seafaring

Who acts: sailors, sea, Vikings, Sea Rat, seafaring life, Polynesian seafaring · What happens: work, travel, live, sail, be, tell · To what, where: seafaring nation, sea, seafaring people, tales, islands, Pacific · Speech: someone speaks here

«seafaring» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: seafaring in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Working or travelling on the sea; living by the sea and sailing: «a seafaring nation».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 travelling	cc
3	travelling	travel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Working	conj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelling	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 living	punct
8	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Working	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 living	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sailing	cc
13	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 living	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Working	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 nation	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 nation	det
17	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nation	compound
18	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Working	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 nation	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	work	gerund	a seafaring nation			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	travel	gerund		the sea		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sea=Trajectory
3	live	gerund			by the sea	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sea=Location
4	sail	gerund				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

The life or work of sailors; travel by sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 life	det
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 work	cc
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 sailors	case
6	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 work	nmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 travel	punct
8	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 travel	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 life	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work		sailors						nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent
2	travel		sea						nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent

Example 1

The Vikings were a seafaring people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Vikings	det
2	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 people	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 people	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 people	det
5	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 people	compound
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Vikings	a seafaring people					tree rules

Example 2

The Sea Rat told tales of his seafaring life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
2	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Rat	compound
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 life	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
8	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 life	compound
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tales	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Sea Rat	tales of Rat's seafaring life					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
2	tell		Rat's seafaring life						nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

Polynesian seafaring was so skilled they found islands across the Pacific.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polynesian	polynesian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seafaring	amod
2	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skilled	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 skilled	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 skilled	advmod
5	skilled	skilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 found	nsubj
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 skilled	acl:relcl
8	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 found	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 Pacific	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pacific	det
11	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 islands	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 skilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Polynesian seafaring					skilled property	tree rules
2	find	past	they	islands		the Pacific			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Topic

Example 4

My great-grandad came from a seafaring family.

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	4 grandad	nmod:poss
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grandad	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 great	punct
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	compound
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	My great grandad			a seafaring family			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from family=Initial_Location

Example 5

Seafaring was hard and dangerous in old times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hard	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	cop
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dangerous	cc
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hard	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 times	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hard	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Seafaring				time	hard property	tree rules
2	be		Seafaring not said here						tree rules

Example 6

The town has a long seafaring history.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 history	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 history	amod
6	seafaring	seafaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 history	compound
7	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the town	a long seafaring history					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Patient

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