lama

Who acts: lama, Dalai Lama, Lamas, Visitors · What happens: be, teach, know, live, study, speak · To what, where: teacher, famous lama, young monks, known Buddhist leader, monasteries, red robes · Speech: someone speaks here

«lama» 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: lama in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: religion — kept apart, not parsed.

A lama is a teacher or monk in Tibetan Buddhism.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lama	det
2	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teacher	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 monk	cc
7	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Buddhism	case
9	Tibetan	Tibetan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Buddhism	compound
10	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 monk	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a lama	a teacher or monk in Tibetan Buddhism					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

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

The Dalai Lama is the most famous lama, a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lama	det
2	Dalai	Dalai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Lama	compound
3	Lama	Lama	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lama	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lama	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lama	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 famous	advmod
7	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lama	amod
8	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 leader	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 leader	det
11	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 leader	amod
12	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lama	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Buddhists	case
14	Tibetan	Tibetan	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Buddhists	compound
15	Buddhists	Buddhist	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 leader	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lama	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Dalai Lama	the famous lama					tree rules

Example 1

The lama taught the young monks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lama	det
2	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	nsubj
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monks	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 monks	amod
6	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taught	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the lama		the young monks				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent monk=Recipient

Example 2

The Dalai Lama is a well-known Buddhist leader.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lama	det
2	Dalai	Dalai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Lama	compound
3	Lama	Lama	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 leader	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 leader	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 leader	det
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 known	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 well	punct
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 leader	amod
9	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leader	amod
10	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle						well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	the Dalai Lama	a known Buddhist leader					tree rules

Example 3

Lamas live and study in monasteries in Tibet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lamas	lama	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 study	cc
4	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 monasteries	case
6	monasteries	monastery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 study	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Tibet	case
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 monasteries	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Lamas						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	study	present	Lamas not said here			monasteries in Tibet			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The lama spoke about kindness and peace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lama	det
2	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 kindness	case
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 peace	cc
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kindness	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the lama					about kindness and peace	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about kindness=Topic

Example 5

Visitors bowed to the old lama.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 lama	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lama	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lama	amod
6	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bowed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	Visitors					to the old lama	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lama=Theme

Example 6

A lama may wear red and yellow robes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lama	det
2	lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wear	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wear	aux
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 robes	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yellow	cc
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 red	conj
8	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	may	a lama	red robes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

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