saloon
Who acts: gods, king, big saloon · What happens: use, receive, hold, sell, pass, give · To what, where: large grand room, guests, gatherings, drinks, old Western films, large saloons
«saloon» 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: saloon in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A large, grand room in an old house or palace, used for receiving guests or holding gatherings.
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 | 5 room | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 room | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 large | punct |
| 4 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 room | amod |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 room | nmod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 palace | cc |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 house | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 used | punct |
| 13 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 room | acl:relcl |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 receiving | mark |
| 15 | receiving | receive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 used | advcl |
| 16 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 receiving | obj |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 holding | cc |
| 18 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 receiving | conj |
| 19 | gatherings | gathering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 holding | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 room | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | a large grand room in a old house or palace not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | receive | gerund | guests | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme | |||||
| 3 | hold | gerund | gatherings | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gathering=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.
Meaning 2
Usage: American — kept apart, not parsed.
A bar where drinks were sold in old Western films.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bar | det |
| 2 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 sold | advmod |
| 4 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sold | aux:pass |
| 6 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bar | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 films | case |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 films | amod |
| 9 | Western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 films | amod |
| 10 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sold | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past · passive | drinks | old Western films | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Example 1
Did the gods pass through the large saloons?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pass | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gods | det |
| 3 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 saloons | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 saloons | det |
| 7 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 saloons | amod |
| 8 | saloons | saloon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pass | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pass | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · do-support | the gods | the large saloons | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through saloon=Location |
Example 2
The king gave a feast in the saloon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feast | det |
| 5 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 saloon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 saloon | det |
| 8 | saloon | saloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | a feast | the saloon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |
Example 3
The big saloon was empty and quiet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 saloon | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 saloon | amod |
| 3 | saloon | saloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 empty | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 empty | cop |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 quiet | cc |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 empty | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 empty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the big saloon | empty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the big saloon not said here | 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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