hausa

Who acts: Hausa, It, word, many millions, Hausa people, Sannu · What happens: be, speak, not be, live, mean, broadcast · To what, where: large people, northern Nigeria, Hausa language, English word, name, Hausa · Speech: someone speaks here

«hausa» 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: hausa in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

The Hausa are a large people of West Africa, mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hausa	det
2	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 people	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
8	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Africa	compound
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Nigeria	punct
11	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	14 Nigeria	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 Nigeria	case
13	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Nigeria	amod
14	Nigeria	Nigeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Niger	cc
16	Niger	Niger	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Nigeria	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Hausa	a large people		northern Nigeria and Niger		of West Africa	tree rules

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

The Hausa language, spoken by tens of millions of people in West Africa as a first or second language.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 language	det
2	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 language	compound
3	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 spoken	punct
5	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 language	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 tens	case
7	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spoken	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 millions	case
9	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tens	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 millions	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 Africa	case
13	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Africa	compound
14	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 people	nmod
15	as	as	ADP	_	20 language	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 language	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 language	amod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 second	cc
19	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 first	conj
20	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoken	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		the Hausa language not said here				by tens of millions of people in West Africa; as a first language	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

It is not an English word; it is the name of a people and their language.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 word	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 name	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 name	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 name	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 name	det
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 people	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 people	det
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 name	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 language	cc
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 language	nmod:poss
17	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 people	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	a English word					tree rules
2	is a	present	word	the name				of a people and people's language	tree rules

Example 1

Hausa is spoken by many millions of people in West Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spoken	aux:pass
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 millions	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 millions	amod
6	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoken	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 millions	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
10	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Africa	compound
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 people	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive	many millions of people in West Africa	Hausa					tree rules

Example 2

The Hausa people live mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 people	det
2	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 people	compound
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Nigeria	case
7	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Nigeria	amod
8	Nigeria	Nigeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Niger	cc
10	Niger	Niger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Nigeria	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the Hausa people			northern Nigeria and Niger		mainly property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nigeria=Location

Example 3

«Sannu» means «hello» in Hausa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Sannu	punct
2	Sannu	Sannu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Sannu	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 hello	punct
6	hello	hello	INTJ	_	4 means	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 hello	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Hausa	case
9	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hello	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Sannu					in Hausa	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot hello=Theme in hausa=Attribute

Example 4

Kano is a famous Hausa city with ancient dye pits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kano	Kano	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 city	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 city	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 city	det
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 city	amod
5	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 city	compound
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 pits	case
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pits	amod
9	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pits	compound
10	pits	pit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 city	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 city	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Kano	a famous Hausa city				with ancient dye pits	tree rules

Example 5

The BBC broadcasts news in Hausa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 BBC	det
2	BBC	BBC	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 broadcasts	nsubj
3	broadcasts	broadcast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcasts	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Hausa	case
6	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 broadcasts	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 broadcasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	broadcast speech: other	present	the BBC	news		Hausa			vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic

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