lory

Who acts: tipped tongue, Lory, tears, like tongue, We, Rainbow lorikeets · What happens: tip, eat, be, argue, say, know · To what, where: nectar, flowers, bird, pool, like tongue, bright red lories · Speech: someone speaks here

«lory» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: lory in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small, brightly coloured parrot from Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, with a brush-tipped tongue for eating nectar and pollen from flowers.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parrot	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 parrot	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 parrot	punct
4	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	5 coloured	advmod
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 parrot	amod
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Australia	case
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 parrot	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Guinea	punct
10	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Guinea	compound
11	Guinea	Guinea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Australia	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 islands	cc
13	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 islands	amod
14	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Australia	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 tongue	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	21 tongue	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 tongue	det
18	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tipped	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 brush	punct
20	tipped	tip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 tongue	amod
21	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parrot	conj
22	for	for	SCONJ	_	23 eating	mark
23	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 tongue	acl
24	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 eating	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 pollen	cc
26	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 nectar	conj
27	from	from	ADP	_	28 flowers	case
28	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 eating	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 parrot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	participle							vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund	a tipped tongue not said here	nectar and pollen		flowers			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Patient

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

In Alice in Wonderland, the Lory is a bird in the pool of tears who argues with Alice and says «I am older than you, and must know better».

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Alice	case
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Wonderland	case
4	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Alice	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bird	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lory	det
7	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bird	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bird	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bird	det
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Alice	appos
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 pool	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pool	det
13	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bird	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 tears	case
15	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pool	nmod
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 argues	nsubj
17	argues	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tears	acl:relcl
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 Alice	case
19	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 argues	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 says	cc
21	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 argues	conj
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 older	punct
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 older	nsubj
24	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 older	cop
25	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 says	ccomp
26	than	than	ADP	_	27 you	case
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 older	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 know	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 know	cc
30	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 know	aux
31	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 says	ccomp
32	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	31 know	advmod
33	»	»	PUNCT	_	31 know	punct
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Lory	a bird	the pool of tears		tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	present	tears			with Alice	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with alice=Co-Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	tears not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is in a quote	present	tears = tear			than you; old property	tree rules
5	know in a quote	must					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

A lory has a brush-like tongue for licking nectar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lory	det
2	lory	lory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tongue	det
5	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 like	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 brush	punct
7	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tongue	amod
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 licking	mark
10	licking	lick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 tongue	acl
11	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 licking	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a lory	a like tongue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient
2	lick	gerund	a like tongue not said here	nectar					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme

Example 2

The Lory sulked and said it was older than Alice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lory	det
2	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sulked	nsubj
3	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sulked	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 older	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 older	cop
8	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 said	ccomp
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 Alice	case
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 older	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sulked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sulk	past	the Lory		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	the Lory not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Lory	than Alice; old property	tree rules

Example 3

We saw bright red and green lories at the bird park.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lories	amod
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lories	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 green	cc
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 red	conj
7	lories	lory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 park	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	bright red lories		the bird park			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lory=Stimulus

Example 4

Rainbow lorikeets are a kind of lory found in Australia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainbow	rainbow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lorikeets	amod
2	lorikeets	lorikeet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kind	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 lory	case
7	lory	lory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kind	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Australia	case
10	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Rainbow lorikeets	a kind				of lory	tree rules
2	find	participle		a kind not said here		Australia			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The Lory, the Duck and the Dodo all ran in the Caucus-race.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lory	det
2	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ran	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Duck	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duck	det
5	Duck	Duck	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Lory	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Dodo	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Dodo	det
8	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Duck	conj
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 ran	advmod
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 race	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 race	det
13	Caucus	Caucus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 race	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Caucus	punct
15	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the Lory and the Duck and the Dodo			the Caucus race		all property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in race=Trajectory

Example 6

The lory drank sweet juice from the flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lory	det
2	lory	lory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	nsubj
3	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 juice	amod
5	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flowers	det
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drank	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	the lory	sweet juice		the flowers			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient

Example 7

Alice would not let the Lory win the argument just because it was older.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 let	advmod
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lory	det
6	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 win	nsubj
7	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 let	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 argument	det
9	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj
10	just	just	ADV	_	14 older	advmod
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 older	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 older	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 older	cop
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 win	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not let	would	Alice			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	win	present	the Lory	the argument		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality
3	is	past	Lory		old property	tree rules

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