nigerien
Who acts: Nigerien family, Nigerien farmers, Nigerien capital, Many Nigeriens, Nigerien desert, We · What happens: do, move, grow, be, speak, have · To what, where: street, millet, dry soil, Niamey, French, camel caravans · Speech: someone speaks here
«nigerien» 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: nigerien in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 do | cc |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Niger | case |
| 6 | Niger | Niger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 country | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 country | det |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Niger | appos |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Africa | case |
| 11 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Africa | compound |
| 12 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 country | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | with Niger | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
A person from Niger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Niger | case |
| 4 | Niger | Niger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
A Nigerien family moved into our street.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 family | det |
| 2 | Nigerien | Nigerien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 family | compound |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 street | case |
| 6 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 street | nmod:poss |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | a Nigerien family | our street | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into street=Trajectory |
Example 2
Nigerien farmers grow millet in dry soil.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigerien | nigerien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 farmers | compound |
| 2 | farmers | farmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | millet | millet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 soil | case |
| 6 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 soil | amod |
| 7 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Nigerien farmers | millet | dry soil | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location millet=Theme |
Example 3
The Nigerien capital is Niamey.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 capital | det |
| 2 | Nigerien | Nigerien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 capital | compound |
| 3 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Niamey | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Niamey | cop |
| 5 | Niamey | Niamey | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Niamey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Nigerien capital | Niamey | tree rules |
Example 4
Many Nigeriens speak French and Hausa.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Nigeriens | amod |
| 2 | Nigeriens | nigerien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 speak | nsubj |
| 3 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 speak | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Hausa | cc |
| 6 | Hausa | Hausa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 French | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 speak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | Many Nigeriens | French and Hausa | tree rules |
Example 5
The Nigerien desert has camel caravans.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 desert | det |
| 2 | Nigerien | Nigerien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 desert | compound |
| 3 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caravans | compound |
| 6 | caravans | caravan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the Nigerien desert | camel caravans | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient |
Example 6
We read about Nigerien schoolchildren in our geography book.
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 read | nsubj |
| 2 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 schoolchildren | case |
| 4 | Nigerien | Nigerien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 schoolchildren | compound |
| 5 | schoolchildren | schoolchild | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 read | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 book | case |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 book | nmod:poss |
| 8 | geography | geography | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 book | compound |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 read | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past | We | our geography book | about Nigerien schoolchildren | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about schoolchild=Topic |
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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