narcissus
Who acts: narcissus, youth · What happens: be, shape, fall, bloom, stare · To what, where: spring flower, youth, myth, love, narcissus
«narcissus» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: narcissus in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 narcissus | det |
| 2 | narcissus | narcissus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flower | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flower | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flower | det |
| 5 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flower | compound |
| 6 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 middle | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 middle | det |
| 9 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shaped | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 trumpet | punct |
| 11 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 middle | amod |
| 12 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flower | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 daffodil | punct |
| 14 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 17 daffodil | case |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 such | fixed |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 daffodil | det |
| 17 | daffodil | daffodil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flower | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 flower | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a narcissus | a spring flower and the daffodil | with a shaped middle | tree rules | |||
| 2 | shape | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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
In myth, Narcissus was a youth who fell in love with his own reflection.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 myth | case |
| 2 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 youth | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 myth | punct |
| 4 | Narcissus | Narcissus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 youth | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 youth | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 fell | nsubj |
| 9 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 youth | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 love | case |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fell | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 reflection | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 reflection | amod |
| 15 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fell | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 youth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Narcissus | a youth | myth | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fall | past | a youth | love | with Narcissus's own reflection | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
Example 1
The narcissus bloomed by the pond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 narcissus | det |
| 2 | narcissus | narcissus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | bloomed | bloom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 narcissus | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 pond | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pond | det |
| 6 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bloomed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 narcissus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bloom | participle | the narcissus not said here | by the pond | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pond=Location |
Example 2
Narcissus stared at his reflection in the water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narcissus | Narcissus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stared | nsubj |
| 2 | stared | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 reflection | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 5 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stared | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stared | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | past | Narcissus | in the water; at Narcissus's reflection | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at reflection=Theme |
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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