lobster Who acts: meat, Someone, lobster, two big claws, Fishermen, traps · What happens: eat, be, have, crush, catch, call · To what, where: two big claws, food, lobsters, traps, lobster pots, lobster · Speech: someone speaks here
«lobster» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: lobster in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs.
The tree, 16 words det compound case det amod nmod punct nummod nmod cc nummod amod conj punct amod case obl punct root A DET sea NOUN animal NOUN with ADP a DET hard ADJ shell NOUN , PUNCT ten NUM legs NOUN and CCONJ two NUM big ADJ claws NOUN , PUNCT related ADJ to ADP crabs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 animal det 2 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 animal compound 3 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 with with ADP _ 7 shell case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shell det 6 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 7 shell amod 7 shell shell NOUN Number=Sing 3 animal nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 legs punct 9 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 legs nummod 10 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 7 shell nmod 11 and and CCONJ _ 14 claws cc 12 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 14 claws nummod 13 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 14 claws amod 14 claws claw NOUN Number=Plur 10 legs conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 related punct 16 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 14 claws amod 17 to to ADP _ 18 crabs case 18 crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 16 related obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 animal punct
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Meaning 2 Its meat, eaten as food.
nmod:poss nsubj punct case obl punct root Its PRON meat NOUN , PUNCT eaten VERB as ADP food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 meat nmod:poss 2 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 4 eaten nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 eaten punct 4 eaten eat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 as as ADP _ 6 food case 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 eaten obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 eaten punct
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1 eat participle Its meat as food vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Someone badly sunburnt is "red as a lobster".
nsubj advmod amod cop punct case det obl punct punct root Someone PRON badly ADV sunburnt ADJ is AUX " PUNCT red ADJ as ADP a DET lobster NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 red nsubj 2 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 3 sunburnt advmod 3 sunburnt sunburnt ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Someone amod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 red cop 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 red punct 6 red red ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 as as ADP _ 9 lobster case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 lobster det 9 lobster lobster NOUN Number=Sing 6 red obl 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 red punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 red punct
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1 is in a quote present Someone as a lobster; red property tree rules
Example 1 A lobster has two big claws for crushing food.
det nsubj nummod amod obj mark acl obj punct root A DET lobster NOUN has VERB two NUM big ADJ claws NOUN for SCONJ crushing VERB food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lobster det 2 lobster lobster NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 claws nummod 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 claws amod 6 claws claw NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 7 for for SCONJ _ 8 crushing mark 8 crushing crush VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 claws acl 9 food food NOUN Number=Sing 8 crushing obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a lobster two big claws vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient 2 crush gerund two big claws not said here food vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
Example 2 Fishermen catch lobsters in traps called lobster pots.
nsubj obj case obl acl compound xcomp punct root Fishermen NOUN catch VERB lobsters NOUN in ADP traps NOUN called VERB lobster NOUN pots NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fishermen fisherman NOUN Number=Plur 2 catch nsubj 2 catch catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 lobsters lobster NOUN Number=Plur 2 catch obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 traps case 5 traps trap NOUN Number=Plur 2 catch obl 6 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 traps acl 7 lobster lobster NOUN Number=Sing 8 pots compound 8 pots pot NOUN Number=Plur 6 called xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 catch punct
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1 catch present Fishermen lobsters traps vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Theme 2 call participle traps not said here lobster pots vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Live lobsters are usually dark green or blue, not red.
amod nsubj cop advmod amod cc conj punct advmod conj punct root Live ADJ lobsters NOUN are AUX usually ADV dark ADJ green ADJ or CCONJ blue ADJ , PUNCT not PART red ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Live live ADJ Degree=Pos 2 lobsters amod 2 lobsters lobster NOUN Number=Plur 6 green nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 green cop 4 usually usually ADV _ 6 green advmod 5 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 6 green amod 6 green green ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 blue cc 8 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 6 green conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 red punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 red advmod 11 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 6 green conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 green punct
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1 is present Live lobsters green, usually property tree rules 2 be Live lobsters not said here tree rules 3 not be Live lobsters not said here tree rules
Example 4 They had lobster for a special dinner.
nsubj obj case det amod obl punct root They PRON had VERB lobster NOUN for ADP a DET special ADJ dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 lobster lobster NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 4 for for ADP _ 7 dinner case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 dinner det 6 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dinner amod 7 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past They lobster for a special dinner vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Patient
Example 5 After the beach, I was as red as a lobster!
case det obl punct nsubj cop advmod case det obl punct root After ADP the DET beach NOUN , PUNCT I PRON was AUX as ADV red ADJ as ADP a DET lobster NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 beach case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 beach det 3 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 8 red obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 beach punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 red nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 red cop 7 as as ADV _ 8 red advmod 8 red red ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 as as ADP _ 11 lobster case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 lobster det 11 lobster lobster NOUN Number=Sing 8 red obl 12 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 red punct
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1 is past I after the beach as a lobster; red property tree rules
Example 6 Lobsters grow by shedding their shells.
nsubj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root Lobsters NOUN grow VERB by SCONJ shedding VERB their PRON shells NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lobsters lobster NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow nsubj 2 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 by by SCONJ _ 4 shedding mark 4 shedding shed VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 grow advcl 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 shells nmod:poss 6 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 4 shedding obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 grow punct
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1 grow present Lobsters vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 shed gerund Lobsters not said here Lobsters's shells vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shell=Source
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