mahogany
Who acts: hard dark brown wood, top, We, pieces · What happens: use, make, call, say, call out, be · To what, where: tropical trees, good furniture, colour, top, them · Speech: someone speaks here
«mahogany» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: mahogany in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A hard, dark reddish-brown wood from tropical trees, used to make good furniture; the colour of this wood is also called mahogany.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wood | det |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wood | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 hard | punct |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wood | amod |
| 5 | reddish | reddish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brown | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 reddish | punct |
| 7 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wood | amod |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 trees | case |
| 10 | tropical | tropical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 trees | amod |
| 11 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wood | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 used | punct |
| 13 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 trees | acl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 make | mark |
| 15 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 used | advcl |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 furniture | amod |
| 17 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 make | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 called | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 colour | det |
| 20 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 called | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 wood | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 wood | det |
| 23 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 colour | nmod |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 called | aux:pass |
| 25 | also | also | ADV | _ | 26 called | advmod |
| 26 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 wood | acl |
| 27 | mahogany | mahogany | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 called | xcomp |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 wood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | tropical trees not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | good furniture | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset furniture=Product | |||||
| 3 | call | present · passive | a hard dark brown wood from tropical trees not said here | the colour of this wood | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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
"Yes; but I am made of mahogany," said the top.
The tree, 10 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 made | discourse |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 made | cc |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 made | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | aux:pass |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 said | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 mahogany | case |
| 9 | mahogany | mahogany | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 top | det |
| 14 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | present · passive | the top = top | of mahogany | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the top | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 2
"We'll call them all out, and the pieces of furniture too, for they are of mahogany."
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 call | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 call | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 call | aux |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 call | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pieces | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pieces | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pieces | det |
| 11 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 call | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 furniture | case |
| 13 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pieces | nmod |
| 14 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 call | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mahogany | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 mahogany | case |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 mahogany | nsubj |
| 18 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 mahogany | cop |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 mahogany | case |
| 20 | mahogany | mahogany | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | parataxis |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 call | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call out speech: assert in a quote | future | We | them = they | the pieces of furniture obl; out property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | pieces = piece | for mahogany | tree rules |
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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