roc

Who acts: roc, Sinbad, genie · What happens: be, carry off, fly, see, promise, bring · To what, where: huge bird, elephant, sea, egg, island

«roc» 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: roc in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A roc is a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to carry off an elephant or a ship.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 roc	det
2	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 legend	case
8	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tales	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tales	case
11	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tales	amod
12	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bird	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strong	punct
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tales	amod
15	enough	enough	ADV	_	14 strong	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 carry	mark
17	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 strong	advcl
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 carry	compound:prt
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 elephant	det
20	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 carry	obj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 ship	cc
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 ship	det
23	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 elephant	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a roc	a huge bird				of legend	tree rules
2	carry off	to-infinitive	a roc not said here	a elephant or a ship					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=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.

Example 1

The roc flew over the sea with a elephant in its claws.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 roc	det
2	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 elephant	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 elephant	det
9	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 claws	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 claws	nmod:poss
12	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flew	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the roc			the sea		with a elephant; in roc's claws	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over sea=Location

Example 2

Sinbad saw a roc's egg on the island.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 roc	det
4	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 egg	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 roc	case
6	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 island	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 island	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Sinbad	a roc's egg		the island			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Stimulus

Example 3

A genie promised to bring a roc's egg.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 genie	det
2	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 promised	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 roc	det
7	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 egg	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 roc	case
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	a genie						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	a genie not said here	a roc's egg					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

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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