orator
Who acts: orator, person, class captain, words · What happens: be, make, stand, speak, stir, word · To what, where: person, speeches, public, fine orator, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here
«orator» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: orator in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An orator is a person who is skilled at making speeches in public.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 orator | det |
| 2 | orator | orator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 skilled | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 skilled | cop |
| 8 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 9 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 10 making | mark |
| 10 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 skilled | advcl |
| 11 | speeches | speech | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 making | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 public | case |
| 13 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 speeches | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a orator | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a person | skilled property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make | gerund | a person not said here | speeches | public | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product |
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.
Example 1
The orator stood on the steps and spoke to the crowd.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 orator | det |
| 2 | orator | orator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 steps | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 steps | det |
| 6 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stood | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spoke | cc |
| 8 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stood | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 crowd | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crowd | det |
| 11 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spoke | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the orator | on the steps | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past | the orator not said here | to the crowd | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to crowd=Co-Agent |
Example 2
Our class captain is a fine orator.
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 | 3 captain | nmod:poss |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 captain | compound |
| 3 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 orator | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 orator | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 orator | det |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 orator | amod |
| 7 | orator | orator | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 orator | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Our class captain | a fine orator | tree rules |
Example 3
The orator's words stirred everyone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 orator | det |
| 2 | orator | orator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 words | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 orator | case |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stirred | nsubj |
| 5 | stirred | stir | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 stirred | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stirred | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stir | past | the orator's words | everyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | word | the orator | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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