marionette
Who acts: marionette, first pranks · What happens: be, move, hold, hate, read, dance · To what, where: puppet, doll, strings, chick peas, marionette
«marionette» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: marionette in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A marionette is a puppet, a doll moved by strings held from above.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 marionette | det |
| 2 | marionette | marionette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puppet | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 puppet | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 puppet | det |
| 5 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 doll | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 doll | det |
| 8 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puppet | appos |
| 9 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 doll | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 strings | case |
| 11 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 moved | obl |
| 12 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 strings | acl |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 above | case |
| 14 | above | above | ADV | _ | 12 held | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 puppet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a marionette | a puppet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | move | participle | a doll not said here | by strings | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by string=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | hold | participle | strings not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The marionette had always hated chick-peas.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 marionette | det |
| 2 | marionette | marionette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hated | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hated | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 hated | advmod |
| 5 | hated | hate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | chick | chick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 peas | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 chick | punct |
| 8 | peas | pea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hated | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past · perfect | the marionette | chick peas | always property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pea=Stimulus |
Example 2
The first pranks of the marionette were fun to read about.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pranks | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 pranks | amod |
| 3 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fun | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 marionette | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 marionette | det |
| 6 | marionette | marionette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pranks | nmod |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fun | cop |
| 8 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 read | mark |
| 10 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fun | xcomp |
| 11 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 read | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the first pranks of the marionette | fun property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | the first pranks of the marionette not said here | about property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The marionette danced on its strings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 marionette | det |
| 2 | marionette | marionette | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 marionette | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 strings | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 strings | nmod:poss |
| 6 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 danced | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 marionette | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | participle | the marionette not said here | marionette's strings | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on string=Location |
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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