plover

Who acts: plover, that, plovers, We, weather · What happens: be, live, fly, curve, see, start · To what, where: bird, open land, flocks, curved line, flock, flight

«plover» 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: plover in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A plover is a bird with a short beak, that lives on open land and often flies in flocks.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 plover	det
2	plover	plover	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 beak	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 beak	det
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beak	amod
9	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lives	punct
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lives	nsubj
12	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bird	parataxis
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 land	case
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 land	amod
15	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lives	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 flies	cc
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 flies	advmod
18	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lives	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 flocks	case
20	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 flies	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a plover	a bird		with a short beak	tree rules
2	live	present	that		open land		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location
3	fly	present	that not said here		flocks	often property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flock=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.

Example 1

The plovers fly in a curved line like a snake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plovers	det
2	plovers	plover	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fly	nsubj
3	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 line	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 line	det
6	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 line	amod
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 snake	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 snake	det
10	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	the plovers			a curved line		like a snake	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location
2	curve	participle							vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

Example 2

We saw a flock of plovers on the marsh.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flock	det
4	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 plovers	case
6	plovers	plover	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flock	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 marsh	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marsh	det
9	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plovers	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	a flock of plovers on the marsh					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flock=Stimulus

Example 3

The plovers will start their flight when the weather turns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plovers	det
2	plovers	plover	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 start	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 start	aux
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 flight	nmod:poss
6	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 start	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 turns	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weather	det
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turns	nsubj
10	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 start	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	future	the plovers	plovers's flight					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Eventuality
2	turn	present	the weather						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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