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sibylline

Who acts: Sibylline, answer, Her · What happens: mean, understand, give, collect, replace, keep · To what, where: hidden prophecy, oracles, Sibylline books, Sibylline oracles, gilt chests

«sibylline» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: sibylline in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare).

Sentence 1: Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 sibyl	case
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 sibyl	cc
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 sibyl	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sibyl	det
7	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 mysterious	punct
9	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hard	cc
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mysterious	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 understand	mark
13	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hard	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 giving	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 giving	mark
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 giving	mark
17	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 understand	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 prophecy	det
19	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 prophecy	amod
20	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 giving	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Sibylline					of a sibyl	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	understand	to-infinitive	Sibylline not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	give	gerund	Sibylline not said here	a hidden prophecy					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophecy=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: (rare).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rare	punct
2	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rare	punct
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rare	punct

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

Example 1

These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 oracles	det
2	oracles	oracle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collected	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 collected	aux:pass
4	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 replace	mark
6	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 collected	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 books	det
8	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 books	amod
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 replace	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past · passive		this oracles					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	replace	to-infinitive		the Sibylline books					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme book=Co-Theme

Example 2

The Sibylline oracles were kept in gilt chests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oracles	det
2	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 oracles	amod
3	oracles	oracle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chests	case
7	gilt	gilt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chests	amod
8	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		the Sibylline oracles		gilt chests			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in chest=Location

Example 3

Her answer was sibylline and puzzling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sibylline	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sibylline	cop
4	sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 puzzling	cc
6	puzzling	puzzle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sibylline	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sibylline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her answer					sibylline property	tree rules
2	puzzle	gerund	Her answer not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	answer		Her = she						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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