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mosquito

Who acts: mosquito, females, Mosquito bites, you, We, Mosquitoes · What happens: fly, be, bite, suck, put, keep away · To what, where: small flying insect, people, blood, me, arm, insect repellent

«mosquito» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 9 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: mosquito in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A mosquito is a small flying insect with long legs; the females bite people and animals and suck their blood.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mosquito	det
2	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insect	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 insect	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 insect	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 insect	amod
6	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 insect	amod
7	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 insect	nmod
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 bite	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 females	det
13	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bite	nsubj
14	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 insect	parataxis
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bite	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 animals	cc
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 people	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 suck	cc
19	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bite	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 blood	nmod:poss
21	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 suck	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 insect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a mosquito	a small flying insect				with long legs	tree rules
3	bite	present	the females	people and animals					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
4	suck	present	the females not said here	females's blood					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=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

A mosquito bit me on the arm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mosquito	det
2	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 bit	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 arm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 arm	det
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	a mosquito	me		the arm			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Patient on arm=Location

Example 2

Mosquito bites are very itchy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bites	compound
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 itchy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 itchy	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 itchy	advmod
5	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 itchy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mosquito bites					itchy property	tree rules

Example 3

Put on insect repellent to keep mosquitoes away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 repellent	case
3	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repellent	compound
4	repellent	repellent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
7	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 keep	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here			insect repellent			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on repellent=Destination
2	keep away	to-infinitive	you not said here	mosquitoes				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mosquito=Theme

Example 4

We slept under a mosquito net.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	6 net	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 net	det
5	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 net	compound
6	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	We			a mosquito net			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in still water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eggs	nmod:poss
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 water	advmod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	Mosquitoes	Mosquitoes's eggs		water			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in water=Destination

Example 6

Empty the old paddling pool so mosquitoes can't breed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Empty	empty	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pool	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
4	paddling	paddling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pool	compound
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Empty	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 breed	advmod
7	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 breed	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 breed	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 breed	advmod
10	breed	breed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Empty	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Empty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	imperative	you not said here	the old paddling pool					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pool=Source
2	not breed	can	mosquitoes						tree rules

Example 7

Only female mosquitoes bite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 mosquitoes	advmod
2	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mosquitoes	amod
3	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	nsubj
4	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	female mosquitoes						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 8

In some countries mosquitoes carry malaria.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 countries	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 countries	det
3	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obl
4	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	nsubj
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	malaria	malaria	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	mosquitoes	malaria		some countries			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent malaria=Value in country=Location

Example 9

A queer sound could be heard, soft as a little bell, and faint and muffled like the buzz of a far-away mosquito.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sound	det
2	queer	queer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sound	amod
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	nsubj:pass
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 heard	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 heard	aux:pass
6	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 soft	punct
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heard	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 bell	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bell	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bell	amod
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soft	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 faint	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 faint	cc
15	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heard	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 muffled	cc
17	muffled	muffle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 faint	conj
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 buzz	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 buzz	det
20	buzz	buzz	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 muffled	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	26 mosquito	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 mosquito	det
23	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 away	advmod
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 far	punct
25	away	away	ADV	_	26 mosquito	advmod
26	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 buzz	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	could · passive		a queer sound					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	muffle	participle						like the buzz of a mosquito	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	buzz		a mosquito						nom buzz «event intransitive»: of=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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