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mamba

Who acts: mamba, black mambas, black mamba, bite, green mamba, We · What happens: be, live, bite, slide, see · To what, where: fast venomous snake, Africa, trees, grass, mamba, glass

«mamba» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: mamba in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A mamba is a fast, very venomous snake from Africa. There are black mambas and green mambas.

Sentence 1: A mamba is a fast, very venomous snake from Africa.

detnsubjcopdetamodpunctadvmodamodcasenmodpunctrootADETmambaNOUNisAUXaDETfastADJ,PUNCTveryADVvenomousADJsnakeNOUNfromADPAfricaPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 mambadet
2mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing9 snakensubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 snakecop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 snakedet
5fastfastADJDegree=Pos9 snakeamod
6,,PUNCT_5 fastpunct
7veryveryADV_8 venomousadvmod
8venomousvenomousADJDegree=Pos9 snakeamod
9snakesnakeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10fromfromADP_11 Africacase
11AfricaAfricaPROPNNumber=Sing9 snakenmod
12..PUNCT_9 snakepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta mambaa fast venomous snakeAfricatree rules

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.

Sentence 2: There are black mambas and green mambas.

explamodnsubjccamodconjpunctrootTherePRONareVERBblackADJmambasNOUNandCCONJgreenADJmambasNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3blackblackADJDegree=Pos4 mambasamod
4mambasmambaNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5andandCCONJ_7 mambascc
6greengreenADJDegree=Pos7 mambasamod
7mambasmambaNOUNNumber=Plur4 mambasconj
8..PUNCT_2 arepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentblack mambas and green mambastherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The black mamba lives in Africa.

detamodnsubjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETblackADJmambaNOUNlivesVERBinADPAfricaPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 mambadet
2blackblackADJDegree=Pos3 mambaamod
3mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing4 livesnsubj
4livesliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ininADP_6 Africacase
6AfricaAfricaPROPNNumber=Sing4 livesobl
7..PUNCT_4 livespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1livepresentthe black mambaAfricavn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in africa=Location

Example 2

A mamba's bite is very dangerous.

detnmod:posscasensubjcopadvmodpunctrootADETmambaNOUN'sPARTbiteNOUNisAUXveryADVdangerousADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 mambadet
2mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing4 bitenmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 mambacase
4bitebiteNOUNNumber=Sing7 dangerousnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 dangerouscop
6veryveryADV_7 dangerousadvmod
7dangerousdangerousADJDegree=Posrootroot
8..PUNCT_7 dangerouspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenta mamba's bitedangerous propertytree rules
2bitea mambanom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The green mamba lives in trees.

detamodnsubjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETgreenADJmambaNOUNlivesVERBinADPtreesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 mambadet
2greengreenADJDegree=Pos3 mambaamod
3mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing4 livesnsubj
4livesliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ininADP_6 treescase
6treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur4 livesobl
7..PUNCT_4 livespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1livepresentthe green mambatreesvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Example 4

The mamba slid quickly into the grass.

detnsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETmambaNOUNslidVERBquicklyADVintoADPtheDETgrassNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 mambadet
2mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing3 slidnsubj
3slidslideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4quicklyquicklyADV_3 slidadvmod
5intointoADP_7 grasscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 grassdet
7grassgrassNOUNNumber=Sing3 slidobl
8..PUNCT_3 slidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1slidepastthe mambathe grassquickly propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into grass=Destination

Example 5

Black mambas are actually grey or brown.

amodnsubjcopadvmodccconjpunctrootBlackADJmambasNOUNareAUXactuallyADVgreyADJorCCONJbrownADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BlackblackADJDegree=Pos2 mambasamod
2mambasmambaNOUNNumber=Plur5 greynsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 greycop
4actuallyactuallyADV_5 greyadvmod
5greygreyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6ororCCONJ_7 browncc
7brownbrownADJDegree=Pos5 greyconj
8..PUNCT_5 greypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentBlack mambasactually, grey propertytree rules
2beBlack mambas not said heretree rules

Example 6

We saw a mamba behind glass at the zoo.

nsubjdetobjcasenmodcasedetoblpunctrootWePRONsawVERBaDETmambaNOUNbehindADPglassNOUNatADPtheDETzooNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs2 sawnsubj
2sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 mambadet
4mambamambaNOUNNumber=Sing2 sawobj
5behindbehindADP_6 glasscase
6glassglassNOUNNumber=Sing4 mambanmod
7atatADP_9 zoocase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 zoodet
9zoozooNOUNNumber=Sing2 sawobl
10..PUNCT_2 sawpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastWea mambaglassat the zoovn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mamba=Stimulus

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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