lair
Who acts: lair, villain, wolf, fox · What happens: be, hide, leave, creep back · To what, where: den, place, secret place, lair, hills
«lair» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: lair in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lair | det |
| 2 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 den | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 den | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 den | det |
| 5 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 hiding | cc |
| 7 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 den | conj |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hiding | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 animal | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 animal | det |
| 11 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 animal | amod |
| 12 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 place | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 den | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lair | the den | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | a lair not said here | place of a wild animal | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
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
A lair is any secret place where a villain hides.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lair | det |
| 2 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 place | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 place | cop |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 place | det |
| 5 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 place | amod |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 hides | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 villain | det |
| 9 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hides | nsubj |
| 10 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 place | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 place | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lair | any secret place | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | a villain | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The wolf left his lair at dusk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | nsubj |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 lair | nmod:poss |
| 5 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 dusk | case |
| 7 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the wolf | wolf's lair | dusk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lair=Theme |
Example 2
The fox crept back to its lair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crept | nsubj |
| 3 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 crept | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 lair | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crept | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 crept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | creep back | past | the fox | fox's lair | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lair=Destination |
Example 3
The robbers' lair was hidden in the hills.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 robbers | det |
| 2 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lair | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 robbers | case |
| 4 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hidden | aux:pass |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hills | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hills | det |
| 9 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hidden | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hidden | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · passive | the robbers's lair | the hills | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in hill=Location |
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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