seb

Who acts: Seb, boy, case, coach, birthday party · What happens: be, name, use, call, pass, shout · To what, where: short form, abbreviation, best friend, ball · Speech: someone speaks here

«seb» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: seb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Seb is a short form of the boy's name Sebastian.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seb	Seb	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 name	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 boy	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
11	Sebastian	sebastian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Seb	a short form				of the boy's name	tree rules
2	name		the boy						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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

Not an ordinary English word in lower case; as letters it can be an abbreviation used by organisations.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 word	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
3	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
4	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 case	case
7	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 case	amod
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 abbreviation	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 letters	case
11	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 abbreviation	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 abbreviation	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 abbreviation	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 abbreviation	cop
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 abbreviation	det
16	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 abbreviation	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 organisations	case
19	organisations	organisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 used	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	case	a abbreviation				as letters	tree rules
2	use	participle		a abbreviation not said here				by organisations	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Seb is my best friend in Year 5.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seb	Seb	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 friend	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friend	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Year	case
7	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 friend	nmod
8	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 Year	flat
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Seb	my best friend			in Year		tree rules

Example 2

Sebastian likes to be called Seb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sebastian	sebastian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 likes	amod
2	likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 called	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 likes	acl
6	Seb	Seb	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive · passive							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»

Example 3

«Pass the ball, Seb!» shouted the coach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Pass	punct
2	Pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 shouted	ccomp
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ball	det
4	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pass	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Seb	punct
6	Seb	Seb	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pass	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Pass	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Pass	punct
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coach	det
11	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass in a quote	infinitive		the ball				Seb obl	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Trajectory
2	shout speech: express	past	the coach						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

Seb's birthday party is on Saturday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seb	Seb	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 party	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Seb	case
3	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 party	compound
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Saturday	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Saturday	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Saturday	case
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 Saturday	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Seb's birthday party					on Saturday	tree rules

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