mao Who acts: Mao, leader, Party, Máo, small unit, Māo · What happens: mean, rule, start, die, be, make · To what, where: Mao, Republic, start, hair, small unit, one yuan
«mao» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: mao in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.
Mao usually means Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party who ruled the People's Republic of China from its start until his death.
The tree, 25 words nsubj advmod obj flat punct det appos case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl det nmod:poss case obj case nmod case nmod:poss obl case nmod:poss obl punct root Mao NOUN usually ADV means VERB Mao PROPN Zedong PROPN , PUNCT the DET leader NOUN of ADP the DET Communist ADJ Party PROPN who PRON ruled VERB the DET People PROPN 's PART Republic PROPN of ADP China PROPN from ADP its PRON start NOUN until ADP his PRON death NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mao mao NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 2 usually usually ADV _ 3 means advmod 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 3 means obj 5 Zedong Zedong PROPN Number=Sing 4 Mao flat 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 leader punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 leader det 8 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing 4 Mao appos 9 of of ADP _ 12 Party case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 Party det 11 Communist Communist ADJ Degree=Pos 12 Party amod 12 Party Party PROPN Number=Sing 8 leader nmod 13 who who PRON PronType=Rel 14 ruled nsubj 14 ruled rule VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 leader acl:relcl 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 People det 16 People People PROPN Number=Plur 18 Republic nmod:poss 17 's 's PART _ 16 People case 18 Republic Republic PROPN Number=Sing 14 ruled obj 19 of of ADP _ 20 China case 20 China China PROPN Number=Sing 18 Republic nmod 21 from from ADP _ 23 start case 22 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 23 start nmod:poss 23 start start NOUN Number=Sing 14 ruled obl 24 until until ADP _ 26 death case 25 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 26 death nmod:poss 26 death death NOUN Number=Sing 14 ruled obl 27 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Mao Mao usually property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mao=Topic 2 rule past the leader of the Communist Party the People's Republic of China Party's start until Mao's death vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent republic=Result 3 start Party nom start «event transitive»: poss=agent 4 die Mao nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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.
Meaning 2 Usage: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.
«Máo» (毛) means hair, fur or feather, and is also a small unit of Chinese money: ten mao make one yuan.
The tree, 21 words punct nsubj punct punct appos punct obj punct conj cc conj punct cc cop advmod det amod nsubj case amod nmod punct nummod nsubj parataxis nummod obj punct root « PUNCT Máo PROPN » PUNCT ( PUNCT 毛 NOUN ) PUNCT means VERB hair NOUN , PUNCT fur NOUN or CCONJ feather NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ is AUX also ADV a DET small ADJ unit NOUN of ADP Chinese ADJ money NOUN : PUNCT ten NUM mao NOUN make VERB one NUM yuan NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Máo punct 2 Máo Máo PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Máo punct 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 毛 punct 5 毛 毛 NOUN Number=Sing 2 Máo appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 毛 punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 fur punct 10 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 8 hair conj 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 feather cc 12 feather feather NOUN Number=Sing 8 hair conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 19 unit punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 19 unit cc 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 unit cop 16 also also ADV _ 19 unit advmod 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 unit det 18 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 19 unit amod 19 unit unit NOUN Number=Sing 26 make nsubj 20 of of ADP _ 22 money case 21 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 22 money amod 22 money money NOUN Number=Sing 19 unit nmod 23 : : PUNCT _ 25 mao punct 24 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 25 mao nummod 25 mao mao NOUN Number=Sing 26 make nsubj 26 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 means parataxis 27 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 28 yuan nummod 28 yuan yuan NOUN Number=Sing 26 make obj 29 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present Máo hair and fur or feather vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Topic 2 is a present a small unit of Chinese money tree rules 3 make present a small unit one yuan vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset yuan=Product
Meaning 3 Usage: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.
«Māo» (猫) means cat. It sounds like "mow" (rhymes with "cow"). It is not an English word.
