javelin
Who acts: athlete, javelin · What happens: throw, strike, use · To what, where: long light spear, sport, javelin, boar, javelins
«javelin» 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: javelin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spear | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spear | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spear | amod |
| 5 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spear | punct |
| 7 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sport | case |
| 9 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thrown | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 hunting | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hunting | case |
| 12 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sport | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 thrown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | participle · passive | a long light spear | sport or hunting | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in sport=Destination |
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
The athlete threw the javelin far.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 athlete | det |
| 2 | athlete | athlete | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | nsubj |
| 3 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 javelin | det |
| 5 | javelin | javelin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | obj |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 threw | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 threw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | the athlete | the javelin | far property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent javelin=Theme |
Example 2
The hunter's javelin struck the boar.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hunter | det |
| 2 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 javelin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 hunter | case |
| 4 | javelin | javelin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 struck | nsubj |
| 5 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boar | det |
| 7 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 struck | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 struck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | the hunter's javelin | the boar | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Patient |
Example 3
Both used their javelins with great skill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 used | cc:preconj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 javelins | nmod:poss |
| 4 | javelins | javelin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 used | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 skill | case |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 skill | amod |
| 7 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | their javelins | with great skill | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent javelin=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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