papyrus

Who acts: reed, Egyptians, Papyrus, We, word · What happens: grow, make, write, roll up, come, find · To what, where: kind, plant, ancient document, paper, papyrus, River Nile · Speech: someone speaks here

«papyrus» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: papyrus in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plant	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plant	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plant	compound
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 reed	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reed	det
7	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plant	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 grows	nsubj
9	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reed	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 Nile	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Nile	det
12	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Nile	compound
13	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 grows	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	a reed					by the River Nile	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by nile=Location

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

A kind of paper made from this plant by the ancient Egyptians.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 paper	case
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kind	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 plant	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 plant	det
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 Egyptians	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Egyptians	det
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Egyptians	amod
12	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a kind of paper not said here		this plant		by the ancient Egyptians	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from plant=Material

Meaning 3

An ancient document written on this paper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 document	det
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 document	amod
3	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 document	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 paper	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 paper	det
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 document	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle		a ancient document not said here		this paper			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on paper=Destination

Example 1

The Egyptians wrote on papyrus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Egyptians	det
2	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 papyrus	case
5	papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the Egyptians			papyrus			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on papyrus=Destination

Example 2

Papyrus grows along the River Nile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	along	along	ADP	_	6 Nile	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Nile	det
5	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Nile	compound
6	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Papyrus			the River Nile			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along nile=Location

Example 3

We made our own papyrus in class from strips of paper.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 papyrus	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 papyrus	amod
5	papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 strips	case
9	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 paper	case
11	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strips	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	We	our own papyrus		class		from strips of paper	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent papyrus=Product from strip=Material

Example 4

The scroll was rolled-up papyrus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scroll	det
2	scroll	scroll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rolled	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rolled	aux:pass
4	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 rolled	compound:prt
7	papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rolled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll up	past · passive		the scroll				papyrus obl	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent

Example 5

The word «paper» comes from papyrus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	nsubj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 paper	punct
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 word	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 paper	punct
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 papyrus	case
8	papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the word			papyrus			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from papyrus=Initial_Location

Example 6

Old pieces of the Bible were found on papyri.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pieces	amod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 found	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Bible	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Bible	det
5	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 papyri	case
9	papyri	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 found	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		Old pieces of the Bible		papyri			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Example 7

A papyrus, which is supposed to be "of the age of the nineteenth dynasty, about B.C. 1300," has preserved an Egyptian tale about two brothers.

Sentence 1: A papyrus, which is supposed to be "of the age of the nineteenth dynasty, about B.C.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 papyrus	det
2	papyrus	papyrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 supposed	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 supposed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 supposed	aux:pass
6	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 papyrus	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	12 age	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 age	cop
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 age	punct
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 age	det
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supposed	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 dynasty	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dynasty	det
15	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dynasty	amod
16	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 age	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 B.C	punct
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 B.C	case
19	B.C	B.C	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 supposed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 papyrus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppose	present · passive		a papyrus				about B.C	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	is in a quote	to-infinitive					of the age	of the nineteenth dynasty	tree rules

Sentence 2: 1300," has preserved an Egyptian tale about two brothers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	1300	1300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 preserved	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 preserved	punct
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 preserved	aux
5	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 1300	acl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tale	det
7	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tale	amod
8	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preserved	obj
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 two	advmod
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 brothers	nummod
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 preserved	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 1300	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve in a quote	present · perfect		a Egyptian tale				two brothers obl:unmarked	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Beneficiary

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