Sentence 1: «Māo» (猫) means cat.
punct nsubj punct punct appos punct obj punct root « PUNCT Māo PROPN » PUNCT ( PUNCT 猫 NOUN ) PUNCT means VERB cat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Māo punct 2 Māo Māo PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Māo punct 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 猫 punct 5 猫 猫 NOUN Number=Sing 2 Māo appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 猫 punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present Māo cat vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic
Sentence 2: It sounds like "mow" (rhymes with "cow").
nsubj case punct obl punct punct appos case punct nmod punct punct punct root It PRON sounds VERB like ADP " PUNCT mow NOUN " PUNCT ( PUNCT rhymes NOUN with ADP " PUNCT cow NOUN " PUNCT ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 sounds nsubj 2 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 like like ADP _ 5 mow case 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 mow punct 5 mow mow NOUN Number=Sing 2 sounds obl 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 mow punct 7 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 rhymes punct 8 rhymes rhyme NOUN Number=Plur 5 mow appos 9 with with ADP _ 11 cow case 10 " " PUNCT _ 11 cow punct 11 cow cow NOUN Number=Sing 8 rhymes nmod 12 " " PUNCT _ 8 rhymes punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 rhymes punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 sounds punct
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1 sound present cat like mow vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: It is not an English word.
nsubj cop advmod det amod punct root It PRON is AUX not PART an DET English ADJ word NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 word advmod 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 5 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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1 not is a present cat a English word tree rules
Meaning 4 Mao is also the name of a showy, boastful peacock in Kipling's Jungle Book stories.
The tree, 16 words nsubj cop advmod det case det amod punct amod nmod case nmod:poss case compound compound nmod punct root Mao PROPN is AUX also ADV the DET name NOUN of ADP a DET showy ADJ , PUNCT boastful ADJ peacock NOUN in ADP Kipling PROPN 's PART Jungle PROPN Book PROPN stories NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 5 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 name cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 name advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 name det 5 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 11 peacock case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 peacock det 8 showy showy ADJ Degree=Pos 11 peacock amod 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 showy punct 10 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 11 peacock amod 11 peacock peacock NOUN Number=Sing 5 name nmod 12 in in ADP _ 17 stories case 13 Kipling Kipling PROPN Number=Sing 17 stories nmod:poss 14 's 's PART _ 13 Kipling case 15 Jungle Jungle PROPN Number=Sing 16 Book compound 16 Book Book PROPN Number=Sing 17 stories compound 17 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 11 peacock nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 name punct
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1 is a present Mao the name of a showy boastful peacock in Kipling's Book stories tree rules
Example 1 (a name) Chairman Mao led China for many years.
punct det ccomp punct nsubj flat obj case amod obl punct root ( PUNCT a DET name NOUN ) PUNCT Chairman PROPN Mao PROPN led VERB China PROPN for ADP many ADJ years NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 name punct 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 name det 3 name name NOUN Number=Sing 7 led ccomp 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 name punct 5 Chairman Chairman PROPN Number=Sing 7 led nsubj 6 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 5 Chairman flat 7 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 China China PROPN Number=Sing 7 led obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 years case 10 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 11 years amod 11 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 led obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 led punct
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1 lead past Chairman China year vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Theme
Example 2 (a name) Mao's picture hangs over the gate in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
The tree, 14 words punct det nsubj punct nmod:poss case appos case det obl case compound obl case nmod punct root ( PUNCT a DET name NOUN ) PUNCT Mao PROPN 's PART picture NOUN hangs VERB over ADP the DET gate NOUN in ADP Tiananmen PROPN Square PROPN in ADP Beijing PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 name punct 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 name det 3 name name NOUN Number=Sing 8 hangs nsubj 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 name punct 5 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 7 picture nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Mao case 7 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 3 name appos 8 hangs hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 over over ADP _ 11 gate case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 gate det 11 gate gate NOUN Number=Sing 8 hangs obl 12 in in ADP _ 14 Square case 13 Tiananmen Tiananmen PROPN Number=Sing 14 Square compound 14 Square Square PROPN Number=Sing 8 hangs obl 15 in in ADP _ 16 Beijing case 16 Beijing Beijing PROPN Number=Sing 14 Square nmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 8 hangs punct
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1 hang present a name the gate in Tiananmen Square in Beijing vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over gate=Location
Example 3 (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǔ máo means five mao, half a yuan.
