mammoth Who acts: mammoth, long curved tusks, woolly mammoth, Scientists, Mammoths, Cleaning · What happens: be, curve, live, die out, mean, have · To what, where: huge hairy animal, thick brown fur, fur, mammoth tusk, frozen ground, room
«mammoth» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: mammoth in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A mammoth was a huge, hairy animal like an elephant with long curved tusks that lived long ago and died out.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det amod punct amod case det nmod case amod amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl advmod advmod cc conj compound:prt punct root A DET mammoth NOUN was AUX a DET huge ADJ , PUNCT hairy ADJ animal NOUN like ADP an DET elephant NOUN with ADP long ADJ curved VERB tusks NOUN that PRON lived VERB long ADV ago ADV and CCONJ died VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 mammoth det 2 mammoth mammoth NOUN Number=Sing 8 animal nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 animal cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 animal det 5 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 8 animal amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 huge punct 7 hairy hairy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 animal amod 8 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 like like ADP _ 11 elephant case 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 elephant det 11 elephant elephant NOUN Number=Sing 8 animal nmod 12 with with ADP _ 15 tusks case 13 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 15 tusks amod 14 curved curve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 tusks amod 15 tusks tusk NOUN Number=Plur 11 elephant nmod 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 17 lived nsubj 17 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 tusks acl:relcl 18 long long ADV Degree=Pos 19 ago advmod 19 ago ago ADV _ 17 lived advmod 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 died cc 21 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 lived conj 22 out out ADP _ 21 died compound:prt 23 . . PUNCT _ 8 animal punct
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1 is a past a mammoth a huge hairy animal like a elephant with long curved tusks tree rules 2 curve participle vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 3 live past long curved tusks ago property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 die out past long curved tusks not said here vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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.
Meaning 2 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Mammoth means very, very big, like a mammoth task or a mammoth meal.
The tree, 13 words nsubj advmod punct advmod ccomp punct case det compound obl cc det amod conj punct root Mammoth NOUN means VERB very ADV , PUNCT very ADV big ADJ , PUNCT like ADP a DET mammoth NOUN task NOUN or CCONJ a DET mammoth ADJ meal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mammoth mammoth NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 big punct 5 very very ADV _ 6 big advmod 6 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means ccomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 task punct 8 like like ADP _ 11 task case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 task det 10 mammoth mammoth NOUN Number=Sing 11 task compound 11 task task NOUN Number=Sing 6 big obl 12 or or CCONJ _ 15 meal cc 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 meal det 14 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 15 meal amod 15 meal meal NOUN Number=Sing 11 task conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Mammoth vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The woolly mammoth had thick brown fur to keep it warm.
det amod nsubj amod amod obj mark advcl obj xcomp punct root The DET woolly ADJ mammoth NOUN had VERB thick ADJ brown ADJ fur NOUN to PART keep VERB it PRON warm ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mammoth det 2 woolly woolly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mammoth amod 3 mammoth mammoth NOUN Number=Sing 4 had nsubj 4 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fur amod 6 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fur amod 7 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 4 had obj 8 to to PART _ 9 keep mark 9 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 had advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 keep obj 11 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 9 keep xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 had punct
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1 have past the woolly mammoth thick brown fur vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient 2 keep to-infinitive the woolly mammoth not said here fur warm property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Example 2 Scientists found a mammoth tusk in the frozen ground.
nsubj det amod obj case det amod obl punct root Scientists NOUN found VERB a DET mammoth ADJ tusk NOUN in ADP the DET frozen VERB ground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tusk det 4 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tusk amod 5 tusk tusk NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 ground case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 ground det 8 frozen freeze VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 ground amod 9 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past Scientists a mammoth tusk the frozen ground vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Topic 2 freeze participle vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Mammoths lived during the Ice Age and are now extinct.
nsubj case det compound obl cc cop advmod conj punct root Mammoths NOUN lived VERB during ADP the DET Ice PROPN Age PROPN and CCONJ are AUX now ADV extinct ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mammoths mammoth NOUN Number=Plur 2 lived nsubj 2 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 during during ADP _ 6 Age case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Age det 5 Ice Ice PROPN Number=Sing 6 Age compound 6 Age Age PROPN Number=Sing 2 lived obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 extinct cc 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 extinct cop 9 now now ADV PronType=Dem 10 extinct advmod 10 extinct extinct ADJ Degree=Pos 2 lived conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 lived punct
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1 live past Mammoths during the Ice Age vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present Mammoths not said here now extinct property tree rules
Example 4 Cleaning my room was a mammoth job.
csubj nmod:poss obj cop det amod punct root Cleaning VERB my PRON room NOUN was AUX a DET mammoth ADJ job NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cleaning clean VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 job csubj 2 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 room nmod:poss 3 room room NOUN Number=Sing 1 Cleaning obj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 job cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 job det 6 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 7 job amod 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 job punct
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1 clean gerund my room vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient 2 is a past Cleaning a mammoth job tree rules
Example 5 We ate a mammoth plate of chips after the match.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod case det nmod punct root We PRON ate VERB a DET mammoth ADJ plate NOUN of ADP chips NOUN after ADP the DET match NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 plate det 4 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 5 plate amod 5 plate plate NOUN Number=Sing 2 ate obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 chips case 7 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 5 plate nmod 8 after after ADP _ 10 match case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 match det 10 match match NOUN Number=Sing 7 chips nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 ate punct
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1 eat past We a mammoth plate of chips after the match vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient
Example 6 The museum has a full mammoth skeleton.
det nsubj det amod amod obj punct root The DET museum NOUN has VERB a DET full ADJ mammoth ADJ skeleton NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 skeleton det 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 7 skeleton amod 6 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 7 skeleton amod 7 skeleton skeleton NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the museum a full mammoth skeleton vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Patient
Example 7 There was a mammoth queue outside the toy shop.
expl det amod nsubj case det compound nmod punct root There PRON was VERB a DET mammoth ADJ queue NOUN outside ADP the DET toy NOUN shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 queue det 4 mammoth mammoth ADJ Degree=Pos 5 queue amod 5 queue queue NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 6 outside outside ADP _ 9 shop case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 shop det 8 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing 9 shop compound 9 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 queue nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a mammoth queue outside the toy shop there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 Early people hunted mammoths for meat and fur.
amod nsubj obj case obl cc conj punct root Early ADJ people NOUN hunted VERB mammoths NOUN for ADP meat NOUN and CCONJ fur NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Early early ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 hunted nsubj 3 hunted hunt VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 mammoths mammoth NOUN Number=Plur 3 hunted obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 meat case 6 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 3 hunted obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 fur cc 8 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 6 meat conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 hunted punct
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1 hunt past Early people mammoths for meat and fur vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mammoth=Location for meat=Theme
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