imagination Who acts: things, your, mind, you, She, noise · What happens: make, not be, mind, think, be, use · To what, where: pictures, mind, imagination, story, wonderful imagination, spaceship · Speech: someone speaks here
«imagination» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: imagination in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The ability to make pictures, ideas and stories in your mind about things that are not real or not present.
The tree, 20 words det mark acl obj punct conj cc conj case nmod:poss obl case nmod nsubj cop advmod acl:relcl cc advmod conj punct root The DET ability NOUN to PART make VERB pictures NOUN , PUNCT ideas NOUN and CCONJ stories NOUN in ADP your PRON mind NOUN about ADP things NOUN that PRON are AUX not PART real ADJ or CCONJ not PART present ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ability det 2 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 to to PART _ 4 make mark 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 ability acl 5 pictures picture NOUN Number=Plur 4 make obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 ideas punct 7 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 5 pictures conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 stories cc 9 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 5 pictures conj 10 in in ADP _ 12 mind case 11 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 mind nmod:poss 12 mind mind NOUN Number=Sing 4 make obl 13 about about ADP _ 14 things case 14 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 12 mind nmod 15 that that PRON PronType=Rel 18 real nsubj 16 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 real cop 17 not not PART Polarity=Neg 18 real advmod 18 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 14 things acl:relcl 19 or or CCONJ _ 21 present cc 20 not not PART Polarity=Neg 21 present advmod 21 present present ADJ Degree=Pos 18 real conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 ability punct
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1 make to-infinitive pictures and ideas and stories your mind about things vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product 2 not is present things real property tree rules 3 not be things not said here tree rules 4 mind your about things nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent about=obl
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 ability to think of new and clever ideas.
det mark acl case amod cc conj obl punct root The DET ability NOUN to PART think VERB of ADP new ADJ and CCONJ clever ADJ ideas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ability det 2 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 to to PART _ 4 think mark 4 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 ability acl 5 of of ADP _ 9 ideas case 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 9 ideas amod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 clever cc 8 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 6 new conj 9 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 4 think obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 ability punct
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1 think speech: other to-infinitive of new ideas vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Something that is only in your mind: «It's just your imagination».
The tree, 12 words nsubj cop advmod case nmod:poss acl:relcl punct punct nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss appos punct punct root Something PRON that PRON is AUX only ADV in ADP your PRON mind NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT It PRON 's AUX just ADV your PRON imagination NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 mind nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mind cop 4 only only ADV _ 7 mind advmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 mind case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 mind nmod:poss 7 mind mind NOUN Number=Sing 1 Something acl:relcl 8 : : PUNCT _ 14 imagination punct 9 « « PUNCT _ 14 imagination punct 10 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 imagination nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 imagination cop 12 just just ADV _ 14 imagination advmod 13 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 imagination nmod:poss 14 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 1 Something appos 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 imagination punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
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1 is present your mind tree rules 2 is a in a quote present mind your imagination tree rules
Example 1 Use your imagination to write a story about a dragon.
nmod:poss obj mark advcl det obj case det nmod punct root Use VERB your PRON imagination NOUN to PART write VERB a DET story NOUN about ADP a DET dragon NOUN . 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 imagination nmod:poss 3 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 4 to to PART _ 5 write mark 5 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Use advcl 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 story det 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 write obj 8 about about ADP _ 10 dragon case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 dragon det 10 dragon dragon NOUN Number=Sing 7 story nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Use punct
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1 use imperative you not said here your imagination vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imagination=Patient 2 write to-infinitive you not said here a story about a dragon vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about dragon=Topic 3 imagine your nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 She has a wonderful imagination.
nsubj det amod obj punct root She PRON has VERB a DET wonderful ADJ imagination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 imagination det 4 wonderful wonderful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 imagination amod 5 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present She a wonderful imagination vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imagination=Patient
Example 3 The noise in the dark was just my imagination.
det nsubj case det nmod cop advmod nmod:poss punct root The DET noise NOUN in ADP the DET dark NOUN was AUX just ADV my PRON imagination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 noise det 2 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 9 imagination nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 dark case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dark det 5 dark dark NOUN Number=Sing 2 noise nmod 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 imagination cop 7 just just ADV _ 9 imagination advmod 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 imagination nmod:poss 9 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 imagination punct
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1 is a past the noise in the dark my imagination tree rules
Example 4 The book captured the children's imagination.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case obj punct root The DET book NOUN captured VERB the DET children NOUN 's PART imagination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 captured nsubj 3 captured capture VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 children det 5 children child NOUN Number=Plur 7 imagination nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 children case 7 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 3 captured obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 captured punct
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1 capture past the book the children's imagination vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imagination=Theme 2 imagine the children nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 With a bit of imagination, a box becomes a spaceship.
case det obl case nmod punct det nsubj det xcomp punct root With ADP a DET bit NOUN of ADP imagination NOUN , PUNCT a DET box NOUN becomes VERB a DET spaceship NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 With with ADP _ 3 bit case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 bit det 3 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 9 becomes obl 4 of of ADP _ 5 imagination case 5 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 3 bit nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 3 bit punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 box det 8 box box NOUN Number=Sing 9 becomes nsubj 9 becomes become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 spaceship det 11 spaceship spaceship NOUN Number=Sing 9 becomes xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 becomes punct
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1 become present a box a spaceship with a bit of imagination vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 6 Einstein said imagination is important for scientists.
nsubj nsubj cop ccomp case obl punct root Einstein PROPN said VERB imagination NOUN is AUX important ADJ for ADP scientists NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Einstein Einstein PROPN Number=Sing 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 5 important nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 important cop 5 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 2 said ccomp 6 for for ADP _ 7 scientists case 7 scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 5 important obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Einstein vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present imagination for scientists; important property tree rules
Example 7 Children's imaginations are full of monsters and fairies.
nmod:poss case nsubj cop case obl cc conj punct root Children NOUN 's PART imaginations NOUN are AUX full ADJ of ADP monsters NOUN and CCONJ fairies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 imaginations nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Children case 3 imaginations imagination NOUN Number=Plur 5 full nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 full cop 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 monsters case 7 monsters monster NOUN Number=Plur 5 full obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 fairies cc 9 fairies fairy NOUN Number=Plur 7 monsters conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 full punct
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1 is present Children's imaginations of monsters and fairies; full property tree rules 2 imagine Children nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 8 And this was enough to excite Jurgen's imagination.
cc nsubj cop mark advcl nmod:poss case obj punct root And CCONJ this PRON was AUX enough ADJ to PART excite VERB Jurgen PROPN 's PART imagination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 4 enough cc 2 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 enough nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 enough cop 4 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to PART _ 6 excite mark 6 excite excite VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 enough advcl 7 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN Number=Sing 9 imagination nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Jurgen case 9 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 6 excite obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 enough punct
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1 is past this enough property tree rules 2 excite to-infinitive this not said here Jurgen's imagination vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus imagination=Experiencer 3 imagine Jurgen nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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