phoenician Who acts: Phoenician alphabet, Greek, Phoenicians, alphabet, Phoenician traders, Carthage · What happens: belong, be, come, sail, sell, become · To what, where: ancient land, Phoenicia, coast, Lebanon, one, alphabet
«phoenician» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: phoenician in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Belonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about 1500–300 BC.
The tree, 27 words case obl punct det amod obl case compound nmod punct case appos punct conj cc conj punct case det obl case nmod cop advmod acl:relcl punct advmod appos case nmod nmod:unmarked punct root Belonging VERB to ADP Phoenicia PROPN , PUNCT an DET ancient ADJ land NOUN of ADP trading NOUN cities NOUN ( PUNCT like ADP Tyre PROPN , PUNCT Sidon PROPN and CCONJ Byblos PROPN ) PUNCT on ADP the DET coast NOUN of ADP what PRON is AUX now ADV Lebanon PROPN , PUNCT about ADV 1500 NUM – SYM 300 NUM BC PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Belonging belong VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to ADP _ 3 Phoenicia case 3 Phoenicia Phoenicia PROPN Number=Sing 1 Belonging obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 land punct 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 land det 6 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 7 land amod 7 land land NOUN Number=Sing 1 Belonging obl 8 of of ADP _ 10 cities case 9 trading trading NOUN Number=Sing 10 cities compound 10 cities city NOUN Number=Plur 7 land nmod 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 13 Tyre punct 12 like like ADP _ 13 Tyre case 13 Tyre Tyre PROPN Number=Sing 10 cities appos 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 Sidon punct 15 Sidon Sidon PROPN Number=Sing 13 Tyre conj 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 Byblos cc 17 Byblos Byblos PROPN Number=Sing 13 Tyre conj 18 ) ) PUNCT _ 13 Tyre punct 19 on on ADP _ 21 coast case 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 21 coast det 21 coast coast NOUN Number=Sing 1 Belonging obl 22 of of ADP _ 23 what case 23 what what PRON PronType=Rel 21 coast nmod 24 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 26 Lebanon cop 25 now now ADV PronType=Dem 26 Lebanon advmod 26 Lebanon Lebanon PROPN Number=Sing 23 what acl:relcl 27 , , PUNCT _ 29 1500 punct 28 about about ADV _ 29 1500 advmod 29 1500 1500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 26 Lebanon appos 30 – – SYM ExtPos=ADP 31 300 case 31 300 300 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 29 1500 nmod 32 BC BC PROPN Number=Sing 29 1500 nmod:unmarked 33 . . PUNCT _ 1 Belonging punct
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1 belong gerund a ancient land of trading cities Phoenicia the coast vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme 2 is a present Lebanon now 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.
Meaning 2 A person from Phoenicia.
det case nmod punct root A DET person NOUN from ADP Phoenicia PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 from from ADP _ 4 Phoenicia case 4 Phoenicia Phoenicia PROPN Number=Sing 2 person nmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3 The Phoenician alphabet was one of the first alphabets, with letters for sounds; Greek, Latin and our ABC came from it.
