lyre

Who acts: warrior · What happens: shape, play, represent, show, find · To what, where: frame, ancient Greece, Zethus, Terpsichore, stringed lyre, horses

«lyre» 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: lyre in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp, with a U-shaped frame; it was played in ancient Greece.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 instrument	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instrument	amod
3	stringed	stringed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instrument	amod
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 harp	punct
6	rather	rather	ADV	_	10 harp	advmod
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 harp	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 harp	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harp	amod
10	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instrument	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 frame	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	17 frame	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 frame	det
14	U	U	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 shaped	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 U	punct
16	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 frame	amod
17	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instrument	conj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 played	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 played	nsubj:pass
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 played	aux:pass
21	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 instrument	parataxis
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 Greece	case
23	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 Greece	amod
24	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 played	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 instrument	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	play	past · passive		frame		ancient Greece			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

In sculpture Amphion is always represented with a lyre; Zethus with a club.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 sculpture	case
2	sculpture	sculpture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 represented	obl
3	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sculpture	appos
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 represented	aux:pass
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 represented	advmod
6	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lyre	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lyre	det
9	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 represented	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 Zethus	punct
11	Zethus	Zethus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 represented	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 club	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 club	det
14	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 represented	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 represented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present · passive		Zethus				with a lyre; with a club; in sculpture; always property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: in sculpture=Attribute

Example 2

Terpsichore, the muse of Dance, is shown playing on a seven-stringed lyre.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terpsichore	Terpsichore	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shown	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 muse	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 muse	det
4	muse	muse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Terpsichore	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Dance	case
6	Dance	Dance	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 muse	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Terpsichore	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shown	aux:pass
9	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 shown	xcomp
11	on	on	ADP	_	16 lyre	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lyre	det
13	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 stringed	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 seven	punct
15	stringed	stringed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 lyre	amod
16	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 shown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		Terpsichore					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	play	gerund				a stringed lyre			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Here the warrior found his horses, and the musician his lyre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 found	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 warrior	det
3	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horses	nmod:poss
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 musician	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 musician	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 musician	det
10	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lyre	nmod:poss
12	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 musician	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the warrior	warrior's horses		here		the musician obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic

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