sloth Who acts: sloth, that, Sloths, Green algae, you, sister · What happens: move, be, hang down, save, sleep, grow · To what, where: moving animal, Central America, trees, Sloth laziness, branch, energy · Speech: someone speaks here
«sloth» 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: sloth in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A sloth is a slow-moving animal from Central and South America that hangs upside down in trees.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det advmod punct amod case compound cc conj nmod nsubj parataxis advmod advmod case obl punct root A DET sloth NOUN is AUX a DET slow ADJ - PUNCT moving VERB animal NOUN from ADP Central PROPN and CCONJ South PROPN America PROPN that PRON hangs VERB upside ADV down ADV in ADP trees NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sloth det 2 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 8 animal nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 animal cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 animal det 5 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 7 moving advmod 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 slow punct 7 moving move VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 animal amod 8 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 from from ADP _ 13 America case 10 Central Central PROPN Number=Sing 13 America compound 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 South cc 12 South South PROPN Number=Sing 10 Central conj 13 America America PROPN Number=Sing 8 animal nmod 14 that that PRON PronType=Rel 15 hangs nsubj 15 hangs hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 animal parataxis 16 upside upside ADV _ 15 hangs advmod 17 down down ADV _ 15 hangs advmod 18 in in ADP _ 19 trees case 19 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 15 hangs obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 8 animal punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move gerund vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 is a present a sloth a moving animal Central America tree rules 3 hang down present that trees down, upside property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=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 Sloth is laziness (formal or old word).
compound cop punct amod cc amod conj punct punct root Sloth NOUN is AUX laziness NOUN ( PUNCT formal ADJ or CCONJ old ADJ word NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 3 laziness compound 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 laziness cop 3 laziness laziness NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 formal punct 5 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos 3 laziness amod 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 word cc 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 word amod 8 word word NOUN Number=Sing 5 formal conj 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 formal punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 laziness punct
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1 is a present Sloth laziness tree rules
Example 1 The sloth hung upside down from the branch.
det nsubj advmod advmod case det obl punct root The DET sloth NOUN hung VERB upside ADV down ADV from ADP the DET branch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sloth det 2 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 3 hung nsubj 3 hung hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 upside upside ADV _ 3 hung advmod 5 down down ADV _ 3 hung advmod 6 from from ADP _ 8 branch case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 branch det 8 branch branch NOUN Number=Sing 3 hung obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 hung punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hang down past the sloth the branch down, upside property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Sloths move very slowly to save energy.
nsubj advmod advmod mark advcl obj punct root Sloths NOUN move VERB very ADV slowly ADV to PART save VERB energy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sloths sloth NOUN Number=Plur 2 move nsubj 2 move move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 4 slowly advmod 4 slowly slowly ADV _ 2 move advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 save mark 6 save save VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 move advcl 7 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 6 save obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 move punct
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1 move present Sloths slowly property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 save to-infinitive Sloths not said here energy vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme
Example 3 A sloth sleeps about 15 hours a day.
det nsubj advmod nummod obj det nmod:unmarked punct root A DET sloth NOUN sleeps VERB about ADV 15 NUM hours NOUN a DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sloth det 2 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 3 sleeps nsubj 3 sleeps sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADV _ 5 15 advmod 5 15 15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 hours nummod 6 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 3 sleeps obj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 hours nmod:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sleeps punct
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1 sleep present a sloth hour vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Green algae grow on the sloth's fur.
amod nsubj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Green ADJ algae NOUN grow VERB on ADP the DET sloth NOUN 's PART fur NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Green green ADJ Degree=Pos 2 algae amod 2 algae alga NOUN Number=Plur 3 grow nsubj 3 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 8 fur case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sloth det 6 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 8 fur nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 sloth case 8 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 3 grow obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 grow punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present Green algae the sloth's fur vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fur=Location
Example 5 «Get up, you sloth!» said my sister.
punct ccomp compound:prt punct nsubj vocative punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct root « PUNCT Get VERB up ADP , PUNCT you PRON sloth NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT said VERB my PRON sister NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Get punct 2 Get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 said ccomp 3 up up ADP _ 2 Get compound:prt 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 sloth punct 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 sloth nsubj 6 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 2 Get vocative 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Get punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 2 Get punct 9 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 sister nmod:poss 11 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 9 said nsubj 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 said punct
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1 get up in a quote infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 sloth in a quote you tree rules 3 say speech: express past my sister vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Example 6 In old stories, sloth is a bad habit.
case amod obl punct nsubj cop det amod punct root In ADP old ADJ stories NOUN , PUNCT sloth NOUN is AUX a DET bad ADJ habit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 stories case 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stories amod 3 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 9 habit obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 stories punct 5 sloth sloth NOUN Number=Sing 9 habit nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 habit cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 habit det 8 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 9 habit amod 9 habit habit NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 habit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present sloth a bad habit old stories tree rules
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