northern Who acts: Northern, Northern Lights, bright colourful lights, Scotland, We, It · What happens: mean, face, go, be, shine, glow · To what, where: north, bright colourful lights, night sky, northern part, Northern Hemisphere, more · Speech: someone speaks here
«northern» 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: northern in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Northern means in or from the north part of a place.
nsubj advmod cc case det amod conj case det nmod punct root Northern ADJ means VERB in ADV or CCONJ from ADP the DET north ADJ part NOUN of ADP a DET place NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 or or CCONJ _ 8 part cc 5 from from ADP _ 8 part case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 part det 7 north north ADJ Degree=Pos 8 part amod 8 part part NOUN Number=Sing 3 in conj 9 of of ADP _ 11 place case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 place det 11 place place NOUN Number=Sing 8 part nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Northern vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
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Meaning 2 Northern also means facing or going towards the north.
amod advmod ccomp cc conj case det obl punct root Northern ADJ also ADV means VERB facing VERB or CCONJ going VERB towards ADP the DET north NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means amod 2 also also ADV _ 3 means advmod 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 facing face VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means ccomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 going cc 6 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 facing conj 7 towards towards ADP _ 9 north case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 north det 9 north north NOUN Number=Sing 6 going obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 face gerund vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 3 go gerund the north vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards north=Initial_Location
Meaning 3 The Northern Lights are bright, colourful lights that shine across the night sky near the North Pole.
The tree, 17 words det amod nsubj cop amod punct amod nsubj acl:relcl case det compound obl case det compound nmod punct root The DET Northern ADJ Lights PROPN are AUX bright ADJ , PUNCT colourful ADJ lights NOUN that PRON shine VERB across ADP the DET night NOUN sky NOUN near ADP the DET North PROPN Pole PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Lights det 2 Northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Lights amod 3 Lights Light PROPN Number=Plur 8 lights nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 lights cop 5 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 8 lights amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 bright punct 7 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 8 lights amod 8 lights light NOUN Number=Plur root root 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 shine nsubj 10 shine shine VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 lights acl:relcl 11 across across ADP _ 14 sky case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 sky det 13 night night NOUN Number=Sing 14 sky compound 14 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 10 shine obl 15 near near ADP _ 18 Pole case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 Pole det 17 North North PROPN Number=Sing 18 Pole compound 18 Pole Pole PROPN Number=Sing 14 sky nmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 8 lights punct
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1 is a present the Northern Lights bright colourful lights tree rules 2 shine present bright colourful lights the night sky near the North Pole vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Scotland is in the northern part of Great Britain.
nsubj cop case det amod case flat nmod punct root Scotland PROPN is AUX in ADP the DET northern ADJ part NOUN of ADP Great PROPN Britain PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 6 part nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 part cop 3 in in ADP _ 6 part case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 part det 5 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 6 part amod 6 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 Britain case 8 Great Great PROPN Number=Sing 9 Britain flat 9 Britain Britain PROPN Number=Sing 6 part nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 part punct
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1 is present Scotland the northern part of Great Britain tree rules
Example 2 The northern lights glow in the night sky in the far north.
det amod nsubj case det compound obl case det amod obl punct root The DET northern ADJ lights NOUN glow VERB in ADP the DET night NOUN sky NOUN in ADP the DET far ADJ north NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 lights det 2 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 3 lights amod 3 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 4 glow nsubj 4 glow glow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 sky case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sky det 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 8 sky compound 8 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 4 glow obl 9 in in ADP _ 12 north case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 north det 11 far far ADJ Degree=Pos 12 north amod 12 north north NOUN Number=Sing 4 glow obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 glow punct
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1 glow present the northern lights the night sky in the far north vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location
Example 3 We live in the Northern Hemisphere.
nsubj case det amod obl punct root We PRON live VERB in ADP the DET Northern ADJ Hemisphere NOUN . PUNCT 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 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 6 Hemisphere case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Hemisphere det 5 Northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Hemisphere amod 6 Hemisphere hemisphere NOUN Number=Sing 2 live obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 live punct
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1 live present We the Northern Hemisphere vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hemisphere=Location
Example 4 It snows more in northern Canada.
nsubj obj case amod obl punct root It PRON snows VERB more ADJ in ADP northern ADJ Canada PROPN . 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 snows nsubj 2 snows snow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 snows obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 Canada case 5 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Canada amod 6 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 3 more obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 snows punct
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1 snow present It more tree rules
Example 5 Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
flat nsubj cop case det flat nmod punct root Northern PROPN Ireland PROPN is AUX part NOUN of ADP the DET United PROPN Kingdom PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Northern Northern PROPN Number=Sing 2 Ireland flat 2 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 4 part nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 part cop 4 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 Kingdom case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Kingdom det 7 United United PROPN _ 8 Kingdom flat 8 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN Number=Sing 4 part nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 part punct
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1 is a present Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom tree rules
Example 6 The northern side of the house gets less sun in the UK.
det amod nsubj case det nmod amod obj case det nmod punct root The DET northern ADJ side NOUN of ADP the DET house NOUN gets VERB less ADJ sun NOUN in ADP the DET UK PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 side det 2 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 3 side amod 3 side side NOUN Number=Sing 7 gets nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 6 house case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 house det 6 house house NOUN Number=Sing 3 side nmod 7 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 sun amod 9 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 7 gets obj 10 in in ADP _ 12 UK case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 UK det 12 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 9 sun nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 gets punct
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1 get present the northern side of the house less sun the UK vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus
Example 7 Birds fly south to escape the northern winter.
nsubj advmod mark advcl det amod obj punct root Birds NOUN fly VERB south ADV to PART escape VERB the DET northern ADJ winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 2 fly nsubj 2 fly fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 south south ADV _ 2 fly advmod 4 to to PART _ 5 escape mark 5 escape escape VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 fly advcl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 winter det 7 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 8 winter amod 8 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 5 escape obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 fly punct
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1 fly present Birds south property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 escape to-infinitive Birds not said here winter vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 Darwin is in northern Australia, where it is hot.
nsubj cop case amod punct advmod nsubj cop conj punct root Darwin PROPN is AUX in ADP northern ADJ Australia PROPN , PUNCT where ADV it PRON is AUX hot ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Darwin Darwin PROPN Number=Sing 5 Australia nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Australia cop 3 in in ADP _ 5 Australia case 4 northern northern ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Australia amod 5 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 hot punct 7 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 hot advmod 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hot nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 hot cop 10 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Australia conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 Australia punct
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1 is present Darwin northern Australia tree rules 2 is present it hot property tree rules
Example 9 The crown-shaped Northern Light burned fiercely in the sky.
det compound punct amod amod nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET crown NOUN - PUNCT shaped VERB Northern ADJ Light PROPN burned VERB fiercely ADV in ADP the DET sky NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Light det 2 crown crown NOUN Number=Sing 4 shaped compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 crown punct 4 shaped shape VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 Light amod 5 Northern Northern ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Light amod 6 Light Light PROPN Number=Sing 7 burned nsubj 7 burned burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 fiercely fiercely ADV _ 7 burned advmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 sky case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sky det 11 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 7 burned obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 burned punct
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1 shape participle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 2 burn past the shaped Northern Light the sky fiercely property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location
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