gryphon Who acts: Gryphon, lazy talking creature, Queen, stone gryphon, knight, lessons · What happens: make up, talk, be, take, meet, tell · To what, where: lazy talking creature, Alice, Mock Turtle, sea, sun, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«gryphon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: gryphon in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A made-up creature from old stories, with the head, wings and front legs of an eagle and the body, back legs and tail of a lion.
The tree, 27 words det amod punct compound:prt case amod nmod punct case det conj punct conj cc amod conj case det nmod cc det conj punct compound conj cc conj case det nmod punct root A DET made VERB - PUNCT up ADP creature NOUN from ADP old ADJ stories NOUN , PUNCT with ADP the DET head NOUN , PUNCT wings NOUN and CCONJ front ADJ legs NOUN of ADP an DET eagle NOUN and CCONJ the DET body NOUN , PUNCT back NOUN legs NOUN and CCONJ tail NOUN of ADP a DET lion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 creature det 2 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 creature amod 3 - - PUNCT _ 4 up punct 4 up up ADP _ 2 made compound:prt 5 creature creature NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 from from ADP _ 8 stories case 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stories amod 8 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 5 creature nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 head punct 10 with with ADP _ 12 head case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 head det 12 head head NOUN Number=Sing 5 creature conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 wings punct 14 wings wing NOUN Number=Plur 5 creature conj 15 and and CCONJ _ 17 legs cc 16 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 17 legs amod 17 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 5 creature conj 18 of of ADP _ 20 eagle case 19 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 eagle det 20 eagle eagle NOUN Number=Sing 17 legs nmod 21 and and CCONJ _ 23 body cc 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 body det 23 body body NOUN Number=Sing 20 eagle conj 24 , , PUNCT _ 26 legs punct 25 back back NOUN Number=Sing 26 legs compound 26 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 20 eagle conj 27 and and CCONJ _ 28 tail cc 28 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 20 eagle conj 29 of of ADP _ 31 lion case 30 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 31 lion det 31 lion lion NOUN Number=Sing 28 tail nmod 32 . . PUNCT _ 5 creature punct
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1 make up participle vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 In Alice in Wonderland, the Gryphon is a lazy, rough-talking creature who takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle and tells her about their school under the sea.
The tree, 29 words case obl case nmod punct det nsubj cop det amod punct amod punct amod nsubj acl:relcl obj mark advcl det compound obj cc conj iobj case nmod:poss obl case det obl punct root In ADP Alice PROPN in ADP Wonderland PROPN , PUNCT the DET Gryphon PROPN is AUX a DET lazy ADJ , PUNCT rough ADJ - PUNCT talking VERB creature NOUN who PRON takes VERB Alice PROPN to PART meet VERB the DET Mock PROPN Turtle PROPN and CCONJ tells VERB her PRON about ADP their PRON school NOUN under ADP the DET sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Alice case 2 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 15 creature obl 3 in in ADP _ 4 Wonderland case 4 Wonderland Wonderland PROPN Number=Sing 2 Alice nmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 2 Alice punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Gryphon det 7 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN Number=Sing 15 creature nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 creature cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 creature det 10 lazy lazy ADJ Degree=Pos 15 creature amod 11 , , PUNCT _ 10 lazy punct 12 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos 14 talking amod 13 - - PUNCT _ 12 rough punct 14 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 15 creature amod 15 creature creature NOUN Number=Sing root root 16 who who PRON PronType=Rel 17 takes nsubj 17 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 creature acl:relcl 18 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 17 takes obj 19 to to PART _ 20 meet mark 20 meet meet VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 takes advcl 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 Turtle det 22 Mock Mock PROPN Number=Sing 23 Turtle compound 23 Turtle Turtle PROPN Number=Sing 20 meet obj 24 and and CCONJ _ 25 tells cc 25 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 takes conj 26 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 25 tells iobj 27 about about ADP _ 29 school case 28 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 29 school nmod:poss 29 school school NOUN Number=Sing 25 tells obl 30 under under ADP _ 32 sea case 31 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 32 sea det 32 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 25 tells obl 33 . . PUNCT _ 15 creature punct
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1 talk gerund vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the Gryphon a lazy talking creature Alice in Wonderland tree rules 3 take present a lazy talking creature Alice vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument alice=Destination 4 meet to-infinitive a lazy talking creature not said here the Mock Turtle vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turtle=Co-Agent 5 tell speech: assert present a lazy talking creature not said here Alice the sea about their school vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about school=Topic
Example 1 The Gryphon was asleep in the sun when the Queen found him.
