head Who acts: head, Heads, farm, coin, They, you · What happens: be, have, cost, land, head, wear · To what, where: top part, leader, side, one whole one, 20 heads, 2 dollars · Speech: someone speaks here
«head» in the school dictionary: its 7 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: head in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Your head is the top part of your body, with your eyes, nose, mouth, ears and brain.
The tree, 17 words nmod:poss nsubj cop det amod case nmod:poss nmod punct case nmod:poss parataxis punct appos punct conj punct parataxis cc conj punct root Your PRON head NOUN is AUX the DET top ADJ part NOUN of ADP your PRON body NOUN , PUNCT with ADP your PRON eyes NOUN , PUNCT nose NOUN , PUNCT mouth NOUN , PUNCT ears NOUN and CCONJ brain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 head nmod:poss 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 6 part nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 part cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 part det 5 top top ADJ Degree=Pos 6 part amod 6 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 body case 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 body nmod:poss 9 body body NOUN Number=Sing 6 part nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 eyes punct 11 with with ADP _ 13 eyes case 12 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 eyes nmod:poss 13 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 6 part parataxis 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 nose punct 15 nose nose NOUN Number=Sing 13 eyes appos 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 mouth punct 17 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 15 nose conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 ears punct 19 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 6 part parataxis 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 brain cc 21 brain brain NOUN Number=Sing 19 ears conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 part punct
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1 is a present Your head the top part of your body 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 head of a group is the leader or the person in charge, like the head teacher.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj case det nmod cop det cc det conj case nmod punct case det compound conj punct root The DET head NOUN of ADP a DET group NOUN is AUX the DET leader NOUN or CCONJ the DET person NOUN in ADP charge NOUN , PUNCT like ADP the DET head NOUN teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 head det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 8 leader nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 group case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 group det 5 group group NOUN Number=Sing 2 head nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 leader cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 leader det 8 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 person cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 person det 11 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 leader conj 12 in in ADP _ 13 charge case 13 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing 11 person nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 teacher punct 15 like like ADP _ 18 teacher case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 teacher det 17 head head NOUN Number=Sing 18 teacher compound 18 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 8 leader conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 8 leader punct
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1 is a present the head of a group the leader or the person in charge and the head teacher tree rules
Meaning 3 The head of something is its top or front part, like the head of the table or the head of a line.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj case nmod cop nmod:poss amod cc conj punct case det appos case det nmod cc det conj case det nmod punct root The DET head NOUN of ADP something PRON is AUX its PRON top ADJ or CCONJ front ADJ part NOUN , PUNCT like ADP the DET head NOUN of ADP the DET table NOUN or CCONJ the DET head NOUN of ADP a DET line NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 head det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 10 part nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 something case 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 head nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 part cop 6 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 part nmod:poss 7 top top ADJ Degree=Pos 10 part amod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 front cc 9 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 7 top conj 10 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 head punct 12 like like ADP _ 14 head case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 head det 14 head head NOUN Number=Sing 10 part appos 15 of of ADP _ 17 table case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 table det 17 table table NOUN Number=Sing 14 head nmod 18 or or CCONJ _ 20 head cc 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 head det 20 head head NOUN Number=Sing 17 table conj 21 of of ADP _ 23 line case 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 line det 23 line line NOUN Number=Sing 20 head nmod 24 . . PUNCT _ 10 part punct
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1 is a present the head of something head's top part tree rules
Meaning 4 Heads is the side of a coin with a face on it.
nsubj cop det case det nmod case det nmod case nmod punct root Heads NOUN is AUX the DET side NOUN of ADP a DET coin NOUN with ADP a DET face NOUN on ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Heads head NOUN Number=Plur 4 side nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 side cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 side det 4 side side NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 coin case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 coin det 7 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 4 side nmod 8 with with ADP _ 10 face case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 face det 10 face face NOUN Number=Sing 7 coin nmod 11 on on ADP _ 12 it case 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 face nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 side punct
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1 is a present Heads the side of a coin with a face on face tree rules
Meaning 5 To head somewhere is to go towards it.
mark nsubj advmod cop mark case obl punct root To PART head NOUN somewhere ADV is AUX to PART go VERB towards ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 head mark 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 6 go nsubj 3 somewhere somewhere ADV PronType=Ind 2 head advmod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 go cop 5 to to PART _ 6 go mark 6 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 towards towards ADP _ 8 it case 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 go obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 go punct
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1 is present head towards it; go property tree rules
Meaning 6 To head a ball is to hit it with your head.
mark nsubj det obj cop mark obj case nmod:poss obl punct root To PART head NOUN a DET ball NOUN is AUX to PART hit VERB it PRON with ADP your PRON head NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 head mark 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 7 hit nsubj 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 ball det 4 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 2 head obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hit cop 6 to to PART _ 7 hit mark 7 hit hit VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hit obj 9 with with ADP _ 11 head case 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 head nmod:poss 11 head head NOUN Number=Sing 7 hit obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 hit punct
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1 is present head with your head; hit property tree rules
Meaning 7 A head of lettuce or cabbage is one whole one.
