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Who acts: borrowed word, words, Pyjamas, Shampoo, teacher, chocolate · What happens: take, use, borrow, study, see, come · To what, where: word, language, loanword, Hindi, us, Spanish · Speech: someone speaks here

«loanword» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: loanword in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A word one language has taken from another language and now uses as its own, like «pizza» from Italian or «kindergarten» from German.

The tree, 23 words
detnsubj:passnummodapposauxcasedetoblccadvmodconjcasenmod:possoblpunctcasepunctparataxispunctcaseoblccpunctconjpunctcaseoblpunctrootADETwordNOUNoneNUMlanguageNOUNhasAUXtakenVERBfromADPanotherDETlanguageNOUNandCCONJnowADVusesVERBasADPitsPRONownADJ,PUNCTlikeADP«PUNCTpizzaNOUN»PUNCTfromADPItalianADJorCCONJ«PUNCTkindergartenNOUN»PUNCTfromADPGermanPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 worddet
2wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing6 takennsubj:pass
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 languagenummod
4languagelanguageNOUNNumber=Sing2 wordappos
5hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 takenaux
6takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7fromfromADP_9 languagecase
8anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind9 languagedet
9languagelanguageNOUNNumber=Sing6 takenobl
10andandCCONJ_12 usescc
11nownowADVPronType=Dem12 usesadvmod
12usesuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 takenconj
13asasADP_15 owncase
14itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 ownnmod:poss
15ownownADJDegree=Pos12 usesobl
16,,PUNCT_19 pizzapunct
17likelikeADP_19 pizzacase
18««PUNCT_19 pizzapunct
19pizzapizzaNOUNNumber=Sing6 takenparataxis
20»»PUNCT_19 pizzapunct
21fromfromADP_22 Italiancase
22ItalianItalianADJDegree=Pos6 takenobl
23ororCCONJ_25 kindergartencc
24««PUNCT_25 kindergartenpunct
25kindergartenkindergartenNOUNNumber=Sing6 takenconj
26»»PUNCT_25 kindergartenpunct
27fromfromADP_28 Germancase
28GermanGermanPROPNNumber=Sing6 takenobl
29..PUNCT_6 takenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepresent · perfect · passivea wordanother languagefrom Italian; from Germantree rules
2usepresentnowas word's ownvn eat-39.1 «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

Usage: language study — kept apart, not parsed.

Any borrowed word, studied to see where words came from.

detamodnsubjpunctmarkxcompadvmodnsubjadvcloblpunctrootAnyDETborrowedVERBwordNOUN,PUNCTstudiedVERBtoPARTseeVERBwhereADVwordsNOUNcameVERBfromADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnyanyDETPronType=Ind3 worddet
2borrowedborrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 wordamod
3wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing5 studiednsubj
4,,PUNCT_3 wordpunct
5studiedstudyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6totoPART_7 seemark
7seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 studiedxcomp
8wherewhereADVPronType=Rel10 cameadvmod
9wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur10 camensubj
10camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 seeadvcl
11fromfromADP_10 cameobl
12..PUNCT_5 studiedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1borrowparticiplevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2studypastany borrowed wordvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3seeto-infinitiveany borrowed word not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4comepastwordsvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

«Pyjamas» is a loanword from Hindi and Urdu.

punctnsubjpunctcopdetcasenmodccconjpunctroot«PUNCTPyjamasPROPN»PUNCTisAUXaDETloanwordNOUNfromADPHindiPROPNandCCONJUrduPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 Pyjamaspunct
2PyjamasPyjamasPROPNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnsubj
3»»PUNCT_2 Pyjamaspunct
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 loanwordcop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 loanworddet
6loanwordloanwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7fromfromADP_8 Hindicase
8HindiHindiPROPNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnmod
9andandCCONJ_10 Urducc
10UrduUrduPROPNNumber=Sing8 Hindiconj
11..PUNCT_6 loanwordpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentPyjamasa loanwordHindi and Urdutree rules

Example 2

«Shampoo» is a loanword from Hindi too.

punctnsubjpunctcopdetcasenmodadvmodpunctroot«PUNCTShampooNOUN»PUNCTisAUXaDETloanwordNOUNfromADPHindiPROPNtooADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 Shampoopunct
2ShampooshampooNOUNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnsubj
3»»PUNCT_2 Shampoopunct
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 loanwordcop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 loanworddet
6loanwordloanwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7fromfromADP_8 Hindicase
8HindiHindiPROPNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnmod
9tootooADV_6 loanwordadvmod
10..PUNCT_6 loanwordpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentShampooa loanwordHinditree rules

Example 3

Our teacher showed us that «chocolate» is a loanword from Spanish, which took it from Nahuatl.

The tree, 16 words
nmod:possnsubjiobjmarkpunctnsubjpunctcopdetccompcasenmodpunctnsubjacl:relclobjcaseoblpunctrootOurPRONteacherNOUNshowedVERBusPRONthatSCONJ«PUNCTchocolateNOUN»PUNCTisAUXaDETloanwordNOUNfromADPSpanishPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONtookVERBitPRONfromADPNahuatlPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OurourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 teachernmod:poss
2teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing3 showednsubj
3showedshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 showediobj
5thatthatSCONJ_11 loanwordmark
6««PUNCT_7 chocolatepunct
7chocolatechocolateNOUNNumber=Sing11 loanwordnsubj
8»»PUNCT_7 chocolatepunct
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 loanwordcop
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 loanworddet
11loanwordloanwordNOUNNumber=Sing3 showedccomp
12fromfromADP_13 Spanishcase
13SpanishSpanishPROPNNumber=Sing11 loanwordnmod
14,,PUNCT_16 tookpunct
15whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 tooknsubj
16tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 Spanishacl:relcl
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 tookobj
18fromfromADP_19 Nahuatlcase
19NahuatlNahuatlPROPNNumber=Sing16 tookobl
20..PUNCT_3 showedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpastOur teacherusvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2is apresentchocolatea loanwordSpanishtree rules
3takepastSpanishchocolateNahuatlvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from nahuatl=Initial_Location

Example 4

Japanese has many English loanwords, like «aisu kuriimu» for ice cream.

