myriad

Who acts: myriad, anyone, myriads, gnats · What happens: be, count, mean, dance, glow, fill · To what, where: great number, many, lake, palace, sky

«myriad» 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: myriad in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myriad	det
2	myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 number	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 great	advmod
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 more	punct
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 number	parataxis
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	14 count	mark
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 count	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 count	aux
14	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 more	advcl
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 myriad	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 myriad	det
17	myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	appos
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 stars	case
19	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 myriad	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a myriad	a great number					tree rules
2	count	could	anyone						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

«Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Myriad	punct
2	Myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Myriad	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	countless	countless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 many	punct
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 many	advmod
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	obj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 lights	punct
12	myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lights	compound
13	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 many	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Myriad	many and myriad lights				countless property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic

Example 1

There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	myriads	myriad	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gnats	case
5	gnats	gnat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 myriads	nmod
6	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gnats	acl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dancing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	myriads of gnats			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dance	gerund	gnats not said here			the lake			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lake=Location

Example 2

The palace glowed with myriad lights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 palace	det
2	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	glowed	glow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 palace	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lights	case
5	myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lights	compound
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 glowed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 palace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	participle		the palace not said here				with myriad lights	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme

Example 3

A myriad of stars filled the sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myriad	det
2	myriad	myriad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 stars	case
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 myriad	nmod
5	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	a myriad of stars	the sky					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sky=Patient

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