seagull Who acts: seagull, loud cry, Seagulls, you · What happens: be, live, steal, cry, not feed, dive · To what, where: large grey bird, sea, chips, beach, harbour, seagulls
«seagull» 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: seagull in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A seagull (or gull) is a large grey and white bird with a loud cry that lives near the sea and often by rivers and towns.
The tree, 26 words det nsubj punct cc appos punct cop det amod amod cc conj case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl case det obl cc advmod case conj cc conj punct root A DET seagull NOUN ( PUNCT or CCONJ gull NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX a DET large ADJ grey ADJ and CCONJ white ADJ bird NOUN with ADP a DET loud ADJ cry NOUN that PRON lives VERB near ADP the DET sea NOUN and CCONJ often ADV by ADP rivers NOUN and CCONJ towns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 seagull det 2 seagull seagull NOUN Number=Sing 13 bird nsubj 3 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 gull punct 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 gull cc 5 gull gull NOUN Number=Sing 2 seagull appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 gull punct 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 bird cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 bird det 9 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 13 bird amod 10 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 13 bird amod 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 white cc 12 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 10 grey conj 13 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 14 with with ADP _ 17 cry case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 cry det 16 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 17 cry amod 17 cry cry NOUN Number=Sing 13 bird nmod 18 that that PRON PronType=Rel 19 lives nsubj 19 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 cry acl:relcl 20 near near ADP _ 22 sea case 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 sea det 22 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 19 lives obl 23 and and CCONJ _ 26 rivers cc 24 often often ADV _ 26 rivers advmod 25 by by ADP _ 26 rivers case 26 rivers river NOUN Number=Plur 22 sea conj 27 and and CCONJ _ 28 towns cc 28 towns town NOUN Number=Plur 26 rivers conj 29 . . PUNCT _ 13 bird punct
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1 is a present a seagull a large grey bird with a loud cry tree rules 2 live present a loud cry the sea and rivers and towns vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near sea=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 A seagull stole my chips at the beach!
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root A DET seagull NOUN stole VERB my PRON chips NOUN at ADP the DET beach NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 seagull det 2 seagull seagull NOUN Number=Sing 3 stole nsubj 3 stole steal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 chips nmod:poss 5 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 3 stole obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 beach case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 beach det 8 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 3 stole obl 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 stole punct
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1 steal past a seagull my chips the beach vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chip=Theme
Example 2 Seagulls were crying above the harbour.
nsubj aux case det obl punct root Seagulls NOUN were AUX crying VERB above ADP the DET harbour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN Number=Plur 3 crying nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 crying aux 3 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 above above ADP _ 6 harbour case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 harbour det 6 harbour harbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 crying obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 crying punct
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1 cry speech: express past · progressive Seagulls the harbour vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above harbour=Location
Example 3 Don't feed the seagulls.
aux advmod det obj punct root Do AUX n't PART feed VERB the DET seagulls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 feed aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 feed advmod 3 feed feed VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 seagulls det 5 seagulls seagull NOUN Number=Plur 3 feed obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 feed punct
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1 not feed imperative · do-support you not said here the seagulls vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seagull=Recipient
Example 4 The seagull dived into the sea for a fish.
det nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root The DET seagull NOUN dived VERB into ADP the DET sea NOUN for ADP a DET fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 seagull det 2 seagull seagull NOUN Number=Sing 3 dived nsubj 3 dived dive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 into into ADP _ 6 sea case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sea det 6 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 dived obl 7 for for ADP _ 9 fish case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fish det 9 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 3 dived obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 dived punct
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1 dive past the seagull the sea for a fish vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Location
Example 5 Seagulls nest on the cliffs.
nsubj case det obl punct root Seagulls NOUN nest VERB on ADP the DET cliffs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN Number=Plur 2 nest nsubj 2 nest nest VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 cliffs case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 cliffs det 5 cliffs cliff NOUN Number=Plur 2 nest obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 nest punct
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1 nest present Seagulls the cliffs vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Seagulls followed the fishing boat.
nsubj det compound obj punct root Seagulls NOUN followed VERB the DET fishing NOUN boat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN Number=Plur 2 followed nsubj 2 followed follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boat det 4 fishing fishing NOUN Number=Sing 5 boat compound 5 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 2 followed obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 followed punct
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1 follow past Seagulls the fishing boat vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
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