prodigy
Who acts: child, wonderful thing, Mozart, Kintaro, new girl · What happens: be, believe · To what, where: musical prodigy, prodigy, maths prodigy
«prodigy» 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: prodigy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A child or person who is amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the same age.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 person | cc |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 child | conj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 clever | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 clever | cop |
| 7 | amazingly | amazingly | ADV | _ | 8 clever | advmod |
| 8 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 talented | cc |
| 10 | talented | talented | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 clever | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 others | punct |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 others | advmod |
| 13 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 14 others | case |
| 14 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 clever | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 age | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 age | det |
| 17 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 age | amod |
| 18 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 others | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 clever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a child or person | amazingly, clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | a child or person not said here | tree rules |
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
A very wonderful or amazing thing that is hard to believe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 wonderful | advmod |
| 3 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 amazing | cc |
| 5 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wonderful | conj |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 hard | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hard | cop |
| 9 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 believe | mark |
| 11 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 hard | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a wonderful thing | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | believe | to-infinitive | a wonderful thing not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 1
Mozart was a musical prodigy as a boy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozart | Mozart | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 prodigy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 prodigy | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prodigy | det |
| 4 | musical | musical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prodigy | amod |
| 5 | prodigy | prodigy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 boy | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 boy | det |
| 8 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prodigy | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 prodigy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Mozart | a musical prodigy | as a boy | tree rules |
Example 2
Kintaro was a prodigy of strength.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kintaro | Kintaro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 prodigy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prodigy | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 prodigy | det |
| 4 | prodigy | prodigy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 strength | case |
| 6 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prodigy | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 prodigy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Kintaro | a prodigy | of strength | tree rules |
Example 3
Our new girl is a maths prodigy.
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 | 3 girl | nmod:poss |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prodigy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 prodigy | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prodigy | det |
| 6 | maths | maths | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prodigy | compound |
| 7 | prodigy | prodigy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 prodigy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Our new girl | a maths prodigy | 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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