resemble Who acts: She, cloud, stick insect, twig, two brothers, cake · What happens: resemble, mean, look, be, help, hide · To what, where: someone, them, mother, dragon, twig, each · Speech: someone speaks here
«resemble» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: resemble in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To resemble someone or something means to look like them or be similar to them.
The tree, 15 words mark csubj obj cc conj mark xcomp case obl cc cop conj case obl punct root To PART resemble VERB someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON means VERB to PART look VERB like ADP them PRON or CCONJ be AUX similar ADJ to ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 resemble mark 2 resemble resemble VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means csubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 resemble obj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 something cc 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 someone conj 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 look mark 8 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means xcomp 9 like like ADP _ 10 them case 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 look obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 13 similar cc 12 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 13 similar cop 13 similar similar ADJ Degree=Pos 8 look conj 14 to to ADP _ 15 them case 15 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 similar obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 resemble to-infinitive someone tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 look not said to happen to-infinitive like them = they vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 4 is infinitive them = they similar property 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.
Example 1 She resembles her mother.
nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root She PRON resembles VERB her PRON mother NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 resembles nsubj 2 resembles resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 mother nmod:poss 4 mother mother NOUN Number=Sing 2 resembles obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 resembles punct
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1 resemble present She her mother tree rules
Example 2 The cloud resembled a dragon.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET cloud NOUN resembled VERB a DET dragon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cloud det 2 cloud cloud NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembled nsubj 3 resembled resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 dragon det 5 dragon dragon NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembled obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 resembled punct
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1 resemble past the cloud a dragon tree rules
Example 3 A stick insect resembles a twig, which helps it hide.
det compound nsubj det obj punct nsubj acl:relcl obj xcomp punct root A DET stick NOUN insect NOUN resembles VERB a DET twig NOUN , PUNCT which PRON helps VERB it PRON hide VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 insect det 2 stick stick NOUN Number=Sing 3 insect compound 3 insect insect NOUN Number=Sing 4 resembles nsubj 4 resembles resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 twig det 6 twig twig NOUN Number=Sing 4 resembles obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 helps punct 8 which which PRON PronType=Rel 9 helps nsubj 9 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 twig acl:relcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 helps obj 11 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 helps xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 resembles punct
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1 resemble present a stick insect a twig tree rules 2 help present a twig twig vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme 3 hide infinitive twig not said here vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The two brothers closely resemble each other.
det nummod nsubj advmod obj fixed punct root The DET two NUM brothers NOUN closely ADV resemble VERB each DET other ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 brothers det 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 brothers nummod 3 brothers brother NOUN Number=Plur 5 resemble nsubj 4 closely closely ADV _ 5 resemble advmod 5 resemble resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 5 resemble obj 7 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 each fixed 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 resemble punct
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1 resemble present the two brothers each closely property tree rules
Example 5 The cake resembled a castle.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET cake NOUN resembled VERB a DET castle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cake det 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembled nsubj 3 resembled resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 castle det 5 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembled obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 resembled punct
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1 resemble past the cake a castle tree rules
Example 6 This rock resembles a face.
det nsubj det obj punct root This DET rock NOUN resembles VERB a DET face NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 rock det 2 rock rock NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembles nsubj 3 resembles resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 face det 5 face face NOUN Number=Sing 3 resembles obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 resembles punct
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1 resemble present this rock a face tree rules
Example 7 The pages resembled the ugliest sweeps.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET pages NOUN resembled VERB the DET ugliest ADJ sweeps NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pages det 2 pages page NOUN Number=Plur 3 resembled nsubj 3 resembled resemble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sweeps det 5 ugliest ugly ADJ Degree=Sup 6 sweeps amod 6 sweeps sweep NOUN Number=Plur 3 resembled obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 resembled punct
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1 resemble past the pages the ugliest sweeps tree rules
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