metropolis

Who acts: He, boy, London · What happens: have, not be, travel, find, be · To what, where: metropolis, work, busy metropolis

«metropolis» 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: metropolis in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A very large, important city, often the main city of a country.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 city	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 large	advmod
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 city	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 large	punct
5	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 city	amod
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 city	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	11 city	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
10	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 city	amod
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 city	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 country	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 country	det
14	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 city	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 city	punct

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

Example 1

He had never been to the metropolis before.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 metropolis	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 metropolis	cop
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 metropolis	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 metropolis	det
7	metropolis	metropolis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
8	before	before	ADV	_	2 had	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He					before property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is	participle						to the metropolis	tree rules

Example 2

The boy travelled to the metropolis to find work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	nsubj
3	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 metropolis	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 metropolis	det
6	metropolis	metropolis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 travelled	advcl
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 travelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	the boy			the metropolis			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to metropolis=Destination
2	find	to-infinitive	the boy not said here	work					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic

Example 3

London is a busy metropolis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 metropolis	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 metropolis	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 metropolis	det
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 metropolis	amod
5	metropolis	metropolis	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 metropolis	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	London	a busy metropolis					tree rules

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