samoan Who acts: Samoan, She, Samoan rugby team, Samoan people, family, Many Samoans · What happens: mean, belong, be, speak, do, live · To what, where: islands, Samoa, person, language, Samoan, war dance · Speech: someone speaks here
«samoan» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: samoan in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Samoan means from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean.
nsubj mark cc ccomp case obl punct obl case det compound nmod punct root Samoan NOUN means VERB from SCONJ or CCONJ belonging VERB to ADP Samoa PROPN , PUNCT islands NOUN in ADP the DET Pacific PROPN Ocean PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Samoan samoan NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from SCONJ _ 5 belonging mark 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 belonging cc 5 belonging belong VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means ccomp 6 to to ADP _ 7 Samoa case 7 Samoa Samoa PROPN Number=Sing 5 belonging obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 islands punct 9 islands island NOUN Number=Plur 5 belonging obl 10 in in ADP _ 13 Ocean case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 Ocean det 12 Pacific Pacific PROPN Number=Sing 13 Ocean compound 13 Ocean Ocean PROPN Number=Sing 9 islands nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Samoan vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 belong gerund islands in the Pacific Ocean Samoa vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 A Samoan is a person from Samoa.
det nsubj cop det case nmod punct root A DET Samoan PROPN is AUX a DET person NOUN from ADP Samoa PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 Samoan det 2 Samoan Samoan PROPN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 from from ADP _ 7 Samoa case 7 Samoa Samoa PROPN Number=Sing 5 person nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a Samoan a person Samoa tree rules
Meaning 3 Samoan is the language spoken there.
nsubj cop det acl advmod punct root Samoan PROPN is AUX the DET language NOUN spoken VERB there ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Samoan Samoan PROPN Number=Sing 4 language nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 language cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 language det 4 language language NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 spoken speak VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 language acl 6 there there ADV PronType=Dem 5 spoken advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 language punct
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1 is a present Samoan the language tree rules 2 speak speech: other participle the language not said here there vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 She speaks Samoan with her grandmother.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root She PRON speaks VERB Samoan PROPN with ADP her PRON grandmother 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 speaks nsubj 2 speaks speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Samoan Samoan PROPN Number=Sing 2 speaks obj 4 with with ADP _ 6 grandmother case 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 grandmother nmod:poss 6 grandmother grandmother NOUN Number=Sing 2 speaks obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 speaks punct
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1 speak speech: other present She Samoan with Samoan's grandmother tree rules
Example 2 The Samoan rugby team did a war dance.
det amod compound nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET Samoan ADJ rugby NOUN team NOUN did VERB a DET war NOUN dance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 team det 2 Samoan samoan ADJ Degree=Pos 4 team amod 3 rugby rugby NOUN Number=Sing 4 team compound 4 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 did nsubj 5 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 dance det 7 war war NOUN Number=Sing 8 dance compound 8 dance dance NOUN Number=Sing 5 did obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 did punct
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1 do past the Samoan rugby team a war dance vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality
Example 3 Samoan people live on the islands of the Pacific.
amod nsubj case det obl case det nmod punct root Samoan ADJ people NOUN live VERB on ADP the DET islands NOUN of ADP the DET Pacific PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Samoan samoan ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 live nsubj 3 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 islands case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 islands det 6 islands island NOUN Number=Plur 3 live obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 Pacific case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Pacific det 9 Pacific Pacific PROPN Number=Sing 6 islands nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 live punct
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1 live present Samoan people the islands of the Pacific vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location
Example 4 My friend's family is Samoan.
nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct root My PRON friend NOUN 's PART family NOUN is AUX Samoan PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 family nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 friend case 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 6 Samoan nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Samoan cop 6 Samoan Samoan PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 Samoan punct
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1 is a present My friend's family Samoan tree rules
Example 5 Many Samoans live in New Zealand.
amod nsubj case flat obl punct root Many ADJ Samoans PROPN live VERB in ADP New PROPN Zealand PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Samoans amod 2 Samoans Samoan PROPN Number=Plur 3 live nsubj 3 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 Zealand case 5 New New PROPN Number=Sing 6 Zealand flat 6 Zealand Zealand PROPN Number=Sing 3 live obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 live punct
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1 live present Many Samoans New Zealand vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zealand=Location
Example 6 «Talofa» means hello in Samoan.
punct nsubj punct obj case obl punct root « PUNCT Talofa PROPN » PUNCT means VERB hello NOUN in ADP Samoan PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Talofa punct 2 Talofa Talofa PROPN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Talofa punct 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 hello hello NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 Samoan case 7 Samoan Samoan PROPN Number=Sing 4 means obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 mean present Talofa hello in Samoan vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot hello=Theme in samoan=Attribute
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