jackdaw

Who acts: crow family, jackdaw, vain jackdaw · What happens: like, sit, steal, wear, borrow · To what, where: shiny things, church roof, shiny spoon, borrowed feathers

«jackdaw» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: jackdaw in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grey	cc
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 black	conj
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
9	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 family	compound
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 likes	nsubj
12	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 family	acl:relcl
13	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 likes	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	the crow family	shiny things					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=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.

Example 1

A jackdaw sat on the church roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 jackdaw	det
2	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 roof	compound
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a jackdaw			the church roof			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location

Example 2

The jackdaw stole the shiny spoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jackdaw	det
2	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spoon	det
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spoon	amod
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the jackdaw	the shiny spoon					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spoon=Theme

Example 3

The vain jackdaw wore borrowed feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackdaw	det
2	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jackdaw	amod
3	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	nsubj
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 feathers	amod
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wore	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the vain jackdaw	borrowed feathers					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Source
2	borrow	participle							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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