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man

Who acts: man, 5 men, 12 men, my, dad, We · What happens: grow up, be, mean, walk, buy, paint · To what, where: grown male person, people, Moon, it, charge, piece · Speech: someone speaks here

«man» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: man in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A man is a grown-up male person.

detnsubjcopdetamodpunctcompound:prtamodpunctrootADETmanNOUNisAUXaDETgrownVERB-PUNCTupADPmaleADJpersonNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 mandet
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing9 personnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 personcop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 persondet
5growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 personamod
6--PUNCT_7 uppunct
7upupADP_5 growncompound:prt
8malemaleADJDegree=Pos9 personamod
9personpersonNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10..PUNCT_9 personpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grow upparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is apresenta mana grown male persontree 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.

Meaning 2

Man can mean people in general (old use): «Man has walked on the Moon.».

The tree, 14 words
nsubjauxobjcasexcomppunctamodappospunctpunctpunctnsubjauxparataxiscasedetoblpunctpunctpunctrootManNOUNcanAUXmeanVERBpeopleNOUNinADPgeneralADJ(PUNCToldADJuseNOUN)PUNCT:PUNCT«PUNCTManNOUNhasAUXwalkedVERBonADPtheDETMoonPROPN.PUNCT»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 meannsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 meanaux
3meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur3 meanobj
5ininADP_6 generalcase
6generalgeneralADJDegree=Pos3 meanxcomp
7((PUNCT_9 usepunct
8oldoldADJDegree=Pos9 useamod
9useuseNOUNNumber=Sing6 generalappos
10))PUNCT_9 usepunct
11::PUNCT_15 walkedpunct
12««PUNCT_15 walkedpunct
13ManmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 walkednsubj
14hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 walkedaux
15walkedwalkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 meanparataxis
16ononADP_18 Mooncase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Moondet
18MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing15 walkedobl
19..PUNCT_15 walkedpunct
20»»PUNCT_15 walkedpunct
21..PUNCT_3 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meancanManpeoplegeneral propertytree rules
2walk in a quotepresent · perfectManthe Moonvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Trajectory

Meaning 3

To man something is to work at it or be in charge of it: man the desk.

The tree, 17 words
caseoblcopmarkacl:relclcaseoblcccopcaseconjcasenmodpunctapposdetnmodpunctrootToADPmanNOUNsomethingPRONisAUXtoPARTworkVERBatADPitPRONorCCONJbeAUXinADPchargeNOUNofADPitPRON:PUNCTmanNOUNtheDETdeskNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoADP_2 mancase
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 somethingobl
3somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Indrootroot
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 workcop
5totoPART_6 workmark
6workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf3 somethingacl:relcl
7atatADP_8 itcase
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 workobl
9ororCCONJ_12 chargecc
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf12 chargecop
11ininADP_12 chargecase
12chargechargeNOUNNumber=Sing6 workconj
13ofofADP_14 itcase
14ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 chargenmod
15::PUNCT_16 manpunct
16manmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 somethingappos
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 deskdet
18deskdeskNOUNNumber=Sing16 mannmod
19..PUNCT_3 somethingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentitwork propertytree rules
2isinfinitivechargeof chargetree rules

Meaning 4

In games, a man is a piece: a chess man.

caseoblpunctdetnsubjcopdetpunctdetcompoundconjpunctrootInADPgamesNOUN,PUNCTaDETmanNOUNisAUXaDETpieceNOUN:PUNCTaDETchessNOUNmanNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 gamescase
2gamesgameNOUNNumber=Plur8 pieceobl
3,,PUNCT_2 gamespunct
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 mandet
5manmanNOUNNumber=Sing8 piecensubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 piececop
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 piecedet
8piecepieceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9::PUNCT_12 manpunct
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 mandet
11chesschessNOUNNumber=Sing12 mancompound
12manmanNOUNNumber=Sing8 piececonj
13..PUNCT_8 piecepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta mana piece and a chess mangamestree rules

Example 1

A man buys 3 shirts.

detnsubjnummodobjpunctrootADETmanNOUNbuysVERB3NUMshirtsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 mandet
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 buysnsubj
3buysbuyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
433NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 shirtsnummod
5shirtsshirtNOUNNumber=Plur3 buysobj
6..PUNCT_3 buyspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buypresenta man3 shirtsvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme

