playwright Who acts: playwright, person, Shakespeare, class, actors, young playwright · What happens: be, write, become, watch, say, win · To what, where: person, plays, famous English playwright, playwrights, short plays, first show · Speech: someone speaks here
«playwright» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: playwright in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A playwright is a person who writes plays for the theatre.
det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj case det obl punct root A DET playwright NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON writes VERB plays NOUN for ADP the DET theatre NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 playwright det 2 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 writes nsubj 7 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 plays play NOUN Number=Plur 7 writes obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 theatre case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 theatre det 11 theatre theatre NOUN Number=Sing 7 writes obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a playwright a person tree rules 2 write present a person plays for the theatre vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent play=Result for theatre=Beneficiary
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 Shakespeare is the most famous English playwright.
nsubj cop det advmod amod amod punct root Shakespeare PROPN is AUX the DET most ADV famous ADJ English ADJ playwright NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shakespeare Shakespeare PROPN Number=Sing 7 playwright nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 playwright cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 playwright det 4 most most ADV Degree=Sup 5 famous advmod 5 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 playwright amod 6 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 7 playwright amod 7 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 playwright punct
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1 is a present Shakespeare the famous English playwright tree rules
Example 2 Our class became playwrights and wrote short plays.
nmod:poss nsubj xcomp cc conj amod obj punct root Our PRON class NOUN became VERB playwrights NOUN and CCONJ wrote VERB short ADJ plays 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 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 playwrights playwright NOUN Number=Plur 3 became xcomp 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 wrote cc 6 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 became conj 7 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 8 plays amod 8 plays play NOUN Number=Plur 6 wrote obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past Our class playwrights vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 write past Our class not said here short plays vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Theme
Example 3 The playwright watched the first show from the back.
det nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root The DET playwright NOUN watched VERB the DET first ADJ show NOUN from ADP the DET back NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 playwright det 2 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing 3 watched nsubj 3 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 show det 5 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 6 show amod 6 show show NOUN Number=Sing 3 watched obj 7 from from ADP _ 9 back case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 back det 9 back back NOUN Number=Sing 3 watched obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 watched punct
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1 watch past the playwright the first show the back vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Theme
Example 4 A playwright writes what actors say.
det nsubj obj nsubj ccomp punct root A DET playwright NOUN writes VERB what PRON actors NOUN say VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 playwright det 2 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing 3 writes nsubj 3 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 6 say obj 5 actors actor NOUN Number=Plur 6 say nsubj 6 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 writes ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 writes punct
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1 write present a playwright vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert present actors vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
Example 5 The young playwright won a prize.
det amod nsubj det obj punct root The DET young ADJ playwright NOUN won VERB a DET prize NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 playwright det 2 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 3 playwright amod 3 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing 4 won nsubj 4 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 prize det 6 prize prize NOUN Number=Sing 4 won obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 won punct
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1 win past the young playwright a prize vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality
Example 6 Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright.
nsubj flat cop det amod punct root Oscar PROPN Wilde PROPN was AUX an DET Irish ADJ playwright NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 6 playwright nsubj 2 Wilde Wilde PROPN Number=Sing 1 Oscar flat 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 playwright cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 playwright det 5 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos 6 playwright amod 6 playwright playwright NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 playwright punct
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1 is a past Oscar a Irish playwright tree rules
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