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night

Who acts: stars, Owls, you, it, side, We · What happens: not see, say, go, sleep, shine, hunt · To what, where: sun, Good night, bright jacket, night animals · Speech: someone speaks here

«night» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: night in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The dark time between evening and morning when the sun cannot be seen.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	obl:unmarked
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 evening	case
5	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 morning	cc
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evening	conj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 seen	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	nsubj:pass
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 seen	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 seen	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can · passive		the sun			time		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

The evening, as a time for events.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 evening	det
2	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evening	appos
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 events	case
8	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 time	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 evening	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"a night at the cinema".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 night	det
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 cinema	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cinema	det
6	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 night	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

"Good night" is said when going to sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 night	amod
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj:pass
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	aux:pass
6	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 going	advmod
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sleep	mark
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 going	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		Good night					tree rules
2	go	gerund							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sleep	to-infinitive							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The stars shine at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stars	det
2	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shine	nsubj
3	shine	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shine	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	present	the stars				night		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Owls hunt at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	nsubj
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Owls				night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Good night, sleep well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 night	amod
2	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sleep	punct
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 sleep	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	imperative	you not said here				night	well property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Last night it rained.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 night	amod
2	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rained	obl:unmarked
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rained	nsubj
4	rained	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	past	it				night		vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Example 5

Our side of the Earth faces away from the Sun at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 side	nmod:poss
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faces	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 side	nmod
6	faces	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 faces	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 Sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 faces	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faces	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 faces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face away	present	Our side of the Earth			the Sun	night	away property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Wear a bright jacket when you walk at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jacket	det
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jacket	amod
4	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wear	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 walk	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 walk	nsubj
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	a bright jacket					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme
2	walk	present	you				night		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

We stayed at Grandma's for two nights.

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 Grandma	case
4	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Grandma	case
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 nights	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 nights	nummod
8	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stayed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	We				night	at Grandma	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at grandma=Location

Example 8

Bats are night animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 animals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animals	cop
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 animals	compound
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 animals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bats	night animals					tree rules

Example 9

That is why there are night-lights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 why	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 why	cop
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 are	expl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 why	advcl:relcl
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lights	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 night	punct
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 are	nsubj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					why property	tree rules

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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