saturnalia
Who acts: festival, Saturnalia, Romans, party · What happens: hold, honour, reverse, drop, be, celebrate · To what, where: god, normal rules, ordinary rules, festival, Saturnalia, wild saturnalia
«saturnalia» 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: saturnalia in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A festival in ancient Rome held in December, with feasting, games and a reversal of normal rules, honouring the god Saturn.
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 festival | det |
| 2 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 held | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Rome | case |
| 4 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Rome | amod |
| 5 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 festival | nmod |
| 6 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 December | case |
| 8 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 held | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feasting | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 feasting | case |
| 11 | feasting | feasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 held | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 games | punct |
| 13 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 feasting | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 reversal | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 reversal | det |
| 16 | reversal | reversal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feasting | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 rules | case |
| 18 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 rules | amod |
| 19 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 reversal | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 honouring | punct |
| 21 | honouring | honour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 held | advcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 god | det |
| 23 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 honouring | obj |
| 24 | Saturn | Saturn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 god | appos |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | a festival in ancient Rome | december | with feasting and games and a reversal of normal rules | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | honour | gerund | a festival in ancient Rome not said here | the god | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | reverse | normal rules | nom reversal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
Any wild, noisy party where ordinary rules are dropped.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 party | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 party | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| 4 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 party | amod |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 dropped | advmod |
| 7 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rules | amod |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 dropped | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 dropped | aux:pass |
| 10 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 party | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 party | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present · passive | ordinary rules | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Example 1
The Saturnalia was a festival of feasting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Saturnalia | det |
| 2 | Saturnalia | Saturnalia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 festival | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 festival | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 festival | det |
| 5 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 feasting | case |
| 7 | feasting | feasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 festival | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 festival | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Saturnalia | a festival | of feasting | tree rules |
Example 2
The Romans celebrated the Saturnalia in December.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Romans | det |
| 2 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 celebrated | nsubj |
| 3 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Saturnalia | det |
| 5 | Saturnalia | Saturnalia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 celebrated | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 December | case |
| 7 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Saturnalia | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 celebrated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | past | the Romans | the Saturnalia | in December | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saturnalia=Theme |
Example 3
The party became a wild saturnalia.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 party | det |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | nsubj |
| 3 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 saturnalia | det |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 saturnalia | amod |
| 6 | saturnalia | saturnalia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 became | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | the party | a wild saturnalia | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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