The tree, 11 words
nsubjamodamodobjpunctcasepunctconjflat:foreignpunctcasecompoundnmodpunctrootJapaneseADJhasVERBmanyADJEnglishADJloanwordsNOUN,PUNCTlikeADP«PUNCTaisuNOUNkuriimuX»PUNCTforADPiceNOUNcreamNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JapaneseJapaneseADJDegree=Pos2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3manymanyADJDegree=Pos5 loanwordsamod
4EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos5 loanwordsamod
5loanwordsloanwordNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
6,,PUNCT_9 aisupunct
7likelikeADP_9 aisucase
8««PUNCT_9 aisupunct
9aisuaisuNOUNNumber=Sing5 loanwordsconj
10kuriimukuriimuXForeign=Yes9 aisuflat:foreign
11»»PUNCT_10 kuriimupunct
12forforADP_14 creamcase
13iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing14 creamcompound
14creamcreamNOUNNumber=Sing9 aisunmod
15..PUNCT_2 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentJapanesemany English loanwords and aisu for ice creamvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loanword=Patient

Example 5

«Safari» came into English as a loanword from Swahili.

punctnsubjpunctcaseoblcasedetoblcasenmodpunctroot«PUNCTSafariNOUN»PUNCTcameVERBintoADPEnglishPROPNasADPaDETloanwordNOUNfromADPSwahiliPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 Safaripunct
2SafarisafariNOUNNumber=Sing4 camensubj
3»»PUNCT_2 Safaripunct
4camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5intointoADP_6 Englishcase
6EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing4 cameobl
7asasADP_9 loanwordcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 loanworddet
9loanwordloanwordNOUNNumber=Sing4 cameobl
10fromfromADP_11 Swahilicase
11SwahiliSwahiliPROPNNumber=Sing9 loanwordnmod
12..PUNCT_4 camepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastSafariEnglishas a loanword from Swahilivn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into english=Initial_Location

Example 6

Many loanwords keep their foreign spelling, such as «croissant».

amodnsubjnmod:possamodobjpunctcasefixedpunctappospunctpunctrootManyADJloanwordsNOUNkeepVERBtheirPRONforeignADJspellingNOUN,PUNCTsuchADJasADP«PUNCTcroissantNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManymanyADJDegree=Pos2 loanwordsamod
2loanwordsloanwordNOUNNumber=Plur3 keepnsubj
3keepkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 spellingnmod:poss
5foreignforeignADJDegree=Pos6 spellingamod
6spellingspellingNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepobj
7,,PUNCT_11 croissantpunct
8suchsuchADJDegree=Pos ExtPos=ADP11 croissantcase
9asasADP_8 suchfixed
10««PUNCT_11 croissantpunct
11croissantcroissantNOUNNumber=Sing6 spellingappos
12»»PUNCT_11 croissantpunct
13..PUNCT_3 keeppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentMany loanwordsloanwords's foreign spellingvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Theme
2spellloanwords = loanwordnom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

We made a poster of loanwords and the countries they came from.

nsubjdetobjcasenmodccdetconjnsubjacl:relcloblpunctrootWePRONmadeVERBaDETposterNOUNofADPloanwordsNOUNandCCONJtheDETcountriesNOUNtheyPRONcameVERBfromADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs2 madensubj
2mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 posterdet
4posterposterNOUNNumber=Sing2 madeobj
5ofofADP_6 loanwordscase
6loanwordsloanwordNOUNNumber=Plur4 posternmod
7andandCCONJ_9 countriescc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 countriesdet
9countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur6 loanwordsconj
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs11 camensubj
11camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 countriesacl:relcl
12fromfromADP_11 cameobl
13..PUNCT_2 madepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastWea poster of loanwords and the countriesvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product
2comepastcountries = countrythe countries not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location country=Theme
3postloanwords and the countriesnom poster «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 8

«Boomerang» is a loanword from an Aboriginal language of Australia.

punctnsubjpunctcopdetcasedetamodnmodcasenmodpunctroot«PUNCTBoomerangNOUN»PUNCTisAUXaDETloanwordNOUNfromADPanDETAboriginalADJlanguageNOUNofADPAustraliaPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 Boomerangpunct
2BoomerangboomerangNOUNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnsubj
3»»PUNCT_2 Boomerangpunct
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 loanwordcop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 loanworddet
6loanwordloanwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7fromfromADP_10 languagecase
8anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 languagedet
9AboriginalaboriginalADJDegree=Pos10 languageamod
10languagelanguageNOUNNumber=Sing6 loanwordnmod
11ofofADP_12 Australiacase
12AustraliaAustraliaPROPNNumber=Sing10 languagenmod
13..PUNCT_6 loanwordpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentBoomeranga loanworda Aboriginal language of Australiatree rules

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