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primeval

Who acts: people, Primeval forests, anyone, Dinosaurs · What happens: live, grow, call, roam · To what, where: Earth, gods, primeval world · Speech: someone speaks here

«primeval» 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: primeval in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.).

Sentence 1: Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	4 old	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 old	punct
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 old	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 old	punct
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 times	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 times	det
8	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 times	amod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 old	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 times	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lived	punct
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 lived	advmod
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 lived	mark
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lived	nsubj
17	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	people					long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: (A rather grand word.).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
3	rather	rather	ADV	_	4 grand	advmod
4	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct

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

Example 1

Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Primeval	primeval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forests	amod
2	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 grew	advmod
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 lived	mark
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 lived	nsubj
7	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lived	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Primeval forests			here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	live	past	anyone			the Earth			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location

Example 2

The gods of old were called primeval.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gods	det
2	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 old	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gods	nmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	primeval	primeval	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		the gods of old					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 3

Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roamed	nsubj
2	roamed	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
4	primeval	primeval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 world	amod
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roamed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 roamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roam	past	Dinosaurs	the primeval world					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory

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