griot Who acts: historian, griot, Griots, class, grandson · What happens: keep, tell, remember, play, sing, honour · To what, where: history, story, kora, griots, Mali, book · Speech: someone speaks here
«griot» 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: griot in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In West Africa, a traditional storyteller, singer, poet and historian who keeps the history of families and peoples alive by telling it aloud, often with music.
The tree, 26 words case compound punct det amod appos punct conj punct conj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl det obj case nmod cc conj xcomp mark advcl obj advmod punct advmod case obl punct root In ADP West PROPN Africa PROPN , PUNCT a DET traditional ADJ storyteller NOUN , PUNCT singer NOUN , PUNCT poet NOUN and CCONJ historian NOUN who PRON keeps VERB the DET history NOUN of ADP families NOUN and CCONJ peoples NOUN alive ADJ by SCONJ telling VERB it PRON aloud ADV , PUNCT often ADV with ADP music NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 Africa case 2 West West PROPN Number=Sing 3 Africa compound 3 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 storyteller punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 storyteller det 6 traditional traditional ADJ Degree=Pos 7 storyteller amod 7 storyteller storyteller NOUN Number=Sing 3 Africa appos 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 singer punct 9 singer singer NOUN Number=Sing 7 storyteller conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 poet punct 11 poet poet NOUN Number=Sing 7 storyteller conj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 historian cc 13 historian historian NOUN Number=Sing 7 storyteller conj 14 who who PRON PronType=Rel 15 keeps nsubj 15 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 historian acl:relcl 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 history det 17 history history NOUN Number=Sing 15 keeps obj 18 of of ADP _ 19 families case 19 families family NOUN Number=Plur 17 history nmod 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 peoples cc 21 peoples people NOUN Number=Plur 19 families conj 22 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 15 keeps xcomp 23 by by SCONJ _ 24 telling mark 24 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 15 keeps advcl 25 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 24 telling obj 26 aloud aloud ADV _ 24 telling advmod 27 , , PUNCT _ 30 music punct 28 often often ADV _ 30 music advmod 29 with with ADP _ 30 music case 30 music music NOUN Number=Sing 24 telling obl 31 . . PUNCT _ 3 Africa punct
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1 keep present historian the history of families and peoples alive property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme 2 tell speech: assert gerund historian not said here history with music; aloud property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
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 griot told the story of Sundiata Keita.
det nsubj det obj case nmod flat punct root The DET griot NOUN told VERB the DET story NOUN of ADP Sundiata PROPN Keita PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 griot det 2 griot griot NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 told obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 Sundiata case 7 Sundiata Sundiata PROPN Number=Sing 5 story nmod 8 Keita Keita PROPN Number=Sing 7 Sundiata flat 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the griot the story of Sundiata vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
Example 2 Griots remember the history of whole families.
nsubj det obj case amod nmod punct root Griots NOUN remember VERB the DET history NOUN of ADP whole ADJ families NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Griots griot NOUN Number=Plur 2 remember nsubj 2 remember remember VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 history det 4 history history NOUN Number=Sing 2 remember obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 families case 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 families amod 7 families family NOUN Number=Plur 4 history nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 remember punct
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1 remember present Griots the history of whole families vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent history=Theme
Example 3 The griot played the kora while he sang.
det nsubj det obj mark nsubj advcl punct root The DET griot NOUN played VERB the DET kora NOUN while SCONJ he PRON sang VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 griot det 2 griot griot NOUN Number=Sing 3 played nsubj 3 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kora det 5 kora kora NOUN Number=Sing 3 played obj 6 while while SCONJ _ 8 sang mark 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sang nsubj 8 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 played advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 played punct
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1 play past the griot the kora vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kora=Theme 2 sing speech: express past griot vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
Example 4 In Mali, griots are still honoured today.
case obl punct nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod obl:unmarked punct root In ADP Mali PROPN , PUNCT griots NOUN are AUX still ADV honoured VERB today NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Mali case 2 Mali Mali PROPN Number=Sing 7 honoured obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Mali punct 4 griots griot NOUN Number=Plur 7 honoured nsubj:pass 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 honoured aux:pass 6 still still ADV _ 7 honoured advmod 7 honoured honour VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 today today NOUN Number=Sing 7 honoured obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 honoured punct
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1 honour present · passive griots Mali still; today tree rules
Example 5 Our class learned how griots keep history alive by speaking it.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp obj xcomp mark advcl obj punct root Our PRON class NOUN learned VERB how ADV griots NOUN keep VERB history NOUN alive ADJ by SCONJ speaking VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 learned nsubj 3 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 keep advmod 5 griots griot NOUN Number=Plur 6 keep nsubj 6 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 learned ccomp 7 history history NOUN Number=Sing 6 keep obj 8 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 keep xcomp 9 by by SCONJ _ 10 speaking mark 10 speaking speak VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 alive advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 speaking obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 learned punct
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1 learn past Our class vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 keep present griots history alive property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme 3 speak speech: other gerund griots not said here history tree rules
Example 6 The book was written by a griot's grandson.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET book NOUN was AUX written VERB by ADP a DET griot NOUN 's PART grandson NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 4 written nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 written aux:pass 4 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 9 grandson case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 griot det 7 griot griot NOUN Number=Sing 9 grandson nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 griot case 9 grandson grandson NOUN Number=Sing 4 written obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 written punct
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1 write past · passive a griot's grandson the book vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
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