mastery
Who acts: Mastery, great skill, Two game cocks, winner, Man · What happens: be, do, fight, master, rule, gain · To what, where: complete control, something, great skill, farmyard, mastery, nature
«mastery» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: mastery in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Mastery is complete control or power over something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 control | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 control | cop |
| 3 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 control | amod |
| 4 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 power | cc |
| 6 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 control | conj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 control | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 control | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mastery | complete control or power | something | tree 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
Mastery is great skill at doing something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skill | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 skill | cop |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 skill | amod |
| 4 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 6 doing | mark |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 skill | acl |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 doing | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 skill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mastery | great skill | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | great skill not said here | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
Example 1
Two game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 cocks | nummod |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cocks | compound |
| 3 | cocks | cock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fighting | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fighting | aux |
| 5 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 6 fighting | advmod |
| 6 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 mastery | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mastery | det |
| 9 | mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fighting | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 farmyard | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 farmyard | det |
| 12 | farmyard | farmyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mastery | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fighting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past · progressive | Two game cocks | for the mastery of the farmyard; fiercely property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | master | the farmyard | nom mastery «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
The winner ruled with undisputed mastery.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 winner | det |
| 2 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ruled | nsubj |
| 3 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 mastery | case |
| 5 | undisputed | undisputed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mastery | amod |
| 6 | mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ruled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ruled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | the winner | with undisputed mastery | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Man gains mastery over nature by thinking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gains | nsubj |
| 2 | gains | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gains | obj |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 nature | case |
| 5 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gains | obl |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 7 thinking | mark |
| 7 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 gains | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gain | present | Man | mastery | nature | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mastery=Theme | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | gerund | Man not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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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