literacy Who acts: Literacy, We, people, class, Financial literacy, charity · What happens: be, read, write, have, help, get · To what, where: ability, Literacy knowledge, certain area, literacy, people, good jobs
«literacy» 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: literacy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Literacy is the ability to read and write.
nsubj cop det mark acl cc conj punct root Literacy NOUN is AUX the DET ability NOUN to PART read VERB and CCONJ write VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 4 ability nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ability cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ability det 4 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 read mark 6 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 ability acl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 write cc 8 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 read conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 ability punct
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1 is a present Literacy the ability tree rules 2 read to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 write infinitive vn scribble-25.2-1 «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.
Meaning 2 Literacy is knowledge and skill in a certain area, such as computer literacy, money literacy or media literacy.
The tree, 18 words compound cop cc conj case det amod nmod punct case fixed compound conj punct compound conj cc conj conj punct root Literacy NOUN is AUX knowledge NOUN and CCONJ skill NOUN in ADP a DET certain ADJ area NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP computer NOUN literacy NOUN , PUNCT money NOUN literacy NOUN or CCONJ media NOUN literacy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 3 knowledge compound 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 knowledge cop 3 knowledge knowledge NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 skill cc 5 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 3 knowledge conj 6 in in ADP _ 9 area case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 area det 8 certain certain ADJ Degree=Pos 9 area amod 9 area area NOUN Number=Sing 3 knowledge nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 literacy punct 11 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 14 literacy case 12 as as ADP _ 11 such fixed 13 computer computer NOUN Number=Sing 14 literacy compound 14 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 9 area conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 literacy punct 16 money money NOUN Number=Sing 17 literacy compound 17 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 9 area conj 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 media cc 19 media media NOUN Number=Sing 17 literacy conj 20 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 17 literacy conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 knowledge punct
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1 is a present Literacy knowledge and skill a certain area and computer literacy and money literacy or media and literacy tree rules
Example 1 We have literacy every morning.
nsubj obj det obl:unmarked punct root We PRON have VERB literacy NOUN every DET morning NOUN . 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 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 morning det 5 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obl:unmarked 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present We literacy morning vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent literacy=Patient
Example 2 Literacy helps people get good jobs.
nsubj obj xcomp amod obj punct root Literacy NOUN helps VERB people NOUN get VERB good ADJ jobs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 helps obj 4 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 jobs amod 6 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 4 get obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Literacy people vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 get infinitive people not said here good jobs vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus
Example 3 Our class learns media literacy to spot fake news.
nmod:poss nsubj compound obj mark advcl amod obj punct root Our PRON class NOUN learns VERB media NOUN literacy NOUN to PART spot VERB fake ADJ news NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 learns nsubj 3 learns learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 media media NOUN Number=Sing 5 literacy compound 5 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 3 learns obj 6 to to PART _ 7 spot mark 7 spot spot VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 learns advcl 8 fake fake ADJ Degree=Pos 9 news amod 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing 7 spot obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 learns punct
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1 learn present Our class media literacy vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent literacy=Topic 2 spot to-infinitive Our class not said here fake news vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme news=Destination
Example 4 Financial literacy means understanding money.
amod nsubj xcomp obj punct root Financial ADJ literacy NOUN means VERB understanding VERB money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Financial financial ADJ Degree=Pos 2 literacy amod 2 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 understanding understand VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 money money NOUN Number=Sing 4 understanding obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Financial literacy vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 understand not said to happen gerund Financial literacy not said here money vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus
Example 5 The charity improves literacy in poor areas.
det nsubj obj case amod obl punct root The DET charity NOUN improves VERB literacy NOUN in ADP poor ADJ areas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 charity det 2 charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 3 improves nsubj 3 improves improve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 3 improves obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 areas case 6 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 7 areas amod 7 areas area NOUN Number=Plur 3 improves obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 improves punct
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1 improve present the charity literacy poor areas vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent literacy=Patient
Example 6 Digital literacy means using computers safely and well.
amod nsubj xcomp obj advmod cc conj punct root Digital ADJ literacy NOUN means VERB using VERB computers NOUN safely ADV and CCONJ well ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Digital digital ADJ Degree=Pos 2 literacy amod 2 literacy literacy NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 using use VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 computers computer NOUN Number=Plur 4 using obj 6 safely safely ADV _ 4 using advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 well cc 8 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 safely conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Digital literacy vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 use not said to happen gerund Digital literacy not said here computers safely property vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient
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