negro Who acts: Negro, word, It, Martin, old American, we · What happens: be, use, consider, not use, describe, appear · To what, where: word, English, descent, people, old names, speeches · Speech: someone speaks here
«negro» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: negro in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: outdated, now offensive — kept apart, not parsed.
«Negro» was a word once used in English for a Black person, especially a person of African descent; today it is considered offensive and is not used to describe people.
The tree, 30 words punct nsubj punct cop det advmod acl case obl case det amod obl punct advmod det appos case amod nmod punct obl:unmarked nsubj:pass aux:pass acl xcomp cc aux:pass advmod conj mark xcomp obj punct root « PUNCT Negro PROPN » PUNCT was AUX a DET word NOUN once ADV used VERB in ADP English PROPN for ADP a DET Black ADJ person NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV a DET person NOUN of ADP African ADJ descent NOUN ; PUNCT today NOUN it PRON is AUX considered VERB offensive ADJ and CCONJ is AUX not PART used VERB to PART describe VERB people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Negro punct 2 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 6 word nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Negro punct 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 8 used advmod 8 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 word acl 9 in in ADP _ 10 English case 10 English English PROPN Number=Sing 8 used obl 11 for for ADP _ 14 person case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 person det 13 Black black ADJ Degree=Pos 14 person amod 14 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 used obl 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 person punct 16 especially especially ADV _ 18 person advmod 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 person det 18 person person NOUN Number=Sing 14 person appos 19 of of ADP _ 21 descent case 20 African African ADJ Degree=Pos 21 descent amod 21 descent descent NOUN Number=Sing 18 person nmod 22 ; ; PUNCT _ 26 considered punct 23 today today NOUN Number=Sing 26 considered obl:unmarked 24 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 26 considered nsubj:pass 25 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 26 considered aux:pass 26 considered consider VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 word acl 27 offensive offensive ADJ Degree=Pos 26 considered xcomp 28 and and CCONJ _ 31 used cc 29 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 31 used aux:pass 30 not not PART Polarity=Neg 31 used advmod 31 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 26 considered conj 32 to to PART _ 33 describe mark 33 describe describe VERB VerbForm=Inf 31 used xcomp 34 people people NOUN Number=Plur 33 describe obj 35 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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1 is a past Negro a word tree rules 2 use participle a word not said here English for a Black person; once property vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 consider present · passive a word not said here descent today offensive property vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute 4 not use present · passive a word not said here vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Eventuality 5 describe to-infinitive a word not said here people vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent people=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.
Meaning 2 Usage: historical — kept apart, not parsed.
It appears in old names and documents, for example the «Negro Leagues» in American baseball, «Negro spirituals», and in speeches by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who used the word because it was normal in his time.
The tree, 37 words nsubj case amod obl cc conj punct case obl det punct compound appos punct case amod nmod punct punct amod appos punct punct cc case obl case nmod:desc nmod compound nmod:desc nmod:desc punct nsubj parataxis det obj mark nsubj cop advcl case nmod:poss obl punct root It PRON appears VERB in ADP old ADJ names NOUN and CCONJ documents NOUN , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN the DET « PUNCT Negro PROPN Leagues PROPN » PUNCT in ADP American ADJ baseball NOUN , PUNCT « PUNCT Negro ADJ spirituals NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT and CCONJ in ADP speeches NOUN by ADP Dr PROPN Martin PROPN Luther PROPN King PROPN Jr PROPN , PUNCT who PRON used VERB the DET word NOUN because SCONJ it PRON was AUX normal ADJ in ADP his PRON time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 appears nsubj 2 appears appear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 names case 4 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 5 names amod 5 names name NOUN Number=Plur 2 appears obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 documents cc 7 documents document NOUN Number=Plur 5 names conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 example punct 9 for for ADP _ 10 example case 10 example example NOUN Number=Sing 2 appears obl 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 Leagues det 12 « « PUNCT _ 14 Leagues punct 13 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 14 Leagues compound 14 Leagues League PROPN Number=Plur 10 example appos 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 Leagues punct 16 in in ADP _ 18 baseball case 17 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 18 baseball amod 18 baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 14 Leagues nmod 19 , , PUNCT _ 22 spirituals punct 20 « « PUNCT _ 22 spirituals punct 21 Negro negro ADJ Degree=Pos 22 spirituals amod 22 spirituals spiritual NOUN Number=Plur 14 Leagues appos 23 » » PUNCT _ 22 spirituals punct 24 , , PUNCT _ 36 used punct 25 and and CCONJ _ 36 used cc 26 in in ADP _ 27 speeches case 27 speeches speech NOUN Number=Plur 36 used obl 28 by by ADP _ 30 Martin case 29 Dr Dr PROPN Number=Sing 30 Martin nmod:desc 30 Martin Martin PROPN Number=Sing 27 speeches nmod 31 Luther Luther PROPN Number=Sing 32 King compound 32 King King PROPN Number=Sing 33 Jr nmod:desc 33 Jr Jr. PROPN Number=Sing 30 Martin nmod:desc 34 , , PUNCT _ 36 used punct 35 who who PRON PronType=Rel 36 used nsubj 36 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 appears parataxis 37 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 38 word det 38 word word NOUN Number=Sing 36 used obj 39 because because SCONJ _ 42 normal mark 40 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 42 normal nsubj 41 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 42 normal cop 42 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos 36 used advcl 43 in in ADP _ 45 time case 44 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 45 time nmod:poss 45 time time NOUN Number=Sing 42 normal obl 46 . . PUNCT _ 2 appears punct
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1 appear present It old names and documents for example vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in name=Location 2 use past the word speeches by Martin Dr Jr Luther King vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient 3 is past word time normal property tree rules 4 speak Martin Dr Jr Luther King nom speech «communication transitive»: by=agent
Meaning 3 Usage: Spanish, Portuguese — kept apart, not parsed.
