madman
Who acts: man, mind, madman, old madman · What happens: be, behave, not think, jump, reply, take · To what, where: mind, Marko, keeper, gold · Speech: someone speaks here
«madman» 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: madman in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A man who is out of his mind, who behaves wildly and does not think sensibly.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mind | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 mind | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mind | cop |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 mind | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 mind | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mind | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 behaves | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 behaves | nsubj |
| 11 | behaves | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mind | acl:relcl |
| 12 | wildly | wildly | ADV | _ | 11 behaves | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 think | cc |
| 14 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 think | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 think | advmod |
| 16 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 behaves | conj |
| 17 | sensibly | sensibly | ADV | _ | 16 think | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 mind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a man | man's mind | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | behave | present | man's mind | wildly property | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not think speech: other | present · do-support | man's mind not said here | sensibly property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Up jumped Marko the Rich like a madman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | up | ADV | _ | 2 jumped | advmod |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Marko | Marko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Rich | det |
| 5 | Rich | Rich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 madman | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 madman | det |
| 8 | madman | madman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 jumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | Marko | like a madman | tree rules |
Example 2
"A madman," replies the keeper of the madhouse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 replies | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 madman | det |
| 3 | madman | madman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 replies | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 madman | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 madman | punct |
| 6 | replies | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 keeper | det |
| 8 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 replies | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 madhouse | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 madhouse | det |
| 11 | madhouse | madhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeper | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 replies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | present | a madman | the keeper of the madhouse | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent keeper=Topic |
Example 3
"The old madman will take neither gold nor silver," said she.
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 madman | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 madman | amod |
| 4 | madman | madman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | aux |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 7 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 gold | det |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 9 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 silver | cc |
| 10 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gold | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | future | the old madman | neither gold nor silver | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | madman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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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