sheep Who acts: sheep, Farmers, person, farmer, 12 sheep, rest · What happens: be, have, keep, copy, call, give · To what, where: farm animal, 4 legs, sheep, others, person, 45 sheep · Speech: someone speaks here
«sheep» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: sheep in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat. A sheep has 4 legs.
Sentence 1: A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat.
det nsubj cop det compound case det amod amod nmod punct root A DET sheep NOUN is AUX a DET farm NOUN animal NOUN with ADP a DET thick ADJ woolly ADJ coat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sheep det 2 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 6 animal nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 animal cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 animal det 5 farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 6 animal compound 6 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 11 coat case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 coat det 9 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos 11 coat amod 10 woolly woolly ADJ Degree=Pos 11 coat amod 11 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 6 animal nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 animal punct
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1 is a present a sheep a farm animal with a thick woolly coat tree rules
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.
Sentence 2: A sheep has 4 legs.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root A DET sheep NOUN has VERB 4 NUM legs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sheep det 2 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 legs nummod 5 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a sheep 4 legs vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
Meaning 2 Farmers keep sheep for wool, meat and milk.
nsubj obj case obl punct conj cc conj punct root Farmers NOUN keep VERB sheep NOUN for ADP wool NOUN , PUNCT meat NOUN and CCONJ milk NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 2 keep nsubj 2 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 2 keep obj 4 for for ADP _ 5 wool case 5 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 2 keep obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 meat punct 7 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 5 wool conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 milk cc 9 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 7 meat conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 keep punct
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1 keep present Farmers sheep for wool and meat and milk vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
Meaning 3 A person who just copies others is sometimes called a sheep.
det nsubj:pass nsubj advmod acl:relcl obj aux:pass advmod det xcomp punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON just ADV copies VERB others NOUN is AUX sometimes ADV called VERB a DET sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 called nsubj:pass 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 copies nsubj 4 just just ADV _ 5 copies advmod 5 copies copy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 6 others other NOUN Number=Plur 5 copies obj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 called aux:pass 8 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 9 called advmod 9 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 sheep det 11 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 9 called xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 called punct
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1 copy present a person others vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme 2 call present · passive a person sometimes property vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 1 A farmer has 45 sheep.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root A DET farmer NOUN has VERB 45 NUM sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 45 45 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 sheep nummod 5 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a farmer 45 sheep vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient
Example 2 Each sheep gives 3 kg of wool.
det nsubj nummod obj case nmod punct root Each DET sheep NOUN gives VERB 3 NUM kg NOUN of ADP wool NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 sheep det 2 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 3 gives nsubj 3 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 kg nummod 5 kg kg NOUN Number=Plur 3 gives obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 wool case 7 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 5 kg nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 gives punct
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1 give present each sheep 3 kg of wool vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kg=Theme
Example 3 12 sheep are in the barn and the rest are in the field.
nummod nsubj cop case det cc det nsubj cop case det conj punct root 12 NUM sheep NOUN are AUX in ADP the DET barn NOUN and CCONJ the DET rest NOUN are AUX in ADP the DET field NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 sheep nummod 2 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 6 barn nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 barn cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 barn case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 barn det 6 barn barn NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 13 field cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 rest det 9 rest rest NOUN Number=Sing 13 field nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 field cop 11 in in ADP _ 13 field case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 field det 13 field field NOUN Number=Sing 6 barn conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 barn punct
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1 is present 12 sheep the barn and the field tree rules 2 is present the rest the field tree rules
Example 4 How many legs do 6 sheep have?
advmod amod nsubj nummod nsubj ccomp punct root How ADV many ADJ legs NOUN do VERB 6 NUM sheep NOUN have VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 legs amod 3 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 sheep nummod 6 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 7 have nsubj 7 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 do ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
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1 do present many legs tree rules 2 have present 6 sheep vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The sheepdog rounded up the sheep.
det acl compound:prt det obj punct root The DET sheepdog NOUN rounded VERB up ADP the DET sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sheepdog det 2 sheepdog sheepdog NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 rounded round VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 sheepdog acl 4 up up ADP _ 3 rounded compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sheep det 6 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 3 rounded obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 sheepdog punct
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1 round up participle the sheepdog not said here the sheep vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient
Example 6 The farmer shears the sheep in spring.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET farmer NOUN shears VERB the DET sheep NOUN in ADP spring NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 3 shears nsubj 3 shears shear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sheep det 5 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 3 shears obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 spring case 7 spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 3 shears obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 shears punct
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1 shear present the farmer the sheep spring vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sheep=Initial_Location
Example 7 When I can't sleep, I count sheep.
mark nsubj aux advmod advcl punct nsubj obj punct root When SCONJ I PRON ca AUX n't PART sleep VERB , PUNCT I PRON count VERB sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when SCONJ _ 5 sleep mark 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 sleep nsubj 3 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 sleep aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 sleep advmod 5 sleep sleep VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 count advcl 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 sleep punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 count nsubj 8 count count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 8 count obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 count punct
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1 not sleep can I vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 count present I sheep vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
Example 8 A lamb is a baby sheep.
det nsubj cop det compound punct root A DET lamb NOUN is AUX a DET baby NOUN sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lamb det 2 lamb lamb NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheep nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 sheep cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sheep det 5 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheep compound 6 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 sheep punct
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1 is a present a lamb a baby sheep tree rules
Example 9 "Whose sheep are these?" he asks.
punct nmod:poss ccomp cop nmod punct punct nsubj punct root " PUNCT Whose PRON sheep NOUN are AUX these PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT he PRON asks VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 sheep punct 2 Whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 3 sheep nmod:poss 3 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 9 asks ccomp 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 these cop 5 these this PRON Number=Plur PronType=Dem 3 sheep nmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 sheep punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 sheep punct 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 asks nsubj 9 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 asks punct
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1 is a in a quote present these tree rules 2 ask speech: ask present he vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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