«Negro» means «black» in Spanish and Portuguese; it is in place names such as the Rio Negro («Black River») in South America.
The tree, 22 words punct nsubj punct punct obj punct case obl cc conj punct nsubj cop case compound parataxis case fixed det compound nmod punct punct compound appos punct punct case compound nmod punct root « PUNCT Negro NOUN » PUNCT means VERB « PUNCT black ADJ » PUNCT in ADP Spanish PROPN and CCONJ Portuguese PROPN ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX in ADP place NOUN names NOUN such ADJ as ADP the DET Rio PROPN Negro PROPN ( PUNCT « PUNCT Black PROPN River PROPN » PUNCT ) PUNCT in ADP South PROPN America PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Negro punct 2 Negro negro NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Negro punct 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 « « PUNCT _ 6 black punct 6 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 black punct 8 in in ADP _ 9 Spanish case 9 Spanish Spanish PROPN Number=Sing 4 means obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 Portuguese cc 11 Portuguese Portuguese PROPN Number=Sing 9 Spanish conj 12 ; ; PUNCT _ 17 names punct 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 names nsubj 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 names cop 15 in in ADP _ 17 names case 16 place place NOUN Number=Sing 17 names compound 17 names name NOUN Number=Plur 4 means parataxis 18 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 22 Negro case 19 as as ADP _ 18 such fixed 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 Negro det 21 Rio Rio PROPN Number=Sing 22 Negro compound 22 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 17 names nmod 23 ( ( PUNCT _ 26 River punct 24 « « PUNCT _ 26 River punct 25 Black Black PROPN Number=Sing 26 River compound 26 River River PROPN Number=Sing 22 Negro appos 27 » » PUNCT _ 26 River punct 28 ) ) PUNCT _ 26 River punct 29 in in ADP _ 31 America case 30 South South PROPN Number=Sing 31 America compound 31 America America PROPN Number=Sing 22 Negro nmod 32 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 mean present Negro black in Spanish and Portuguese vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot black=Theme in spanish=Attribute 2 is present Negro place names such the Rio Negro in South America tree rules
Example 1 In old American documents the word «Negro» was used for Black people; today we say «Black».
The tree, 16 words mark amod nsubj advcl det obj punct appos punct aux:pass case amod obl punct obl:unmarked nsubj conj punct obj punct punct root In SCONJ old ADJ American ADJ documents VERB the DET word NOUN « PUNCT Negro PROPN » PUNCT was AUX used VERB for ADP Black ADJ people NOUN ; PUNCT today NOUN we PRON say VERB « PUNCT Black PROPN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in SCONJ _ 4 documents mark 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 American amod 3 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 4 documents nsubj 4 documents document VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 used advcl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 word det 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 documents obj 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 Negro punct 8 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 6 word appos 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 Negro punct 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 used aux:pass 11 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 12 for for ADP _ 14 people case 13 Black black ADJ Degree=Pos 14 people amod 14 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 used obl 15 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 say punct 16 today today NOUN Number=Sing 18 say obl:unmarked 17 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 18 say nsubj 18 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 used conj 19 « « PUNCT _ 20 Black punct 20 Black Black PROPN Number=Sing 18 say obj 21 » » PUNCT _ 20 Black punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 11 used punct
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1 document present old American the word vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme 2 use past · passive for Black people vn eat-39.1 «NP V» 3 say speech: assert present we Black today vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent black=Topic
Example 2 Jackie Robinson played in the Negro Leagues before joining Major League Baseball.
