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pal

Who acts: you, He, We, I, dog, 's · What happens: write, be, come on, let, go, pal up · To what, where: letters, best pal, pals, Australia, faithful pal, pal

«pal» 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: pal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 friend	punct

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

Meaning 2

«Pen pal» or «pen friend»: someone you write letters to, often in another country.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 pal	punct
2	Pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pal	compound
3	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 pal	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 friend	cc
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 friend	punct
7	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friend	compound
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pal	conj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 friend	punct
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 someone	punct
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 pal	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 write	nsubj
13	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 someone	acl:relcl
14	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 write	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	13 write	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 country	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	20 country	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 country	case
19	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	20 country	det
20	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 write	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	you	letters					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Example 1

He's my best pal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pal	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pal	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 pal	amod
5	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	my best pal					tree rules

Example 2

We have been pals since nursery.

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	4 pals	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pals	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 pals	cop
4	pals	pal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	since	since	ADP	_	6 nursery	case
6	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pals	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present · perfect	We	pals			since nursery		tree rules

Example 3

I write letters to my pen pal in Australia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 write	nsubj
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 write	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 pal	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pal	nmod:poss
6	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pal	compound
7	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Australia	case
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	I	letters		Australia		to my pen pal	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in australia=Destination

Example 4

The dog is my faithful pal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pal	cop
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pal	nmod:poss
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pal	amod
6	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the dog	my faithful pal					tree rules

Example 5

Come on, pal, let's go home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Come	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pal	punct
4	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Come	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Come	parataxis
7	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	imperative	you not said here	pal					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive		's					tree rules
3	go	infinitive	's not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The two of them palled up on the first day of camp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 two	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 two	nmod
5	palled	pal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 two	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 palled	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 palled	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 camp	case
12	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 two	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pal up	participle					day		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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