presto
Who acts: Presto, music presto, He, dog, magician · What happens: mean, happen, take, be, come, wave · To what, where: bag, hand
«presto» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: presto in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Presto means suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at once.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presto | Presto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 magic | cc |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 magic | case |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 magic | mark |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 magic | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 suddenly | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 something | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 something | case |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 magic | appos |
| 12 | happening | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 something | acl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 once | case |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 happening | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Presto | suddenly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | happen | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=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.
Meaning 2
In music presto means very fast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 presto | case |
| 2 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 presto | compound |
| 3 | presto | presto | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 fast | advmod |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 means | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | music presto | fast property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
He took the bag and, presto! was gone.
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 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bag | det |
| 4 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gone | cc |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 presto | punct |
| 7 | presto | presto | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gone | nsubj |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 presto | punct |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 gone | cop |
| 10 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 took | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | He | the bag | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | presto | gone property | tree rules |
Example 2
Hey, presto! The dog came with eyes as big as saucers.
Sentence 1: Hey, presto!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hey | hey | INTJ | _ | 3 presto | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 presto | punct |
| 3 | presto | presto | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 presto | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The dog came with eyes as big as saucers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | case |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | obl |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 big | advmod |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 came | xcomp |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 saucers | case |
| 9 | saucers | saucer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 big | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the dog | with eyes; big property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The magician waved his hand, and presto, the rabbit was gone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 magician | det |
| 2 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | nsubj |
| 3 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gone | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gone | cc |
| 8 | presto | presto | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gone | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rabbit | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rabbit | det |
| 11 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 presto | conj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gone | cop |
| 13 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 waved | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 waved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | past | the magician | magician's hand | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | presto and the rabbit | gone property | tree rules |
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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