guinean
Who acts: Equatorial Guinea, Guinean capital, Guinean griots, football coach, River Niger, Many Guineans · What happens: do, use, be, play, start, speak · To what, where: different countries, Conakry, kora, Guinean highlands, French · Speech: someone speaks here
«guinean» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: guinean in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
From or to do with Guinea, a country in West Africa.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 do | cc |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Guinea | case |
| 6 | Guinea | Guinea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 country | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 country | det |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Guinea | appos |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Africa | case |
| 11 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Africa | compound |
| 12 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 country | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | with Guinea | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2
Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
A person from Guinea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Guinea | case |
| 4 | Guinea | Guinea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Sometimes used for Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau, which are different countries (more exactly.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 used | advmod |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Guinea | case |
| 4 | Equatorial | Equatorial | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guinea | compound |
| 5 | Guinea | Guinea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 Guinea | cc |
| 7 | Guinea | Guinea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guinea | conj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Bissau | punct |
| 9 | Bissau | Bissau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guinea | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 countries | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 countries | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 countries | cop |
| 13 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 countries | amod |
| 14 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Guinea | conj |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 more | punct |
| 16 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 exactly | advmod |
| 17 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 14 countries | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | for Equatorial Guinea or Guinea and Bissau and different countries; sometimes property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Equatorial Guinea or Guinea and Bissau and different countries | different countries | exactly property | tree rules |
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Equatoguinean, Bissau-Guinean).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatoguinean | equatoguinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Guinean | punct |
| 3 | Bissau | Bissau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guinean | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Bissau | punct |
| 5 | Guinean | guinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Equatoguinean | conj |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 Guinean | punct |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Equatoguinean | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The Guinean capital is Conakry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 capital | det |
| 2 | Guinean | guinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 capital | amod |
| 3 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Conakry | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Conakry | cop |
| 5 | Conakry | Conakry | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Conakry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Guinean capital | Conakry | tree rules |
Example 2
Guinean griots play the kora.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinean | guinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 griots | amod |
| 2 | griots | griot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 play | nsubj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kora | det |
| 5 | kora | kora | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 play | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 play | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | Guinean griots | the kora | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kora=Theme |
Example 3
Our football coach is Guinean.
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 | 3 coach | nmod:poss |
| 2 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coach | compound |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Guinean | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Guinean | cop |
| 5 | Guinean | guinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Guinean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Our football coach | guinean property | tree rules |
Example 4
The River Niger starts in the Guinean highlands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Niger | det |
| 2 | River | River | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Niger | compound |
| 3 | Niger | Niger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 starts | nsubj |
| 4 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 highlands | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 highlands | det |
| 7 | Guinean | guinean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 highlands | amod |
| 8 | highlands | highland | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 starts | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | the River Niger | the Guinean highlands | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 5
Many Guineans speak French as well as local languages.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Guineans | amod |
| 2 | Guineans | guinean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 speak | nsubj |
| 3 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 speak | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 3 speak | advmod |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 as | fixed |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 languages | case |
| 8 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 languages | amod |
| 9 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 speak | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 speak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | Many Guineans | French | as local languages | tree rules |
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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