housefly Who acts: common small grey fly, Houseflies, housefly, Maggots · What happens: live, land, spread, cover, have, grow · To what, where: houses, housefly, sandwich, germs, food, two wings
«housefly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: housefly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A common small grey fly that lives near people and buzzes around houses, food and rubbish.
The tree, 16 words det amod amod amod nsubj acl:relcl case obl cc conj case obl punct conj cc conj punct root A DET common ADJ small ADJ grey ADJ fly NOUN that PRON lives VERB near ADP people NOUN and CCONJ buzzes NOUN around ADP houses NOUN , PUNCT food NOUN and CCONJ rubbish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 fly det 2 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 5 fly amod 3 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 5 fly amod 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 fly amod 5 fly fly NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 lives nsubj 7 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fly acl:relcl 8 near near ADP _ 9 people case 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 lives obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 buzzes cc 11 buzzes buzz NOUN Number=Plur 9 people conj 12 around around ADP _ 13 houses case 13 houses house NOUN Number=Plur 7 lives obl 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 food punct 15 food food NOUN Number=Sing 13 houses conj 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 rubbish cc 17 rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 15 food conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 fly punct
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1 live present a common small grey fly houses and food and rubbish near people and buzzes vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near people=Location
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 housefly landed on my sandwich.
det acl case nmod:poss obl punct root A DET housefly NOUN landed VERB on ADP my PRON sandwich NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 housefly det 2 housefly housefly NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 landed land VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 housefly acl 4 on on ADP _ 6 sandwich case 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 sandwich nmod:poss 6 sandwich sandwich NOUN Number=Sing 3 landed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 housefly punct
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1 land participle a housefly not said here my sandwich vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on sandwich=Destination
Example 2 Houseflies spread germs, so cover your food.
nsubj obj punct advmod advcl nmod:poss obj punct root Houseflies NOUN spread VERB germs NOUN , PUNCT so ADV cover VERB your PRON food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Houseflies housefly NOUN Number=Plur 2 spread nsubj 2 spread spread VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 germs germ NOUN Number=Plur 2 spread obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 cover punct 5 so so ADV _ 6 cover advmod 6 cover cover VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 spread advcl 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 food nmod:poss 8 food food NOUN Number=Sing 6 cover obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 spread punct
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1 spread present Houseflies germs vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme 2 cover infinitive Houseflies not said here your food vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Destination
Example 3 A housefly has two wings and six legs.
det nsubj nummod obj cc nummod conj punct root A DET housefly NOUN has VERB two NUM wings NOUN and CCONJ six NUM legs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 housefly det 2 housefly housefly NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 wings nummod 5 wings wing NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 legs cc 7 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 legs nummod 8 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 5 wings conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a housefly two wings and six legs vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
Example 4 Maggots grow into houseflies.
nsubj case obl punct root Maggots NOUN grow VERB into ADP houseflies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maggots maggot NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow nsubj 2 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 into into ADP _ 4 houseflies case 4 houseflies housefly NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 grow punct
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1 grow present Maggots into houseflies result vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into housefly=Result
Example 5 The housefly buzzed against the window.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET housefly NOUN buzzed VERB against ADP the DET window NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 housefly det 2 housefly housefly NOUN Number=Sing 3 buzzed nsubj 3 buzzed buzz VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 against against ADP _ 6 window case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 window det 6 window window NOUN Number=Sing 3 buzzed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 buzzed punct
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1 buzz past the housefly the window vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against window=Location
Example 6 A housefly tastes with its feet.
det nsubj case nmod:poss obl punct root A DET housefly NOUN tastes VERB with ADP its PRON feet NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 housefly det 2 housefly housefly NOUN Number=Sing 3 tastes nsubj 3 tastes taste VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 feet case 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 feet nmod:poss 6 feet foot NOUN Number=Plur 3 tastes obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 tastes punct
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1 taste present a housefly with housefly's feet vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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