sibyl

Who acts: sibyl · What happens: be, believe, foretell, sell, vanish, see · To what, where: old stories, woman, future, books, more, king

«sibyl» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: sibyl in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use).

Sentence 1: A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sibyl	det
2	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stories	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stories	cop
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stories	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stories	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stories	amod
7	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 woman	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stories	appos
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 believed	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	aux:pass
13	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 woman	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 able	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 able	cop
16	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 believed	xcomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 foretell	mark
18	foretell	foretell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 able	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 future	det
20	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 foretell	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stories	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	a sibyl		old stories		tree rules
2	believe	past · passive		a woman			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	is	to-infinitive				able property	tree rules
4	foretell	to-infinitive		the future			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=Theme

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: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

After the books were sold, the Sibyl vanished and was seen no more.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	5 sold	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 books	det
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sold	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	aux:pass
5	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 vanished	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sold	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sibyl	det
8	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 vanished	nsubj
9	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 seen	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux:pass
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 vanished	conj
13	no	no	ADV	_	14 more	advmod
14	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 seen	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 vanished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	past · passive		the books	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	vanish	past	the Sibyl		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	past · passive	the Sibyl not said here	more	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: more=Stimulus

Example 2

The sibyl warned the king of the coming storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sibyl	det
2	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warned	nsubj
3	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warned	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 storm	amod
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 king	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	the sibyl		the king of the coming storm				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
2	come	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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