silverback Who acts: silverback, people, strong older man, baby gorillas, hair, Gorillas · What happens: grow up, be, name, call, lead, beat · To what, where: grown male gorilla, strong older man, group, chest, danger, much · Speech: someone speaks here
«silverback» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: silverback in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A silverback is a grown-up male gorilla, the leader of a gorilla family, named after the silvery-grey hair on his back.
The tree, 23 words det nsubj cop det amod punct compound:prt amod punct det appos case det compound nmod punct acl case det amod punct amod obl case nmod:poss nmod punct root A DET silverback NOUN is AUX a DET grown VERB - PUNCT up ADP male ADJ gorilla NOUN , PUNCT the DET leader NOUN of ADP a DET gorilla NOUN family NOUN , PUNCT named VERB after ADP the DET silvery ADJ - PUNCT grey ADJ hair NOUN on ADP his PRON back NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 silverback det 2 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 9 gorilla nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 gorilla cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 gorilla det 5 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 gorilla amod 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 up punct 7 up up ADP _ 5 grown compound:prt 8 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 9 gorilla amod 9 gorilla gorilla NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 leader punct 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 leader det 12 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing 9 gorilla appos 13 of of ADP _ 16 family case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 family det 15 gorilla gorilla NOUN Number=Sing 16 family compound 16 family family NOUN Number=Sing 12 leader nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 named punct 18 named name VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 gorilla acl 19 after after ADP _ 24 hair case 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 hair det 21 silvery silvery ADJ Degree=Pos 23 grey amod 22 - - PUNCT _ 21 silvery punct 23 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 24 hair amod 24 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 18 named obl 25 on on ADP _ 27 back case 26 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 27 back nmod:poss 27 back back NOUN Number=Sing 24 hair nmod 28 . . PUNCT _ 9 gorilla punct
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1 grow up participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a present a silverback a grown male gorilla tree rules 3 name participle a grown male gorilla not said here after the grey hair on gorilla's back vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Sometimes people jokingly call a strong older man who leads a group a silverback.
The tree, 14 words advmod nsubj advmod det amod amod obj nsubj acl:relcl det obj det obj punct root Sometimes ADV people NOUN jokingly ADV call VERB a DET strong ADJ older ADJ man NOUN who PRON leads VERB a DET group NOUN a DET silverback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 4 call advmod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 call nsubj 3 jokingly jokingly ADV _ 4 call advmod 4 call call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 man det 6 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 8 man amod 7 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 man amod 8 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 call obj 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 leads nsubj 10 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 man acl:relcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 group det 12 group group NOUN Number=Sing 10 leads obj 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 silverback det 14 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 10 leads obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 call punct
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1 call present people a strong older man jokingly, sometimes property vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient 2 lead present a strong older man a group tree rules
Example 1 The silverback beat his chest to scare off danger.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj mark advcl compound:prt obj punct root The DET silverback NOUN beat VERB his PRON chest NOUN to PART scare VERB off ADP danger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 silverback det 2 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 3 beat nsubj 3 beat beat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 chest nmod:poss 5 chest chest NOUN Number=Sing 3 beat obj 6 to to PART _ 7 scare mark 7 scare scare VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 beat advcl 8 off off ADP _ 7 scare compound:prt 9 danger danger NOUN Number=Sing 7 scare obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 beat punct
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1 beat past the silverback silverback's chest vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme 2 scare off to-infinitive the silverback not said here danger vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus danger=Experiencer
Example 2 A silverback can weigh twice as much as a man.
det nsubj aux advmod advmod obj case det nmod punct root A DET silverback NOUN can AUX weigh VERB twice ADV as ADV much ADJ as ADP a DET man NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 silverback det 2 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 4 weigh nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 weigh aux 4 weigh weigh VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 much advmod 6 as as ADV _ 7 much advmod 7 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 4 weigh obj 8 as as ADP _ 10 man case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 man det 10 man man NOUN Number=Sing 7 much nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 weigh punct
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1 weigh can a silverback much as a man vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value
Example 3 The baby gorillas played near the silverback.
det compound nsubj case det obl punct root The DET baby NOUN gorillas NOUN played VERB near ADP the DET silverback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 gorillas det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 gorillas compound 3 gorillas gorilla NOUN Number=Plur 4 played nsubj 4 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 near near ADP _ 7 silverback case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 silverback det 7 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 4 played obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 played punct
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1 play past the baby gorillas the silverback vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The silverback leads his family through the forest.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root The DET silverback NOUN leads VERB his PRON family NOUN through ADP the DET forest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 silverback det 2 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 3 leads nsubj 3 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 family nmod:poss 5 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 leads obj 6 through through ADP _ 8 forest case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 forest det 8 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 3 leads obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 leads punct
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1 lead present the silverback silverback's family the forest vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent family=Theme through forest=Destination
Example 5 Gorillas' hair turns silver when they are about twelve years old.
nmod:poss case nsubj obj mark nsubj cop advmod nummod obl:unmarked advcl punct root Gorillas NOUN ' PART hair NOUN turns VERB silver NOUN when SCONJ they PRON are AUX about ADV twelve NUM years NOUN old ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gorillas gorilla NOUN Number=Plur 3 hair nmod:poss 2 ' 's PART _ 1 Gorillas case 3 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns nsubj 4 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns obj 6 when when SCONJ _ 12 old mark 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 old nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 old cop 9 about about ADV _ 10 twelve advmod 10 twelve twelve NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 years nummod 11 years year NOUN Number=Plur 12 old obl:unmarked 12 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 turns advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 turns punct
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1 turn present Gorillas's hair silver vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent silver=Theme 2 is present Gorillas = gorilla year old property tree rules
Example 6 At the zoo, the silverback sat calmly eating leaves.
case det obl punct det nsubj advmod advcl obj punct root At ADP the DET zoo NOUN , PUNCT the DET silverback NOUN sat VERB calmly ADV eating VERB leaves NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 zoo case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 zoo det 3 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 7 sat obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 zoo punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 silverback det 6 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing 7 sat nsubj 7 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 calmly calmly ADV _ 7 sat advmod 9 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 sat advcl 10 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 9 eating obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 sat punct
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1 sit past the silverback the zoo calmly property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at zoo=Location 2 eat gerund the silverback not said here leaves vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
Example 7 Dad is the silverback of our house, Mum joked.
nsubj cop det case nmod:poss nmod punct nsubj acl:relcl punct root Dad NOUN is AUX the DET silverback NOUN of ADP our PRON house NOUN , PUNCT Mum PROPN joked VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 silverback nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silverback cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 silverback det 4 silverback silverback NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 house case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 house nmod:poss 7 house house NOUN Number=Sing 4 silverback nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 joked punct 9 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 10 joked nsubj 10 joked joke VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 silverback acl:relcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 silverback punct
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1 is a present Dad the silverback of our house tree rules 2 joke speech: other past Mum the silverback not said here tree rules
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