skipjack
Who acts: small fish, skipjack, fish, Everyone · What happens: leap out, think, jump, name, be, stand · To what, where: water, name, tale, fish, sea, all · Speech: someone speaks here
«skipjack» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: skipjack in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fish | amod |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 leaps | nsubj |
| 5 | leaps | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fish | acl:relcl |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaps | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kind | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 kind | det |
| 12 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 water | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 tuna | case |
| 14 | tuna | tuna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kind | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap out | present | a small fish | the water and a kind of tuna | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory |
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
In the tale, the name of a fish who is thought unable to jump.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 tale | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tale | det |
| 3 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thought | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tale | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 name | det |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thought | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fish | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fish | det |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 name | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 thought | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 thought | aux:pass |
| 12 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 thought | xcomp |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 jump | mark |
| 15 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 unable | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · passive | the name of a fish | the tale | unable property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | jump | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | name | a fish | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Example 1
A skipjack is a fish that often leaps out of the sea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 skipjack | det |
| 2 | skipjack | skipjack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fish | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fish | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fish | det |
| 5 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 leaps | nsubj |
| 7 | often | often | ADV | _ | 8 leaps | advmod |
| 8 | leaps | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fish | acl:relcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaps | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a skipjack | a fish | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leap out | present | a fish | the sea | often property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Trajectory |
Example 2
The skipjack stood a long time thinking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skipjack | det |
| 2 | skipjack | skipjack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stood | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the skipjack | time | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | gerund | the skipjack not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Everyone thought the skipjack could not jump at all.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 skipjack | det |
| 4 | skipjack | skipjack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jump | nsubj |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 jump | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 jump | advmod |
| 7 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 jump | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Everyone | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not jump | could | the skipjack | all | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
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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