The tree, 21 words det amod nsubj cop case det amod nmod punct case conj case nmod punct nsubj punct conj cc nmod:poss conj conj case obl punct root The DET Phoenician ADJ alphabet NOUN was AUX one NUM of ADP the DET first ADJ alphabets NOUN , PUNCT with ADP letters NOUN for ADP sounds NOUN ; PUNCT Greek PROPN , PUNCT Latin PROPN and CCONJ our PRON ABC NOUN came VERB from ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 alphabet det 2 Phoenician phoenician ADJ Degree=Pos 3 alphabet amod 3 alphabet alphabet NOUN Number=Sing 5 one nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 one cop 5 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 alphabets case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 alphabets det 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 alphabets amod 9 alphabets alphabet NOUN Number=Plur 5 one nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 letters punct 11 with with ADP _ 12 letters case 12 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 9 alphabets conj 13 for for ADP _ 14 sounds case 14 sounds sound NOUN Number=Plur 12 letters nmod 15 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 came punct 16 Greek Greek PROPN Number=Sing 22 came nsubj 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 Latin punct 18 Latin Latin PROPN Number=Sing 16 Greek conj 19 and and CCONJ _ 21 ABC cc 20 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 21 ABC nmod:poss 21 ABC abc NOUN Number=Sing 16 Greek conj 22 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 one conj 23 from from ADP _ 24 it case 24 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 came obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 5 one punct
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1 is a past the Phoenician alphabet one of the first alphabets and letters for sounds tree rules 2 come past Greek and Latin and our ABC alphabet vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial_Location
Example 1 The Phoenicians sailed all over the Mediterranean.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET Phoenicians PROPN sailed VERB all ADV over ADP the DET Mediterranean PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Phoenicians det 2 Phoenicians Phoenician PROPN Number=Plur 3 sailed nsubj 3 sailed sail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 all all ADV _ 3 sailed advmod 5 over over ADP _ 7 Mediterranean case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Mediterranean det 7 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN Number=Sing 3 sailed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 sailed punct
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1 sail past the Phoenicians the Mediterranean all property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over mediterranean=Trajectory
Example 2 Our alphabet comes from the Phoenician alphabet.
nmod:poss nsubj case det amod obl punct root Our PRON alphabet NOUN comes VERB from ADP the DET Phoenician ADJ alphabet NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 alphabet nmod:poss 2 alphabet alphabet NOUN Number=Sing 3 comes nsubj 3 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 7 alphabet case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 alphabet det 6 Phoenician phoenician ADJ Degree=Pos 7 alphabet amod 7 alphabet alphabet NOUN Number=Sing 3 comes obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 comes punct
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1 come present Our alphabet the Phoenician alphabet vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from alphabet=Initial_Location
Example 3 Phoenician traders sold purple dye and cedar wood.
amod nsubj amod obj cc compound conj punct root Phoenician ADJ traders NOUN sold VERB purple ADJ dye NOUN and CCONJ cedar NOUN wood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Phoenician phoenician ADJ Degree=Pos 2 traders amod 2 traders trader NOUN Number=Plur 3 sold nsubj 3 sold sell VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 purple purple ADJ Degree=Pos 5 dye amod 5 dye dye NOUN Number=Sing 3 sold obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 wood cc 7 cedar cedar NOUN Number=Sing 8 wood compound 8 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 5 dye conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sold punct
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1 sell past Phoenician traders purple dye and cedar wood vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dye=Theme
Example 4 Carthage was a Phoenician city in North Africa.
nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod punct root Carthage NOUN was AUX a DET Phoenician ADJ city NOUN in ADP North PROPN Africa PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Carthage carthage NOUN Number=Sing 5 city nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 city cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 city det 4 Phoenician phoenician ADJ Degree=Pos 5 city amod 5 city city NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 Africa case 7 North North PROPN Number=Sing 8 Africa compound 8 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 5 city nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 city punct
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1 is a past Carthage a Phoenician city North Africa tree rules
Example 5 The Phoenician letter aleph became the Greek alpha and our A.
det amod compound nsubj det amod xcomp cc nmod:poss conj root The DET Phoenician ADJ letter NOUN aleph NOUN became VERB the DET Greek ADJ alpha NOUN and CCONJ our PRON A. PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 aleph det 2 Phoenician phoenician ADJ Degree=Pos 4 aleph amod 3 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 4 aleph compound 4 aleph aleph NOUN Number=Sing 5 became nsubj 5 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 alpha det 7 Greek Greek ADJ Degree=Pos 8 alpha amod 8 alpha alpha NOUN Number=Sing 5 became xcomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 A. cc 10 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 A. nmod:poss 11 A. A. PROPN Number=Sing 8 alpha conj
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1 become past the Phoenician letter aleph the Greek alpha and our A. vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 6 Tyre was a rich Phoenician port.
nsubj cop det amod compound punct root Tyre NOUN was AUX a DET rich ADJ Phoenician NOUN port NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tyre tyre NOUN Number=Sing 6 port nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 port cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 port det 4 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 6 port amod 5 Phoenician phoenician NOUN Number=Sing 6 port compound 6 port port NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 port punct
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1 is a past Tyre a rich Phoenician port tree rules
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