sandgrouse Who acts: coloured feathers, Sandgrouse, male sandgrouse, colours, We · What happens: hide, live, carry, match, watch, fly · To what, where: bird, ground, deserts, water, chicks, belly feathers
«sandgrouse» 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: sandgrouse in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A bird of dry, sandy places in Africa and Asia, related to pigeons, with sandy-coloured feathers that hide it on the ground.
The tree, 23 words det case amod punct amod nmod case nmod cc conj punct amod case obl punct case amod punct amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl obj case det obl punct root A DET bird NOUN of ADP dry ADJ , PUNCT sandy ADJ places NOUN in ADP Africa PROPN and CCONJ Asia PROPN , PUNCT related ADJ to ADP pigeons NOUN , PUNCT with ADP sandy ADJ - PUNCT coloured ADJ feathers NOUN that PRON hide VERB it PRON on ADP the DET ground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bird det 2 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 7 places case 4 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 places amod 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 dry punct 6 sandy sandy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 places amod 7 places place NOUN Number=Plur 2 bird nmod 8 in in ADP _ 9 Africa case 9 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 7 places nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 Asia cc 11 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 9 Africa conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 related punct 13 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bird amod 14 to to ADP _ 15 pigeons case 15 pigeons pigeon NOUN Number=Plur 13 related obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 21 feathers punct 17 with with ADP _ 21 feathers case 18 sandy sandy ADJ Degree=Pos 20 coloured amod 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 sandy punct 20 coloured coloured ADJ Degree=Pos 21 feathers amod 21 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 15 pigeons nmod 22 that that PRON PronType=Rel 23 hide nsubj 23 hide hide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 feathers acl:relcl 24 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 hide obj 25 on on ADP _ 27 ground case 26 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 27 ground det 27 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 23 hide obl 28 . . PUNCT _ 2 bird punct
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1 hide present coloured feathers bird the ground vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient on ground=Location
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 Sandgrouse live in deserts and dry grasslands.
nsubj case obl cc amod conj punct root Sandgrouse NOUN live VERB in ADP deserts NOUN and CCONJ dry ADJ grasslands NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Plur 2 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 deserts case 4 deserts desert NOUN Number=Plur 2 live obl 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 grasslands cc 6 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 grasslands amod 7 grasslands grassland NOUN Number=Plur 4 deserts conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 live punct
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1 live present Sandgrouse deserts and dry grasslands vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location
Example 2 A male sandgrouse carries water to its chicks in its belly feathers.
det amod nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl case nmod:poss compound obl punct root A DET male ADJ sandgrouse NOUN carries VERB water NOUN to ADP its PRON chicks NOUN in ADP its PRON belly NOUN feathers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 sandgrouse det 2 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sandgrouse amod 3 sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Sing 4 carries nsubj 4 carries carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 carries obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 chicks case 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 chicks nmod:poss 8 chicks chick NOUN Number=Plur 4 carries obl 9 in in ADP _ 12 feathers case 10 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 feathers nmod:poss 11 belly belly NOUN Number=Sing 12 feathers compound 12 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 4 carries obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 carries punct
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1 carry present a male sandgrouse water sandgrouse's chicks sandgrouse's belly feathers vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to chick=Destination
Example 3 The sandgrouse's colours match the sand.
det nmod:poss case nsubj det obj punct root The DET sandgrouse NOUN 's PART colours NOUN match VERB the DET sand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sandgrouse det 2 sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Sing 4 colours nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 sandgrouse case 4 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 5 match nsubj 5 match match VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 sand det 7 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 5 match obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 match punct
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1 match present the sandgrouse's colours the sand vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient
Example 4 We watched a video of sandgrouse flying to a waterhole.
nsubj det obj case nmod acl case det obl punct root We PRON watched VERB a DET video NOUN of ADP sandgrouse NOUN flying VERB to ADP a DET waterhole NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 video det 4 video video NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 sandgrouse case 6 sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Plur 4 video nmod 7 flying fly VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 sandgrouse acl 8 to to ADP _ 10 waterhole case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 waterhole det 10 waterhole waterhole NOUN Number=Sing 7 flying obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We a video of sandgrouse vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme 2 fly gerund sandgrouse not said here to a waterhole result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to waterhole=Result
Example 5 Sandgrouse are related to pigeons, not to grouse.
nsubj cop case obl punct advmod mark conj punct root Sandgrouse NOUN are AUX related ADJ to ADP pigeons NOUN , PUNCT not PART to PART grouse VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Sing 3 related nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 related cop 3 related related ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 pigeons case 5 pigeons pigeon NOUN Number=Plur 3 related obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 grouse punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 grouse advmod 8 to to PART _ 9 grouse mark 9 grouse grouse VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 related conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 related punct
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1 is present Sandgrouse to pigeons; related property tree rules 2 not grouse to-infinitive Sandgrouse not said here vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 A flock of sandgrouse landed by the pool at dawn.
det case nmod acl case det obl case nmod punct root A DET flock NOUN of ADP sandgrouse NOUN landed VERB by ADP the DET pool NOUN at ADP dawn NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 flock det 2 flock flock NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 sandgrouse case 4 sandgrouse sandgrouse NOUN Number=Sing 2 flock nmod 5 landed land VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 flock acl 6 by by ADP _ 8 pool case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 pool det 8 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 5 landed obl 9 at at ADP _ 10 dawn case 10 dawn dawn NOUN Number=Sing 8 pool nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 flock punct
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1 land participle a flock of sandgrouse not said here by the pool at dawn vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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