Example 2

5 men can paint a house in 4 days.

nummodnsubjauxdetobjcasenummodoblpunctroot5NUMmenNOUNcanAUXpaintVERBaDEThouseNOUNinADP4NUMdaysNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
155NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 mennummod
2menmanNOUNNumber=Plur4 paintnsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 paintaux
4paintpaintVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 housedet
6househouseNOUNNumber=Sing4 paintobj
7ininADP_9 dayscase
844NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card9 daysnummod
9daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur4 paintobl
10..PUNCT_4 paintpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paintcan5 mena housedayvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination

Example 3

There are 12 men and 15 women.

explnummodnsubjccnummodconjpunctrootTherePRONareVERB12NUMmenNOUNandCCONJ15NUMwomenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
31212NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card4 mennummod
4menmanNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5andandCCONJ_7 womencc
61515NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 womennummod
7womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur4 menconj
8..PUNCT_2 arepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresent12 men and 15 womentherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

How many people in all?

advmodamodcasenmodpunctrootHowADVmanyADJpeopleNOUNinADPallDET?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int2 manyadvmod
2manymanyADJDegree=Pos3 peopleamod
3peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4ininADP_5 allcase
5allallDETPronType=Tot3 peoplenmod
6??PUNCT_3 peoplepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 5

The man at the shop gave me my change.

detnsubjcasedetnmodiobjnmod:possobjpunctrootTheDETmanNOUNatADPtheDETshopNOUNgaveVERBmePRONmyPRONchangeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 mandet
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 gavensubj
3atatADP_5 shopcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 shopdet
5shopshopNOUNNumber=Sing2 mannmod
6gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 gaveiobj
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 changenmod:poss
9changechangeNOUNNumber=Sing6 gaveobj
10..PUNCT_6 gavepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastthe man at the shopmy changemevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient change=Theme
2changemynom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

My dad is a tall man with a beard.

nmod:possnsubjcopdetamodcasedetnmodpunctrootMyPRONdadNOUNisAUXaDETtallADJmanNOUNwithADPaDETbeardNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing6 mannsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 mancop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 mandet
5talltallADJDegree=Pos6 manamod
6manmanNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7withwithADP_9 beardcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bearddet
9beardbeardNOUNNumber=Sing6 mannmod
10..PUNCT_6 manpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentMy dada tall manwith a beardtree rules

Example 7

We built a snowman in the garden.

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblpunctrootWePRONbuiltVERBaDETsnowmanNOUNinADPtheDETgardenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs2 builtnsubj
2builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 snowmandet
4snowmansnowmanNOUNNumber=Sing2 builtobj
5ininADP_7 gardencase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 gardendet
7gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing2 builtobl
8..PUNCT_2 builtpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastWea snowmanthe gardenvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowman=Product

Example 8

Two men manned the lifeboat.

nummodnsubjdetobjpunctrootTwoNUMmenNOUNmannedVERBtheDETlifeboatNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 mennummod
2menmanNOUNNumber=Plur3 mannednsubj
3mannedmanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 lifeboatdet
5lifeboatlifeboatNOUNNumber=Sing3 mannedobj
6..PUNCT_3 mannedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1manpastTwo menthe lifeboattree rules

Example 9

The old man fed the ducks every morning.

detamodnsubjdetobjdetobl:unmarkedpunctrootTheDEToldADJmanNOUNfedVERBtheDETducksNOUNeveryDETmorningNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 mandet
2oldoldADJDegree=Pos3 manamod
3manmanNOUNNumber=Sing4 fednsubj
4fedfeedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 ducksdet
6ducksduckNOUNNumber=Plur4 fedobj
7everyeveryDETPronType=Tot8 morningdet
8morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing4 fedobl:unmarked
9..PUNCT_4 fedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedpastthe old manthe ducksmorningvn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Recipient

Example 10

THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA

detamodccdetconjrootTHEDETSHIPWRECKEDVERBMANNOUNANDCCONJTHEDETSEAPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1THEtheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 MANdet
2SHIPWRECKEDshipwreckVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 MANamod
3MANmanNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ANDandCCONJ_6 SEAcc
5THEtheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 SEAdet
6SEASEAPROPNNumber=Sing3 MANconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shipwreckparticiplevn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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