pigeon

Who acts: pigeon, Pigeons, carrier pigeon, Homing pigeons, you, your · What happens: train, fly, use, carry, peck, home · To what, where: pigeon, long distances, messages, message, sea, hundreds

«pigeon» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: pigeon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bird	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	amod
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 brown	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 brown	cc
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 white	cc
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brown	conj
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 brown	punct
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 head	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 head	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 head	amod
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bird	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 body	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 body	det
16	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 body	amod
17	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 head	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 common	punct
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 common	advmod
20	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	parataxis
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 towns	case
22	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 common	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 cities	cc
24	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 towns	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bird	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: homing/carrier pigeon — kept apart, not parsed.

A pigeon trained to fly home over long distances, once used to carry messages.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pigeon	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fly	mark
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trained	xcomp
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 fly	advmod
7	over	over	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 distances	amod
9	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fly	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 used	advmod
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 carry	mark
14	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	advcl
15	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 carry	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pigeon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	train	participle		a pigeon not said here		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	fly	to-infinitive	a pigeon not said here	long distances	home property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	use	participle		a pigeon not said here	once property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	carry	to-infinitive		messages		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Example 1

Pigeons were pecking at crumbs in the square.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pecking	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pecking	aux
3	pecking	peck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 crumbs	case
5	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pecking	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 square	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 square	det
8	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pecking	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pecking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	past · progressive	Pigeons					in the square; at crumbs	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at crumb=Patient

Example 2

A carrier pigeon carried the message across the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pigeon	det
2	carrier	carrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pigeon	compound
3	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obj
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	a carrier pigeon	the message		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Example 3

Homing pigeons can fly home from hundreds of kilometres away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Homing	home	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pigeons	amod
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	aux
4	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 hundreds	case
7	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 kilometres	case
9	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hundreds	nmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	home	gerund							tree rules
2	fly	can	Homing pigeons			hundreds of kilometres		away, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hundred=Trajectory

Example 4

The pigeon cooed on the windowsill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pigeon	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cooed	coo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigeon	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 windowsill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 windowsill	det
6	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pigeon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coo	participle		the pigeon not said here		the windowsill			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Please don't feed the pigeons here.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 feed	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 feed	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 feed	advmod
4	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pigeons	det
6	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feed	obj
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 feed	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feed	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the pigeons		here			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Recipient

Example 6

Put your letters in the teacher's pigeonhole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 letters	nmod:poss
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 pigeonhole	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pigeonhole	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 teacher	case
8	pigeonhole	pigeonhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	your letters	the teacher's pigeonhole	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in pigeonhole=Destination
2	letter		your			nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	pigeonhole		the teacher			nom pigeonhole «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

And close upon them followed three pigeons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 close	cc
2	close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	5 followed	mark
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 followed	nsubj
5	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 close	advcl
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 pigeons	nummod
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 followed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	follow	past	them = they	three pigeons					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigeon/