kookaburra Who acts: kookaburra, loud call, person, Kookaburras, We, laughing kookaburra · What happens: be, sound, laugh, eat, sing, sit · To what, where: big Australian bird, snakes, old gum tree, sausage, barbecue, kind · Speech: someone speaks here
«kookaburra» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: kookaburra in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det amod amod case det compound nmod case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl case det obl acl punct root A DET kookaburra NOUN is AUX a DET big ADJ Australian ADJ bird NOUN of ADP the DET kingfisher NOUN family NOUN with ADP a DET loud ADJ call NOUN that PRON sounds VERB like ADP a DET person NOUN laughing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kookaburra det 2 kookaburra kookaburra NOUN Number=Sing 7 bird nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bird cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bird det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 7 bird amod 6 Australian Australian ADJ Degree=Pos 7 bird amod 7 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of ADP _ 11 family case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 family det 10 kingfisher kingfisher NOUN Number=Sing 11 family compound 11 family family NOUN Number=Sing 7 bird nmod 12 with with ADP _ 15 call case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 call det 14 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 15 call amod 15 call call NOUN Number=Sing 11 family nmod 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 17 sounds nsubj 17 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 call acl:relcl 18 like like ADP _ 20 person case 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 person det 20 person person NOUN Number=Sing 17 sounds obl 21 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 20 person acl 22 . . PUNCT _ 7 bird punct
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1 is a present a kookaburra a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call tree rules 2 sound present a loud call like a person vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 laugh gerund a person not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 kookaburra laughed loudly at dawn.
det nsubj advmod case obl punct root The DET kookaburra NOUN laughed VERB loudly ADV at ADP dawn NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 kookaburra det 2 kookaburra kookaburra NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughed nsubj 3 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 loudly loudly ADV _ 3 laughed advmod 5 at at ADP _ 6 dawn case 6 dawn dawn NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 laughed punct
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1 laugh past the kookaburra dawn loudly property vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards and insects.
nsubj obj punct conj cc conj punct root Kookaburras NOUN eat VERB snakes NOUN , PUNCT lizards NOUN and CCONJ insects NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kookaburras kookaburra NOUN Number=Plur 2 eat nsubj 2 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 snakes snake NOUN Number=Plur 2 eat obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 lizards punct 5 lizards lizard NOUN Number=Plur 3 snakes conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 insects cc 7 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur 3 snakes conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 eat punct
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1 eat present Kookaburras snakes and lizards and insects vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient
Example 3 We sang «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree».
nsubj punct nsubj ccomp case det amod compound obl punct punct root We PRON sang VERB « PUNCT Kookaburra PROPN sits VERB in ADP the DET old ADJ gum NOUN tree NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT 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 sang nsubj 2 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 sits punct 4 Kookaburra Kookaburra PROPN Number=Sing 5 sits nsubj 5 sits sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 sang ccomp 6 in in ADP _ 10 tree case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 tree det 8 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 tree amod 9 gum gum NOUN Number=Sing 10 tree compound 10 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 5 sits obl 11 » » PUNCT _ 5 sits punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 sang punct
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1 sing speech: express past We vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 sit in a quote present Kookaburra the old gum tree vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
Example 4 A kookaburra snatched a sausage from the barbecue.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root A DET kookaburra NOUN snatched VERB a DET sausage NOUN from ADP the DET barbecue NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kookaburra det 2 kookaburra kookaburra NOUN Number=Sing 3 snatched nsubj 3 snatched snatch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sausage det 5 sausage sausage NOUN Number=Sing 3 snatched obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 barbecue case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 barbecue det 8 barbecue barbecue NOUN Number=Sing 3 snatched obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 snatched punct
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1 snatch past a kookaburra a sausage the barbecue vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sausage=Theme from barbecue=Source
Example 5 The laughing kookaburra is a kind of kingfisher.
det amod nsubj cop det case nmod punct root The DET laughing VERB kookaburra NOUN is AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP kingfisher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 kookaburra det 2 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 kookaburra amod 3 kookaburra kookaburra NOUN Number=Sing 6 kind nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 kind cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 kind det 6 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 kingfisher case 8 kingfisher kingfisher NOUN Number=Sing 6 kind nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 kind punct
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1 laugh gerund vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the laughing kookaburra a kind of kingfisher tree rules
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