harper

Who acts: harper, person, Harpers · What happens: be, play, sing · To what, where: person, harp, sad tune, feast

«harper» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: harper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A harper is a person who plays the harp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 harper	det
2	harper	harper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 plays	nsubj
7	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 harp	det
9	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plays	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a harper	a person					tree rules
2	play	present	a person	the harp					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=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.

Example 1

The harper played a sad tune.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 harper	det
2	harper	harper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tune	det
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tune	amod
6	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the harper	a sad tune					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

Example 2

Harpers sang at the king's feast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harpers	harper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 feast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feast	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	Harpers			the king's feast			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location

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