looker

Who acts: looker, person, looker on, lookers, boy · What happens: be, watch, take, cheer, win, stand · To what, where: person, something, part, race, Lookers, edge · Speech: someone speaks here

«looker» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: looker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A looker is a person who watches something without taking part; a looker-on is the same.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 looker	det
2	looker	looker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 watches	nsubj
7	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 watches	obj
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 taking	mark
10	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 watches	advcl
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taking	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 same	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 on	det
14	looker	looker	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 on	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 looker	punct
16	on	on	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 same	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 same	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 same	det
19	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	appos
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a looker	a person		tree rules
2	watch	present	a person	something		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	take	gerund	a person not said here	part		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
4	is	present	a looker on		same property	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.

Example 1

The lookers cheered when the boy won the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lookers	det
2	lookers	looker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheered	nsubj
3	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 won	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 won	nsubj
7	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cheered	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 race	det
9	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 won	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cheered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	the lookers						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	win	past	the boy	the race					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Example 2

Lookers-on stood at the edge of the square.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lookers	looker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stood	nsubj:pass
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct
3	on	on	SCONJ	_	4 stood	mark
4	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 square	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 square	det
10	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	participle · passive		Lookers		the edge of the square			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at edge=Destination

Example 3

Only the lookers waited to see what would happen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 waited	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lookers	det
3	lookers	looker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waited	nsubj
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	advcl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happen	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 happen	aux
9	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 see	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	past	the lookers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	the lookers not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	happen	would		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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