det nsubj cop case det obl advmod det nsubj advcl obj punct root The DET Gryphon PROPN was AUX asleep ADJ in ADP the DET sun NOUN when ADV the DET Queen PROPN found VERB him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Gryphon det 2 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN Number=Sing 4 asleep nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 asleep cop 4 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 sun case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 sun det 7 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 4 asleep obl 8 when when ADV PronType=Int 11 found advmod 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Queen det 10 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 11 found nsubj 11 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 asleep advcl 12 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 found obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 asleep punct
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1 is past the Gryphon the sun asleep property tree rules 2 find past the Queen him = he vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
Example 2 A gryphon has an eagle's head and a lion's body.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case obj cc det nmod:poss case conj punct root A DET gryphon NOUN has VERB an DET eagle NOUN 's PART head NOUN and CCONJ a DET lion NOUN 's PART body NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 gryphon det 2 gryphon gryphon NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 eagle det 5 eagle eagle NOUN Number=Sing 7 head nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 eagle case 7 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 body cc 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 lion det 10 lion lion NOUN Number=Sing 12 body nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 lion case 12 body body NOUN Number=Sing 7 head conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a gryphon a eagle's head and a lion's body vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
Example 3 The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle danced the Lobster Quadrille for Alice.
det nsubj cc det compound conj det compound obj case nmod punct root The DET Gryphon PROPN and CCONJ the DET Mock PROPN Turtle PROPN danced VERB the DET Lobster PROPN Quadrille PROPN for ADP Alice PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Gryphon det 2 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN Number=Sing 7 danced nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 6 Turtle cc 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Turtle det 5 Mock Mock PROPN Number=Sing 6 Turtle compound 6 Turtle Turtle PROPN Number=Sing 2 Gryphon conj 7 danced dance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Quadrille det 9 Lobster Lobster PROPN Number=Sing 10 Quadrille compound 10 Quadrille Quadrille PROPN Number=Sing 7 danced obj 11 for for ADP _ 12 Alice case 12 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 10 Quadrille nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 danced punct
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1 dance past the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle the Lobster Quadrille for Alice vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent quadrille=Theme for alice=Beneficiary
Example 4 There is a stone gryphon over the door of the old bank.
expl det compound nsubj case det nmod case det amod nmod punct root There PRON is VERB a DET stone NOUN gryphon NOUN over ADP the DET door NOUN of ADP the DET old ADJ bank 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 gryphon det 4 stone stone NOUN Number=Sing 5 gryphon compound 5 gryphon gryphon NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 over over ADP _ 8 door case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 door det 8 door door NOUN Number=Sing 5 gryphon nmod 9 of of ADP _ 12 bank case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 bank det 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 bank amod 12 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 8 door nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present a stone gryphon over the door of the old bank there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 In the fantasy game, the knight rode a gryphon through the sky.
case det compound obl punct det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root In ADP the DET fantasy NOUN game NOUN , PUNCT the DET knight NOUN rode VERB a DET gryphon NOUN through ADP the DET sky NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 game case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 game det 3 fantasy fantasy NOUN Number=Sing 4 game compound 4 game game NOUN Number=Sing 8 rode obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 game punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 knight det 7 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 8 rode nsubj 8 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 gryphon det 10 gryphon gryphon NOUN Number=Sing 8 rode obj 11 through through ADP _ 13 sky case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 sky det 13 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 8 rode obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 rode punct
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1 ride past the knight a gryphon the fantasy game through the sky vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gryphon=Theme through sky=Trajectory
Example 6 The Gryphon told Alice that the lessons «lessen» from day to day.
The tree, 12 words det nsubj iobj mark det nsubj punct ccomp punct case obl case obl punct root The DET Gryphon PROPN told VERB Alice PROPN that SCONJ the DET lessons NOUN « PUNCT lessen VERB » PUNCT from ADP day NOUN to ADP day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Gryphon det 2 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 3 told iobj 5 that that SCONJ _ 9 lessen mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 lessons det 7 lessons lesson NOUN Number=Plur 9 lessen nsubj 8 « « PUNCT _ 9 lessen punct 9 lessen lessen VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told ccomp 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 lessen punct 11 from from ADP _ 12 day case 12 day day NOUN Number=Sing 9 lessen obl 13 to to ADP _ 14 day case 14 day day NOUN Number=Sing 9 lessen obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the Gryphon Alice vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic 2 lessen in a quote infinitive the lessons day vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 7 Gryphons are made up, like dragons and unicorns.
nsubj:pass aux:pass compound:prt punct case obl cc conj punct root Gryphons NOUN are AUX made VERB up ADP , PUNCT like ADP dragons NOUN and CCONJ unicorns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gryphons gryphon NOUN Number=Plur 3 made nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 made aux:pass 3 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 made compound:prt 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 dragons punct 6 like like ADP _ 7 dragons case 7 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 3 made obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 unicorns cc 9 unicorns unicorn NOUN Number=Plur 7 dragons conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make up present · passive Gryphons like dragons and unicorns vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
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