silverfish

Who acts: silverfish, that, It, insect, We · What happens: be, wriggle, live, dart, nibble, call · To what, where: small grey insect, damp corners, name, silverfish, bathroom floor, paper · Speech: someone speaks here

«silverfish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: silverfish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A silverfish is a small, shiny, silver-grey insect with no wings that wriggles like a fish and lives in damp corners of houses.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 silverfish	det
2	silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 insect	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 insect	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 insect	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 insect	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shiny	punct
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct
9	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grey	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 silver	punct
11	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 insect	amod
12	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 wings	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 wings	det
15	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 insect	nmod
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 wriggles	nsubj
17	wriggles	wriggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 insect	parataxis
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 fish	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fish	det
20	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wriggles	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 lives	cc
22	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 wriggles	conj
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 corners	case
24	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 corners	amod
25	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 lives	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 houses	case
27	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 corners	nmod
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 insect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a silverfish	a small grey insect		with no wings	tree rules
2	wriggle	present	that			like a fish	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	live	present	that not said here		damp corners of houses		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Location

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: rare — kept apart, not parsed.

Silverfish is also a name for some small silvery fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 name	cop
3	also	also	ADV	_	5 name	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 fish	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 fish	nsubj
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fish	amod
9	silvery	silvery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fish	amod
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Silverfish	a name				for small silvery fish	tree rules

Example 1

A silverfish darted across the bathroom floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 silverfish	det
2	silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	darted	dart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 silverfish	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	7 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
6	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floor	compound
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 darted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 silverfish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dart	participle		a silverfish not said here		the bathroom floor			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Trajectory

Example 2

Silverfish like damp, dark places.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	like	like	ADP	_	6 places	case
3	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 damp	punct
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
6	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Silverfish	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Silverfish	punct

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

Example 3

Silverfish nibble paper, glue and old books.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nibble	nsubj
2	nibble	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nibble	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 glue	punct
5	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paper	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 books	cc
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 books	amod
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paper	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nibble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nibble	present	Silverfish	paper and glue and old books					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient

Example 4

It is an insect even though it is called a fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 insect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insect	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 insect	det
4	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	9 called	advmod
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 called	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 called	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 called	aux:pass
9	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 insect	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fish	det
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 insect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a insect					tree rules
2	call	present · passive	a insect not said here	insect					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 5

We spotted three silverfish under the sink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 silverfish	nummod
4	silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spotted	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sink	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sink	det
7	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	We	three silverfish		the sink			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent silverfish=Destination

Example 6

Silverfish are harmless to people but annoying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 annoying	cc
7	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 harmless	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Silverfish					to people; harmless property	tree rules
2	be		Silverfish not said here						tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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