Who acts: hedgehog, sharp spines, Hedgehogs, you, We · What happens: be, cover, roll, frighten, snuffle, eat · To what, where: small wild animal, back, ball, hedgehog, leaves, prickly ball · Speech: someone speaks here
«hedgehog» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: hedgehog in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A hedgehog is a small wild animal with a pointed nose and a back covered in sharp spines, which rolls into a ball when frightened.
The tree, 25 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in spine=Theme
3
roll
present
sharp spines
a ball
vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination
4
frighten
participle
sharp spines not said here
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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
A hedgehog snuffled through the leaves at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 hedgehog
det
2
hedgehog
hedgehog
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
snuffled
snuffle
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 hedgehog
acl
4
through
through
ADP
_
6 leaves
case
5
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
6 leaves
det
6
leaves
leaf
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 snuffled
obl
7
at
at
ADP
_
8 night
case
8
night
night
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 snuffled
obl
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 hedgehog
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
snuffle
participle
a hedgehog not said here
the leaves
night
vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2
The hedgehog rolled into a prickly ball.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 hedgehog
det
2
hedgehog
hedgehog
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
rolled
roll
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 hedgehog
acl
4
into
into
ADP
_
7 ball
case
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 ball
det
6
prickly
prickly
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 ball
amod
7
ball
ball
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 rolled
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 hedgehog
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
roll
participle
the hedgehog not said here
a prickly ball
vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination
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.