nsubj flat case det compound obl mark advcl compound compound obj punct root Jackie PROPN Robinson PROPN played VERB in ADP the DET Negro PROPN Leagues NOUN before SCONJ joining VERB Major PROPN League PROPN Baseball PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jackie Jackie PROPN Number=Sing 3 played nsubj 2 Robinson Robinson PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jackie flat 3 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 7 Leagues case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Leagues det 6 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 7 Leagues compound 7 Leagues league NOUN Number=Plur 3 played obl 8 before before SCONJ _ 9 joining mark 9 joining join VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 played advcl 10 Major Major PROPN Number=Sing 11 League compound 11 League League PROPN Number=Sing 12 Baseball compound 12 Baseball Baseball PROPN Number=Sing 9 joining obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 played punct
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1 play past Jackie in the Negro Leagues vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 join gerund Jackie not said here League Baseball vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baseball=Patient
Example 3 «Swing Low, Sweet Chariot» is one of the old songs once called Negro spirituals.
The tree, 14 words punct nsubj amod punct amod obj punct cop case det amod nmod advmod acl:relcl amod obj punct root « PUNCT Swing VERB Low ADJ , PUNCT Sweet ADJ Chariot NOUN » PUNCT is AUX one NUM of ADP the DET old ADJ songs NOUN once ADV called VERB Negro ADJ spirituals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Swing punct 2 Swing swing VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 9 one nsubj 3 Low low ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Chariot amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 Low punct 5 Sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Chariot amod 6 Chariot chariot NOUN Number=Sing 2 Swing obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 2 Swing punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 one cop 9 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 10 of of ADP _ 13 songs case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 songs det 12 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 13 songs amod 13 songs song NOUN Number=Plur 9 one nmod 14 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 15 called advmod 15 called call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 songs acl:relcl 16 Negro negro ADJ Degree=Pos 17 spirituals amod 17 spirituals spiritual NOUN Number=Plur 15 called obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 9 one punct
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1 swing in a quote infinitive Low Sweet Chariot vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chariot=Theme 2 is a present one of the old songs tree rules 3 call speech: assert past Negro spirituals the old songs not said here once property vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Recipient
Example 4 Martin Luther King Jr used words of his time in his speeches.
nsubj flat nmod:desc nmod:desc obj case nmod:poss nmod case nmod:poss nmod punct root Martin PROPN Luther PROPN King PROPN Jr PROPN used VERB words NOUN of ADP his PRON time NOUN in ADP his PRON speeches NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Martin Martin PROPN Number=Sing 5 used nsubj 2 Luther Luther PROPN Number=Sing 1 Martin flat 3 King King PROPN Number=Sing 4 Jr nmod:desc 4 Jr Jr. PROPN Number=Sing 1 Martin nmod:desc 5 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 words word NOUN Number=Plur 5 used obj 7 of of ADP _ 9 time case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 time nmod:poss 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 words nmod 10 in in ADP _ 12 speeches case 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 speeches nmod:poss 12 speeches speech NOUN Number=Plur 9 time nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 used punct
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1 use past Martin Jr King words of Martin's time in Martin's speeches vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient 2 word Martin's time in Martin's speeches nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient 3 speak Martin nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 The Rio Negro is a huge black-water river in the Amazon.
det compound nsubj cop det amod amod punct compound case det nmod punct root The DET Rio PROPN Negro PROPN is AUX a DET huge ADJ black ADJ - PUNCT water NOUN river NOUN in ADP the DET Amazon PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Negro det 2 Rio Rio PROPN Number=Sing 3 Negro compound 3 Negro Negro PROPN Number=Sing 10 river nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 river cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 river det 6 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 10 river amod 7 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 9 water amod 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 black punct 9 water water NOUN Number=Sing 10 river compound 10 river river NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 in in ADP _ 13 Amazon case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 Amazon det 13 Amazon Amazon PROPN Number=Sing 10 river nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 river punct
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1 is a present the Rio Negro a huge water river the Amazon tree rules
Example 6 In Spanish, «negro» simply means the colour black.
case obl punct punct nsubj punct advmod det obj amod punct root In ADP Spanish PROPN , PUNCT « PUNCT negro NOUN » PUNCT simply ADV means VERB the DET colour NOUN black ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Spanish case 2 Spanish Spanish PROPN Number=Sing 8 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 negro punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 negro punct 5 negro negro NOUN Number=Sing 8 means nsubj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 negro punct 7 simply simply ADV _ 8 means advmod 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 colour det 10 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 8 means obj 11 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 10 colour amod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct
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1 mean present negro the colour in Spanish; simply property vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme in spanish=Attribute
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