det nsubj case nmod cc conj cop nummod amod punct root A DET head NOUN of ADP lettuce NOUN or CCONJ cabbage NOUN is AUX one NUM whole ADJ one NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 head det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 10 one nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 lettuce case 4 lettuce lettuce NOUN Number=Sing 2 head nmod 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 cabbage cc 6 cabbage cabbage NOUN Number=Sing 4 lettuce conj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 one cop 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 one nummod 9 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 10 one amod 10 one one NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 one punct
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1 is a present a head of lettuce or cabbage one whole one tree rules
Example 1 The farm has 20 heads and 56 legs of hens and cows.
det nsubj nummod obj cc nummod conj case nmod cc conj punct root The DET farm NOUN has VERB 20 NUM heads NOUN and CCONJ 56 NUM legs NOUN of ADP hens NOUN and CCONJ cows NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farm det 2 farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 heads nummod 5 heads head NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 legs cc 7 56 56 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 legs nummod 8 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 5 heads conj 9 of of ADP _ 10 hens case 10 hens hen NOUN Number=Plur 8 legs nmod 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 cows cc 12 cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 10 hens conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the farm 20 heads and 56 legs of hens and cows vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
Example 2 Each head of lettuce costs 2 dollars.
det nsubj case nmod nummod obj punct root Each DET head NOUN of ADP lettuce NOUN costs VERB 2 NUM dollars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 head det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 5 costs nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 lettuce case 4 lettuce lettuce NOUN Number=Sing 2 head nmod 5 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 dollars nummod 7 dollars dollar NOUN Number=Plur 5 costs obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 costs punct
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1 cost present each head of lettuce 2 dollars vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme dollar=Value
Example 3 The coin landed on heads 7 times.
det nsubj case obl nummod obl:unmarked punct root The DET coin NOUN landed VERB on ADP heads NOUN 7 NUM times NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coin det 2 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 3 landed nsubj 3 landed land VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 5 heads case 5 heads head NOUN Number=Plur 3 landed obl 6 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 times nummod 7 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 landed obl:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 landed punct
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1 land past the coin heads time vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on head=Destination
Example 4 They headed home after 3 hours.
nsubj advmod case nummod obl punct root They PRON headed VERB home ADV after ADP 3 NUM hours NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 headed nsubj 2 headed head VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 home home ADV _ 2 headed advmod 4 after after ADP _ 6 hours case 5 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 hours nummod 6 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 headed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 headed punct
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1 head past They hour home property vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Always wear a helmet to protect your head on a bike.
advmod det obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Always ADV wear VERB a DET helmet NOUN to PART protect VERB your PRON head NOUN on ADP a DET bike NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Always always ADV PronType=Tot 2 wear advmod 2 wear wear VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 helmet det 4 helmet helmet NOUN Number=Sing 2 wear obj 5 to to PART _ 6 protect mark 6 protect protect VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wear advcl 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 head nmod:poss 8 head head NOUN Number=Sing 6 protect obj 9 on on ADP _ 11 bike case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 bike det 11 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 6 protect obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 wear punct
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1 wear imperative you not said here a helmet always property vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme 2 protect to-infinitive you not said here your head a bike vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Beneficiary
Example 6 Our head teacher talked at assembly.
nmod:poss compound nsubj case obl punct root Our PRON head NOUN teacher NOUN talked VERB at ADP assembly NOUN . 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 3 teacher nmod:poss 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 talked nsubj 4 talked talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 assembly case 6 assembly assembly NOUN Number=Sing 4 talked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 talked punct
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1 talk past Our head teacher assembly vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 Use your head and think before you answer.
nmod:poss obj cc conj mark nsubj advcl punct root Use VERB your PRON head NOUN and CCONJ think VERB before SCONJ you PRON answer VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 head nmod:poss 3 head head NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 think cc 5 think think VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Use conj 6 before before SCONJ _ 8 answer mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 answer nsubj 8 answer answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 think advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Use punct
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1 use imperative you not said here your head vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient 2 think speech: other infinitive you not said here vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 answer speech: assert present you vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 The ticket costs 5 dollars per head.
det nsubj nummod obj case nmod punct root The DET ticket NOUN costs VERB 5 NUM dollars NOUN per ADP head NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ticket det 2 ticket ticket NOUN Number=Sing 3 costs nsubj 3 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 dollars nummod 5 dollars dollar NOUN Number=Plur 3 costs obj 6 per per ADP _ 7 head case 7 head head NOUN Number=Sing 5 dollars nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 costs punct
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1 cost present the ticket 5 dollars per head vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme dollar=Value
Example 9 "Yes," she said, nodding her head.
punct discourse punct punct nsubj punct advcl nmod:poss obj punct root " PUNCT Yes INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT she PRON said VERB , PUNCT nodding VERB her PRON head NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 said punct 2 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 said discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Yes punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 said punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 nodding punct 8 nodding nod VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 said advcl 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 head nmod:poss 10 head head NOUN Number=Sing 8 nodding obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 nod gerund she not said here her head vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
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