lakota
Who acts: Lakota, Sitting, Black Hills, schools, Lakota children · What happens: live, hunt, sit, be, teach, learn · To what, where: North Dakota, Great Plains, Bull, Lakota leader, Lakota language, stories
«lakota» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: lakota in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation, living mostly in North and South Dakota.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 people | det |
| 2 | Native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 3 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Plains | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Plains | det |
| 7 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Plains | amod |
| 8 | Plains | Plain | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 people | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 part | punct |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Plains | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 nation | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 nation | det |
| 13 | Sioux | Sioux | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 nation | compound |
| 14 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 part | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 living | punct |
| 16 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 Plains | conj |
| 17 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 22 Dakota | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Dakota | case |
| 19 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Dakota | compound |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 South | cc |
| 21 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 North | conj |
| 22 | Dakota | Dakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 living | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 people | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | North Dakota | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dakota=Location |
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
The language of the Lakota people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 language | det |
| 2 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 people | det |
| 5 | Lakota | Lakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 people | compound |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 language | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 language | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The Lakota lived on the Great Plains and hunted buffalo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lakota | det |
| 2 | Lakota | Lakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Plains | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Plains | det |
| 6 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Plains | amod |
| 7 | Plains | Plain | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 buffalo | cc |
| 9 | hunted | hunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 buffalo | amod |
| 10 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Plains | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the Lakota | the Great Plains and hunted buffalo | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plain=Location | ||||
| 2 | hunt | participle | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 leader | csubj |
| 2 | Bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sitting | obj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 leader | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 leader | det |
| 5 | Lakota | lakota | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leader | compound |
| 6 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 leader | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | gerund | Bull | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bull=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Sitting | a Lakota leader | tree rules |
Example 3
The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hills | det |
| 2 | Black | Black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Hills | amod |
| 3 | Hills | Hill | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 sacred | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sacred | cop |
| 5 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 8 | Lakota | Lakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 people | compound |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sacred | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sacred | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Black Hills | to the Lakota people; sacred property | tree rules |
Example 4
Some schools teach the Lakota language.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 schools | det |
| 2 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 teach | nsubj |
| 3 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 language | det |
| 5 | Lakota | Lakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 language | compound |
| 6 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teach | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 teach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present | some schools | the Lakota language | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent language=Recipient |
Example 5
Lakota children learn the stories of their elders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakota | Lakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 children | compound |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 learn | nsubj |
| 3 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stories | det |
| 5 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 learn | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 elders | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 elders | nmod:poss |
| 8 | elders | elder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stories | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | Lakota children | the stories of children's elders | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic |
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