paunch
Who acts: paunch, He, large paunch, hunter, old man · What happens: round, be, have, eat, shoot, pat · To what, where: large rounded belly, large paunch, boar, paunch
«paunch» 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: paunch in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A paunch is a large, rounded belly, often a fat one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 paunch | det |
| 2 | paunch | paunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 belly | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 belly | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 belly | det |
| 5 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 belly | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 large | punct |
| 7 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 belly | amod |
| 8 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 13 one | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 belly | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 belly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a paunch | a large rounded belly and a fat one | tree rules |
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
He had a large paunch from eating so much.
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 | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 paunch | det |
| 4 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 paunch | amod |
| 5 | paunch | paunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 7 eating | mark |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 paunch | acl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 much | advmod |
| 9 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 eating | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | a large paunch | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paunch=Patient | ||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | a large paunch not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The hunter shot the boar right in the paunch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hunter | det |
| 2 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shot | nsubj |
| 3 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boar | det |
| 5 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shot | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 paunch | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 paunch | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 paunch | det |
| 9 | paunch | paunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shot | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | the hunter | the boar | the paunch | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boar=Theme in paunch=Destination |
Example 3
The old man patted his paunch after dinner.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 patted | nsubj |
| 4 | patted | pat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 paunch | nmod:poss |
| 6 | paunch | paunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 patted | obj |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 dinner | case |
| 8 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 patted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 patted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pat | past | the old man | man's paunch | after dinner | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paunch=Experiencer |
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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