john Who acts: John, his, football shirt · What happens: be, mean, have, buy, walk, live · To what, where: name, toilet, 10 apples, 4 more, England, number
«john» 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: john in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 John is a boy's or man's name, one of the most common in English.
The tree, 16 words nsubj cop det nmod:poss case cc nmod:poss case punct appos case det advmod nmod case obl punct root John PROPN is AUX a DET boy NOUN 's PART or CCONJ man NOUN 's PART name NOUN , PUNCT one NUM of ADP the DET most ADV common ADJ in ADP English PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing 9 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 name cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 boy det 4 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 9 name nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 boy case 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 man cc 7 man man NOUN Number=Sing 9 name nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 man case 9 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 one punct 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 name appos 12 of of ADP _ 15 common case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 common det 14 most most ADV Degree=Sup 15 common advmod 15 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 11 one nmod 16 in in ADP _ 17 English case 17 English English PROPN Number=Sing 15 common obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 9 name punct
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1 is a present John a boy's name tree rules
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 In American slang, the john means the toilet.
case amod obl punct det nsubj det obj punct root In ADP American ADJ slang NOUN , PUNCT the DET john NOUN means VERB the DET toilet NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 slang case 2 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 3 slang amod 3 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 slang punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 john det 6 john john NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 toilet det 9 toilet toilet NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present the john the toilet in American slang vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme in slang=Attribute
Example 1 John has 10 apples.
nsubj nummod obj punct root John PROPN has VERB 10 NUM apples NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 apples nummod 4 apples apple NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present John 10 apples vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient
Example 2 John buys 4 more.
nsubj nummod obj punct root John PROPN buys VERB 4 NUM more ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing 2 buys nsubj 2 buys buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 more nummod 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 buys obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 buys punct
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1 buy present John 4 more vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
Example 3 John is 3 years older than Mary.
nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked case obl punct root John PROPN is AUX 3 NUM years NOUN older ADJ than ADP Mary PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing 5 older nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 older cop 3 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 years nummod 4 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 older obl:unmarked 5 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 than than ADP _ 7 Mary case 7 Mary Mary PROPN Number=Sing 5 older obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 older punct
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1 is present John year than Mary; old property tree rules
Example 4 John and his sister walk to school together.
cc nmod:poss compound conj case nmod advmod punct root John PROPN and CCONJ his PRON sister NOUN walk NOUN to ADP school NOUN together ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 5 walk cc 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 walk nmod:poss 4 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 walk compound 5 walk walk NOUN Number=Sing 1 John conj 6 to to ADP _ 7 school case 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 walk nmod 8 together together ADV _ 5 walk advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 John punct
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1 walk his = he to school nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
Example 5 King John lived in England long ago.
nmod:desc nsubj case obl advmod advmod punct root King PROPN John PROPN lived VERB in ADP England PROPN long ADV ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 King King PROPN Number=Sing 2 John nmod:desc 2 John John PROPN Number=Sing 3 lived nsubj 3 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 England case 5 England England PROPN Number=Sing 3 lived obl 6 long long ADV Degree=Pos 7 ago advmod 7 ago ago ADV _ 3 lived advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 lived punct
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1 live past John King England ago property vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in england=Location
Example 6 John's football shirt has the number 9.
nmod:poss case compound nsubj det obj flat punct root John PROPN 's PART football NOUN shirt NOUN has VERB the DET number NOUN 9 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 John John PROPN Number=Sing 4 shirt nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 John case 3 football football NOUN Number=Sing 4 shirt compound 4 shirt shirt NOUN Number=Sing 5 has nsubj 5 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 number det 7 number number NOUN Number=Sing 5 has obj 8 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 number flat 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 has punct
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1 have present John's football shirt the number vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
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