quagga Who acts: quagga, last quagga, Hunters, Scientists · What happens: be, become, die, kill, find, photograph · To what, where: kind, quaggas, one quagga · Speech: someone speaks here
«quagga» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: quagga in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The quagga was a kind of zebra from South Africa with stripes only on the front half of its body and a plain brown back; it became extinct more than a hundred years ago because of hunting.
The tree, 37 words det nsubj cop det case nmod case compound nmod case nmod advmod case det amod nmod case nmod:poss nmod cc det amod amod conj punct nsubj conj xcomp advmod fixed det nummod obl:unmarked advmod case fixed obl punct root The DET quagga NOUN was AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP zebra NOUN from ADP South PROPN Africa PROPN with ADP stripes NOUN only ADV on ADP the DET front ADJ half NOUN of ADP its PRON body NOUN and CCONJ a DET plain ADJ brown ADJ back NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON became VERB extinct ADJ more ADJ than ADP a DET hundred NUM years NOUN ago ADV because ADP of ADP hunting NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 quagga det 2 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 kind cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 kind det 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 zebra case 7 zebra zebra NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 8 from from ADP _ 10 Africa case 9 South South PROPN Number=Sing 10 Africa compound 10 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 7 zebra nmod 11 with with ADP _ 12 stripes case 12 stripes stripe NOUN Number=Plur 5 kind nmod 13 only only ADV _ 17 half advmod 14 on on ADP _ 17 half case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 half det 16 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 17 half amod 17 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 12 stripes nmod 18 of of ADP _ 20 body case 19 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 20 body nmod:poss 20 body body NOUN Number=Sing 17 half nmod 21 and and CCONJ _ 25 back cc 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 25 back det 23 plain plain ADJ Degree=Pos 25 back amod 24 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 25 back amod 25 back back NOUN Number=Sing 17 half conj 26 ; ; PUNCT _ 28 became punct 27 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 28 became nsubj 28 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 kind conj 29 extinct extinct ADJ Degree=Pos 28 became xcomp 30 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV 33 hundred advmod 31 than than ADP _ 30 more fixed 32 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 33 hundred det 33 hundred hundred NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 34 years nummod 34 years year NOUN Number=Plur 35 ago obl:unmarked 35 ago ago ADV _ 28 became advmod 36 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 38 hunting case 37 of of ADP _ 36 because fixed 38 hunting hunting NOUN Number=Sing 28 became obl 39 . . PUNCT _ 5 kind punct
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1 is a past the quagga a kind of zebra from South Africa; with stripes on the front half of quagga's body and a plain brown back tree rules 2 become past quagga because hunting; ago, extinct property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
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 quagga was half zebra-striped and half brown.
det nsubj cop nsubj compound punct cc amod conj punct root The DET quagga NOUN was AUX half ADJ zebra NOUN - PUNCT striped ADJ and CCONJ half ADJ brown ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 quagga det 2 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 7 striped nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 striped cop 4 half half ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 7 striped nsubj 5 zebra zebra NOUN Number=Sing 7 striped compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 zebra punct 7 striped striped ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 brown cc 9 half half ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 10 brown amod 10 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 7 striped conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 striped punct
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1 is past the quagga striped property tree rules 2 be the quagga not said here tree rules
Example 2 The last quagga died in a zoo long ago.
det amod nsubj case det obl advmod advmod punct root The DET last ADJ quagga NOUN died VERB in ADP a DET zoo NOUN long ADV ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 quagga det 2 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 3 quagga amod 3 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 4 died nsubj 4 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 zoo case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 zoo det 7 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 4 died obl 8 long long ADV Degree=Pos 9 ago advmod 9 ago ago ADV _ 4 died advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 died punct
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1 die past the last quagga in a zoo; ago property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in zoo=Attribute
Example 3 Hunters killed the quaggas for meat and skins.
nsubj det obj case nmod cc conj punct root Hunters NOUN killed VERB the DET quaggas NOUN for ADP meat NOUN and CCONJ skins NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hunters hunter NOUN Number=Plur 2 killed nsubj 2 killed kill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 quaggas det 4 quaggas quagga NOUN Number=Plur 2 killed obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 meat case 6 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 4 quaggas nmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 skins cc 8 skins skin NOUN Number=Plur 4 quaggas conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 killed punct
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1 kill past Hunters the quaggas and skins for meat vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quagga=Theme
Example 4 The quagga is now extinct.
det nsubj cop advmod punct root The DET quagga NOUN is AUX now ADV extinct ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 quagga det 2 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 5 extinct nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 extinct cop 4 now now ADV PronType=Dem 5 extinct advmod 5 extinct extinct ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 extinct punct
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1 is present the quagga now extinct property tree rules
Example 5 Scientists found the quagga was a kind of zebra.
nsubj det nsubj cop det ccomp case nmod punct root Scientists NOUN found VERB the DET quagga NOUN was AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP zebra NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 quagga det 4 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 7 kind nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 kind cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 kind det 7 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 2 found ccomp 8 of of ADP _ 9 zebra case 9 zebra zebra NOUN Number=Sing 7 kind nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past Scientists vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 2 is a past the quagga a kind of zebra tree rules
Example 6 Only one quagga was ever photographed alive.
advmod nummod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod xcomp punct root Only ADV one NUM quagga NOUN was AUX ever ADV photographed VERB alive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 one advmod 2 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 quagga nummod 3 quagga quagga NOUN Number=Sing 6 photographed nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 photographed aux:pass 5 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 photographed advmod 6 photographed photograph VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 photographed xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 photographed punct
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1 photograph past · passive one quagga ever alive property vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
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