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invent

Who acts: excuse, We, She, He, you, 's · What happens: make, design, not exist, make up, not be, invent · To what, where: something, story, telephone, new game, lunch, wheel

«invent» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: invent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make or design something new that did not exist before.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 design	cc
4	design	design	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 make	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 design	obj
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 exist	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 exist	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 exist	advmod
10	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl:relcl
11	before	before	ADV	_	10 exist	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	design	infinitive		something					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Result
3	not exist	past · do-support						before property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

To make up a story or excuse that is not true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 make	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 excuse	cc
7	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 story	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 true	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 true	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 true	advmod
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 excuse	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	to-infinitive		a story or excuse					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
2	not is	present	excuse					true property	tree rules

Example 1

Who invented the telephone?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 telephone	det
4	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past		the telephone					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telephone=Result

Example 2

We invented a new game at lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 game	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 game	amod
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	We	a new game		lunch			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Result

Example 3

The wheel was invented thousands of years ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheel	det
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ago	obl:unmarked
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thousands	nmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 invented	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		the wheel				ago property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Example 4

She invented a machine to feed her cat.

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 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 machine	det
4	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feed	mark
6	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 invented	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cat	nmod:poss
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	She	a machine					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Result
2	feed	to-infinitive	She not said here		her cat				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient

Example 5

He invented an excuse for being late.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 excuse	det
4	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 late	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 late	cop
7	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 invented	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	He	a excuse					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Result
2	is	gerund	He not said here					late property	tree rules

Example 6

Let's invent a story about a talking frog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	invent	invent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 invent	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 frog	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 frog	det
8	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 frog	compound
9	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 story	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	invent	infinitive	's not said here	a story				about a talking frog	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Result

Example 7

You will not learn how to invent anything."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 learn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 learn	advmod
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 invent	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 invent	mark
7	invent	invent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learn	xcomp
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 invent	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 learn	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	future	You						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	invent	to-infinitive	You not said here	anything					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Result

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.

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