obituary Who acts: someone, newspaper, obituary, She, We · What happens: die, tell, do, print, read, be · To what, where: short notice, obituary, local paper, obituaries, news website, family · Speech: someone speaks here
«obituary» 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: obituary in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A piece of writing in a newspaper or website, after someone has died, telling about their life and what they did.
The tree, 21 words det case nmod case det nmod cc conj punct mark nsubj aux parataxis punct conj case nmod:poss obl cc conj nsubj acl:relcl punct root A DET piece NOUN of ADP writing NOUN in ADP a DET newspaper NOUN or CCONJ website NOUN , PUNCT after SCONJ someone PRON has AUX died VERB , PUNCT telling VERB about ADP their PRON life NOUN and CCONJ what PRON they PRON did VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 piece det 2 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 writing case 4 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 2 piece nmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 newspaper case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 newspaper det 7 newspaper newspaper NOUN Number=Sing 4 writing nmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 website cc 9 website website NOUN Number=Sing 7 newspaper conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 died punct 11 after after SCONJ _ 14 died mark 12 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 14 died nsubj 13 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 died aux 14 died die VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 piece parataxis 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 telling punct 16 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 14 died conj 17 about about ADP _ 19 life case 18 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 life nmod:poss 19 life life NOUN Number=Sing 16 telling obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 what cc 21 what what PRON PronType=Int 16 telling conj 22 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 did nsubj 23 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 21 what acl:relcl 24 . . PUNCT _ 2 piece punct
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1 die present · perfect someone vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 tell speech: assert gerund someone not said here about newspaper's life vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about life=Topic 3 do past newspaper 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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A short notice that someone has died.
det amod mark nsubj aux acl punct root A DET short ADJ notice NOUN that SCONJ someone PRON has AUX died VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 notice det 2 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 3 notice amod 3 notice notice NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 7 died mark 5 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 died nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 died aux 7 died die VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 notice acl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 notice punct
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1 die present · perfect someone a short notice not said here tree rules
Example 1 Grandma's obituary was printed in the local paper.
nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl punct root Grandma NOUN 's PART obituary NOUN was AUX printed VERB in ADP the DET local ADJ paper NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 3 obituary nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grandma case 3 obituary obituary NOUN Number=Sing 5 printed nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 printed aux:pass 5 printed print VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 in in ADP _ 9 paper case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 paper det 8 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 9 paper amod 9 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 5 printed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 printed punct
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1 print past · passive Grandma's obituary the local paper vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in paper=Destination
Example 2 The obituary told about his life as a fisherman.
det nsubj case nmod:poss obl case det obl punct root The DET obituary NOUN told VERB about ADP his PRON life NOUN as ADP a DET fisherman NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 obituary det 2 obituary obituary NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 life case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 life nmod:poss 6 life life NOUN Number=Sing 3 told obl 7 as as ADP _ 9 fisherman case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fisherman det 9 fisherman fisherman NOUN Number=Sing 3 told obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the obituary about obituary's life; as a fisherman vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about life=Topic
Example 3 She read the obituaries every morning.
nsubj det obj det obl:unmarked punct root She PRON read VERB the DET obituaries NOUN every DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 obituaries det 4 obituaries obituary NOUN Number=Plur 2 read obj 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 morning det 6 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past She the obituaries morning vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obituary=Topic
Example 4 The famous singer's obituary was on the news website.
det amod nmod:poss case nsubj cop case det compound punct root The DET famous ADJ singer NOUN 's PART obituary NOUN was AUX on ADP the DET news NOUN website NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 singer det 2 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 3 singer amod 3 singer singer NOUN Number=Sing 5 obituary nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 singer case 5 obituary obituary NOUN Number=Sing 10 website nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 website cop 7 on on ADP _ 10 website case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 website det 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing 10 website compound 10 website website NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 website punct
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1 is past the famous singer's obituary the news website tree rules
Example 5 We wrote an obituary for our class goldfish.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root We PRON wrote VERB an DET obituary NOUN for ADP our PRON class NOUN goldfish 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 wrote nsubj 2 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 obituary det 4 obituary obituary NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrote obj 5 for for ADP _ 8 goldfish case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 class nmod:poss 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 8 goldfish compound 8 goldfish goldfish NOUN Number=Sing 4 obituary nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrote punct
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1 write past We a obituary for class goldfish vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent obituary=Result for goldfish=Beneficiary
Example 6 An obituary usually lists the person's family.
det nsubj advmod det nmod:poss case obj punct root An DET obituary NOUN usually ADV lists VERB the DET person NOUN 's PART family NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 obituary det 2 obituary obituary NOUN Number=Sing 4 lists nsubj 3 usually usually ADV _ 4 lists advmod 4 lists list VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 person det 6 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 family nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 person case 8 family family NOUN Number=Sing 4 lists obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 lists punct
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1 list present a obituary the person's family usually property tree rules
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