natal

Who acts: Salmon, Turtles, neonatal unit, Mum, Natal Day, Durban · What happens: do, bear, name, swim back, lay, return · To what, where: natal home, province, natal river, eggs, prenatal classes, sister

«natal» 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: natal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal, science — kept apart, not parsed.

To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	SCONJ	_	5 born	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 born	aux:pass
5	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 do	advcl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 time	cc
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 born	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 birth	case
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	nmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 day	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 day	punct
14	natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl:unmarked
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 day	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 home	punct
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 home	punct
19	natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 home	amod
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 home	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive		natal home			day		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bear	gerund · passive							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

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

Natal: the old name of a province of South Africa (now KwaZulu-Natal), and a city in Brazil (a name).

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Natal	natal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 name	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Natal	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 province	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 province	det
8	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
10	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Africa	compound
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 province	nmod
12	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 KwaZulu	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 KwaZulu	advmod
14	KwaZulu	KwaZulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Africa	appos
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 Natal	punct
16	Natal	Natal	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 KwaZulu	appos
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 KwaZulu	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 city	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 city	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 city	det
21	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Natal	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Brazil	case
23	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 city	nmod
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	26 name	punct
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 name	det
26	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Brazil	appos
27	)	)	PUNCT	_	26 name	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Natal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			a province of South Africa					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

Salmon swim back to their natal river to lay their eggs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	nsubj
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 swim	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 river	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 river	nmod:poss
6	natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 river	amod
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lay	mark
9	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swim	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eggs	nmod:poss
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lay	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim back	present	Salmon			Salmon's natal river			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to river=Destination
2	lay	to-infinitive	Salmon not said here	Salmon's eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Example 2

Turtles return to their natal beach years later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 return	nsubj
2	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 years	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 years	nmod:poss
5	natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 years	amod
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	compound
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 return	obl
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 return	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 return	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	Turtles				year	late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

A neonatal unit looks after newborn babies in hospital.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unit	det
2	neonatal	neonatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unit	amod
3	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 babies	case
6	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 babies	amod
7	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looks	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 hospital	case
9	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 babies	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a neonatal unit				after newborn babies in hospital		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Mum went to prenatal classes before my sister was born.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 classes	case
4	prenatal	prenatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 classes	amod
5	classes	class	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	obl
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 born	mark
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sister	nmod:poss
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 born	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 born	aux:pass
10	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Mum			prenatal classes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to class=Initial_Location
2	bear	past · passive		my sister					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 5

Natal Day is a holiday in some places, celebrating the founding of the town.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Day	amod
2	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 holiday	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 holiday	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 holiday	det
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 places	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 places	det
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 holiday	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 celebrating	punct
10	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 holiday	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 founding	det
12	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 celebrating	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 town	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 town	det
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 founding	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 holiday	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Natal Day	a holiday	some places	tree rules
2	celebrate	gerund	Natal Day not said here	the founding of the town		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent founding=Theme
3	found			the town		nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Durban	Durban	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 city	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 city	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 city	det
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 KwaZulu	case
6	KwaZulu	KwaZulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 city	nmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Natal	punct
8	Natal	Natal	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 KwaZulu	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 city	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Durban	a city		KwaZulu and Natal			tree rules

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