	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beard	amod
10	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 one	nmod
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 word	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	conj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sound	aux
15	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 teasing	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 teasing	amod
18	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sound	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 bossy	cc
20	bossy	bossy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 teasing	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	can	a old man and the word	a little teasing or bossy					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location teasing=Theme

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: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

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

Example 1

«Hurry up, old greybeard!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct
2	Hurry	hurry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Hurry	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 greybeard	punct
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 greybeard	amod
6	greybeard	greybeard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hurry	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry up in a quote	imperative	you not said here	old greybeard					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The greybeard sat by the fire and told a tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 greybeard	det
2	greybeard	greybeard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 told	cc
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tale	det
10	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the greybeard					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
2	tell speech: assert	past	the greybeard not said here	a tale					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

Example 3

Two greybeards were playing chess in the square.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 greybeards	nummod
2	greybeards	greybeard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 playing	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 playing	aux
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 square	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 square	det
8	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	Two greybeards	chess		the square			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chess=Theme

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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