prophetess
Who acts: woman, prophetess, Nobody, boy, words, Her · What happens: foretell, happen, warn, believe, say, be · To what, where: future, king, prophetess, hero · Speech: someone speaks here
«prophetess» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: prophetess in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A woman who foretells what will happen in the future.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 woman | det |
| 2 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 foretells | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 foretells | nsubj |
| 4 | foretells | foretell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happen | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 happen | aux |
| 7 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 foretells | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 future | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 future | det |
| 10 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happen | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 foretells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | foretell | present | a woman | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | happen | future | the future | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in future=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 prophetess warned the king of the flood.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prophetess | det |
| 2 | prophetess | prophetess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warned | nsubj |
| 3 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warned | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 flood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flood | det |
| 8 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 warned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | past | the prophetess | the king of the flood | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
Example 2
Nobody believed the prophetess.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 believed | nsubj |
| 2 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prophetess | det |
| 4 | prophetess | prophetess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 believed | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 believed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | Nobody | the prophetess | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prophetess=Stimulus |
Example 3
The prophetess had said the boy would be a hero.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prophetess | det |
| 2 | prophetess | prophetess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | aux |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hero | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hero | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 hero | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hero | det |
| 10 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | the prophetess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a | would | the boy | a hero | tree rules |
Example 4
Her words came true, as the prophetess had said.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 words | nmod:poss |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 came | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 said | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prophetess | det |
| 8 | prophetess | prophetess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | aux |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 came | parataxis |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Her words | true property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | the prophetess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 3 | word | Her = she | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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