The tree, 10 words punct obl punct appos punct compound nsubj nummod obj punct det:predet det conj punct root ( PUNCT Mandarin PROPN , PUNCT pinyin NOUN ) PUNCT Wǔ PROPN máo NOUN means VERB five NUM mao NOUN , PUNCT half DET a DET yuan NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 2 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN Number=Sing 8 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 4 pinyin pinyin NOUN Number=Sing 2 Mandarin appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 6 Wǔ Wǔ PROPN Number=Sing 7 máo compound 7 máo máo NOUN Number=Sing 8 means nsubj 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 mao nummod 10 mao mao NOUN Number=Sing 8 means obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 yuan punct 12 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 14 yuan det:predet 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 yuan det 14 yuan yuan NOUN Number=Sing 10 mao conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct
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1 mean present Wǔ máo Mandarin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mao=Topic
Example 4 (Mandarin, pinyin) Wǒ yǒu yì zhī māo — I have a cat.
The tree, 11 words punct compound punct appos punct nsubj flat:foreign flat:foreign flat flat punct nsubj det obj punct root ( PUNCT Mandarin PROPN , PUNCT pinyin NOUN ) PUNCT Wǒ PROPN yǒu X yì X zhī X māo X — PUNCT I PRON have VERB a DET cat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 2 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN Number=Sing 6 Wǒ compound 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 4 pinyin pinyin NOUN Number=Sing 2 Mandarin appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 6 Wǒ Wǒ PROPN Number=Sing 13 have nsubj 7 yǒu yǒu X Foreign=Yes 6 Wǒ flat:foreign 8 yì yì X _ 6 Wǒ flat:foreign 9 zhī zhī X _ 8 yì flat 10 māo māo X Foreign=Yes 8 yì flat 11 — - PUNCT _ 13 have punct 12 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 have nsubj 13 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 cat det 15 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 13 have obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 13 have punct
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1 have present Mandarin Wǒ a cat vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient
Example 5 (Mandarin, pinyin) In Chinese, «máo» can mean fur or feathers.
The tree, 10 words punct nsubj punct appos punct case nmod punct punct nsubj punct aux obj cc conj punct root ( PUNCT Mandarin PROPN , PUNCT pinyin NOUN ) PUNCT In ADP Chinese PROPN , PUNCT « PUNCT máo NOUN » PUNCT can AUX mean VERB fur NOUN or CCONJ feathers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 2 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN Number=Sing 13 mean nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 4 pinyin pinyin NOUN Number=Sing 2 Mandarin appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 6 In in ADP _ 7 Chinese case 7 Chinese Chinese PROPN _ 2 Mandarin nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 máo punct 9 « « PUNCT _ 10 máo punct 10 máo máo NOUN Number=Sing 13 mean nsubj 11 » » PUNCT _ 10 máo punct 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 mean aux 13 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 14 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 13 mean obj 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 feathers cc 16 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 14 fur conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 13 mean punct
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1 mean can Mandarin in Chinese fur or feathers vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Topic
Example 6 Historians still argue about Mao's rule.
nsubj advmod case nmod:poss case obl punct root Historians NOUN still ADV argue VERB about ADP Mao PROPN 's PART rule NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Historians historian NOUN Number=Plur 3 argue nsubj 2 still still ADV _ 3 argue advmod 3 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 7 rule case 5 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 7 rule nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Mao case 7 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 3 argue obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 argue punct
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1 argue speech: disagree present Historians still about Mao's rule vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic 2 rule Mao nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 7 He dances like Mao the Peacock.
nsubj case obl det obj punct root He PRON dances VERB like ADP Mao PROPN the DET Peacock NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 dances nsubj 2 dances dance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 like like ADP _ 4 Mao case 4 Mao Mao PROPN Number=Sing 2 dances obl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Peacock det 6 Peacock peacock NOUN Number=Sing 2 dances obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 dances punct
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1 dance present He the Peacock like Mao vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location peacock=Theme
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