miaow Who acts: miaow, cat, kitten, I · What happens: be, make, miaow, give, say, hear · To what, where: sound, little miaow, cat, door, onomatopoeia, sad miaow · Speech: someone speaks here
«miaow» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: miaow in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A miaow is the sound a cat makes.
det nsubj cop det det nsubj acl:relcl punct root A DET miaow NOUN is AUX the DET sound NOUN a DET cat NOUN makes VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 miaow det 2 miaow miaow NOUN Number=Sing 5 sound nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sound cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sound det 5 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 cat det 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 8 makes nsubj 8 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sound acl:relcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 sound punct
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1 is a present a miaow the sound tree rules 2 make present a cat the sound not said here vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product
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 To miaow is to make that sound.
mark csubj cop mark det obj punct root To PART miaow VERB is AUX to PART make VERB that DET sound NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 miaow mark 2 miaow miaow VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 make csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make cop 4 to to PART _ 5 make mark 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 sound det 7 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 make punct
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1 miaow to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present make property tree rules
Example 1 The kitten gave a little miaow.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET kitten NOUN gave VERB a DET little ADJ miaow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 kitten det 2 kitten kitten NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 miaow det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 miaow amod 6 miaow miaow NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the kitten a little miaow vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miaow=Theme
Example 2 «Miaow!» said the cat at the door.
punct nsubj punct punct det obj case det obl punct root « PUNCT Miaow NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT said VERB the DET cat NOUN at ADP the DET door NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Miaow punct 2 Miaow miaow NOUN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Miaow punct 4 » » PUNCT _ 2 Miaow punct 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cat det 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obj 8 at at ADP _ 10 door case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 door det 10 door door NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Miaow the cat the door vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cat=Topic
Example 3 Our cat miaows when she is hungry.
nmod:poss nsubj mark nsubj cop ccomp punct root Our PRON cat NOUN miaows VERB when SCONJ she PRON is AUX hungry ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cat nmod:poss 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 miaows nsubj 3 miaows miaow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 7 hungry mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hungry nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hungry cop 7 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 miaows ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 miaows punct
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1 miaow present Our cat tree rules 2 is present cat hungry property tree rules
Example 4 The cat miaowed all night.
det nsubj det obl:unmarked punct root The DET cat NOUN miaowed VERB all DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 miaowed nsubj 3 miaowed miaow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 night det 5 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 miaowed obl:unmarked 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 miaowed punct
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1 miaow past the cat night tree rules
Example 5 «Miaow» is an onomatopoeia.
punct nsubj punct cop det punct root « PUNCT Miaow NOUN » PUNCT is AUX an DET onomatopoeia NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Miaow punct 2 Miaow miaow NOUN Number=Sing 6 onomatopoeia nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Miaow punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 onomatopoeia cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 onomatopoeia det 6 onomatopoeia onomatopoeia NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 onomatopoeia punct
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1 is a present Miaow a onomatopoeia tree rules
Example 6 I heard a sad miaow from the tree.
nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root I PRON heard VERB a DET sad ADJ miaow NOUN from ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 heard nsubj 2 heard hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 miaow det 4 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 miaow amod 5 miaow miaow NOUN Number=Sing 2 heard obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 tree case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tree det 8 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 2 heard obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 heard punct
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1 hear past I a sad miaow the tree vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent miaow=Topic from tree=Source
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