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lyrebird

Who acts: large Australian bird, male, lyrebird, male lyrebird, You, Lyrebirds · What happens: live, have, shape, be, copy, sound · To what, where: forest floor, long tail, any, sound, tail, females

«lyrebird» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: lyrebird in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A large Australian bird that lives on the forest floor; the male has a long tail shaped like a lyre (an old harp) and is famous for copying almost any sound it hears.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bird	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bird	amod
3	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bird	amod
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sound	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lives	nsubj
6	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bird	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 floor	compound
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 male	det
13	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 sound	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 tail	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tail	amod
17	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	obj
18	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 tail	acl
19	like	like	ADP	_	21 lyre	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 lyre	det
21	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shaped	obl
22	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 harp	punct
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 harp	det
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 harp	amod
25	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lyre	appos
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 harp	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 famous	cc
28	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 famous	cop
29	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 has	conj
30	for	for	SCONJ	_	31 copying	mark
31	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 famous	advcl
32	almost	almost	ADV	_	33 any	advmod
33	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	31 copying	obj
34	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 hears	nsubj
36	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 sound	ccomp
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	34 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a large Australian bird			the forest floor			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location
2	have	present	the male	a long tail					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
3	shape	participle		a long tail not said here				like a lyre	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	is	present	the male not said here					famous property	tree rules
5	copy	gerund	the male not said here	any					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme
6	sound	present	a large Australian bird						tree rules
7	hear	present	male						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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 lyrebird copied the sound of a camera.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lyrebird	det
2	lyrebird	lyrebird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copied	nsubj
3	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copied	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 camera	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 camera	det
8	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 copied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past	the lyrebird	the sound of a camera					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

Example 2

The male lyrebird spreads its tail to impress females.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lyrebird	det
2	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lyrebird	amod
3	lyrebird	lyrebird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spreads	nsubj
4	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spreads	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 impress	mark
8	impress	impress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spreads	advcl
9	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 impress	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spreads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	the male lyrebird	lyrebird's tail					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tail=Theme
2	impress	to-infinitive	the male lyrebird not said here	females					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus female=Experiencer

Example 3

You can see a lyrebird on the Australian ten-cent coin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lyrebird	det
5	lyrebird	lyrebird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	12 coin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coin	det
8	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 coin	amod
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 cent	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 ten	punct
11	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coin	compound
12	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	You	a lyrebird		the Australian cent coin			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lyrebird=Stimulus

Example 4

Lyrebirds live in the forests of south-east Australia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lyrebirds	lyrebird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 forests	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forests	det
5	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 east	case
7	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 east	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 south	punct
9	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forests	nmod
10	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 east	appos
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Lyrebirds			the forests of south east			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

Example 5

A lyrebird can copy more than twenty other birds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lyrebird	det
2	lyrebird	lyrebird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copy	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 copy	aux
4	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	7 twenty	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 more	fixed
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 birds	nummod
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 birds	amod
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 copy	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 copy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	can	a lyrebird	twenty other birds					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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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