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jamaican

Who acts: adjective, Usain, We, Reggae, grandparents, Jamaican flag · What happens: belong, be, try, come, mix · To what, where: Jamaica, famous Jamaican runner, Jamaican jerk chicken, Jamaican music, London, 1960s

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

Meaning 1

adjective From or belonging to Jamaica, an island country in the Caribbean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	From	from	SCONJ	_	4 belonging	mark
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 belonging	cc
4	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 adjective	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Jamaica	case
6	Jamaica	Jamaica	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 belonging	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 country	punct
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 country	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 country	compound
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Jamaica	appos
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Caribbean	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Caribbean	det
13	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 country	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 adjective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund	adjective not said here		Jamaica				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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

noun A person from Jamaica.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 noun	appos
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Jamaica	case
5	Jamaica	Jamaica	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 person	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 noun	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Usain Bolt is a famous Jamaican runner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Usain	Usain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 runner	nsubj
2	Bolt	Bolt	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Usain	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 runner	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 runner	det
5	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 runner	amod
6	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 runner	amod
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 runner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Usain	a famous Jamaican runner					tree rules

Example 2

We tried Jamaican jerk chicken.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chicken	amod
4	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chicken	compound
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tried	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	We	Jamaican jerk chicken					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Eventuality

Example 3

Reggae is Jamaican music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reggae	reggae	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 music	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 music	cop
3	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 music	amod
4	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 music	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Reggae	Jamaican music					tree rules

Example 4

My grandparents are Jamaican and came to London in the 1960s.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandparents	nmod:poss
2	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Jamaican	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Jamaican	cop
4	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 came	cc
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Jamaican	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 London	case
8	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 1960s	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 1960s	det
11	1960s	1960s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	6 came	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Jamaican	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My grandparents					jamaican property	tree rules
2	come	past	My grandparents not said here		London	the 1960s			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to london=Initial_Location

Example 5

The Jamaican flag is black, green and gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flag	det
2	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flag	amod
3	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 black	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 black	cop
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 green	punct
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 black	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gold	cc
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 black	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 black	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Jamaican flag					black property	tree rules
2	be		the Jamaican flag not said here						tree rules

Example 6

Jamaican Patois mixes English with African words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamaican	Jamaican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Patois	amod
2	Patois	Patois	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mixes	nsubj
3	mixes	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mixes	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mixes	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mixes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	present	Jamaican Patois	English				with African words	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent english=Patient with word=Co-Patient

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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