snowman Who acts: snowman, We, sun, you, Olaf · What happens: be, make, stack up, build, have, melt · To what, where: figure, person, two big snowballs, snowman, garden, carrot
«snowman» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: snowman in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A snowman is a figure of a person made of snow, usually two or three big snowballs stacked up, with a face of stones or coal and a carrot nose.
The tree, 30 words det nsubj cop det case det nmod acl case obl punct advmod nummod cc conj amod nmod acl compound:prt punct case det parataxis case nmod cc conj cc det compound conj punct root A DET snowman NOUN is AUX a DET figure NOUN of ADP a DET person NOUN made VERB of ADP snow NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV two NUM or CCONJ three NUM big ADJ snowballs NOUN stacked VERB up ADP , PUNCT with ADP a DET face NOUN of ADP stones NOUN or CCONJ coal NOUN and CCONJ a DET carrot NOUN nose NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 snowman det 2 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 5 figure nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 figure cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 figure det 5 figure figure NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 person case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 person det 8 person person NOUN Number=Sing 5 figure nmod 9 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 person acl 10 of of ADP _ 11 snow case 11 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 9 made obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 18 snowballs punct 13 usually usually ADV _ 18 snowballs advmod 14 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 18 snowballs nummod 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 three cc 16 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 14 two conj 17 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 18 snowballs amod 18 snowballs snowball NOUN Number=Plur 5 figure nmod 19 stacked stack VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 18 snowballs acl 20 up up ADP _ 19 stacked compound:prt 21 , , PUNCT _ 24 face punct 22 with with ADP _ 24 face case 23 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 face det 24 face face NOUN Number=Sing 5 figure parataxis 25 of of ADP _ 26 stones case 26 stones stone NOUN Number=Plur 24 face nmod 27 or or CCONJ _ 28 coal cc 28 coal coal NOUN Number=Sing 24 face conj 29 and and CCONJ _ 32 nose cc 30 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 32 nose det 31 carrot carrot NOUN Number=Sing 32 nose compound 32 nose nose NOUN Number=Sing 24 face conj 33 . . PUNCT _ 5 figure punct
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1 is a present a snowman a figure of a person; two big snowballs nmod tree rules 2 make participle a person not said here of snow vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 stack up participle two big snowballs not said here vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: 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.
Example 1 We built a snowman in the garden.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root We PRON built VERB a DET snowman NOUN in ADP the DET garden NOUN . PUNCT 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 built nsubj 2 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 snowman det 4 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 2 built obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 garden case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 garden det 7 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 2 built obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 built punct
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1 build past We a snowman the garden vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowman=Product
Example 2 Our snowman has a carrot for a nose.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root Our PRON snowman NOUN has VERB a DET carrot NOUN for ADP a DET nose NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 snowman nmod:poss 2 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 carrot det 5 carrot carrot NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 nose case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 nose det 8 nose nose NOUN Number=Sing 5 carrot nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present Our snowman a carrot for a nose vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient
Example 3 The snowman melted when the sun came out.
det nsubj mark det nsubj advcl advmod punct root The DET snowman NOUN melted VERB when SCONJ the DET sun NOUN came VERB out ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 snowman det 2 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 3 melted nsubj 3 melted melt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 7 came mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sun det 6 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 7 came nsubj 7 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 melted advcl 8 out out ADV _ 7 came advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 melted punct
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1 melt past the snowman vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 come out past the sun out property vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
Example 4 Roll a big snowball for the snowman's body.
det amod obj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Roll VERB a DET big ADJ snowball NOUN for ADP the DET snowman NOUN 's PART body NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Roll roll VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 snowball det 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 snowball amod 4 snowball snowball NOUN Number=Sing 1 Roll obj 5 for for ADP _ 9 body case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 snowman det 7 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 9 body nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 snowman case 9 body body NOUN Number=Sing 1 Roll obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Roll punct
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1 roll imperative you not said here a big snowball for the snowman's body vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snowball=Material for body=Beneficiary
Example 5 Olaf is a funny snowman in «Frozen».
nsubj cop det amod mark punct acl punct punct root Olaf PROPN is AUX a DET funny ADJ snowman NOUN in SCONJ « PUNCT Frozen VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Olaf Olaf PROPN Number=Sing 5 snowman nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 snowman cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 snowman det 4 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 snowman amod 5 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in SCONJ _ 8 Frozen mark 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 Frozen punct 8 Frozen freeze VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 snowman acl 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 Frozen punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 snowman punct
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1 is a present Olaf a funny snowman tree rules 2 freeze in a quote participle a funny snowman not said here vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 Put a hat and scarf on the snowman.
det obj cc conj case det obl punct root Put VERB a DET hat NOUN and CCONJ scarf NOUN on ADP the DET snowman NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 hat det 3 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 scarf cc 5 scarf scarf NOUN Number=Sing 3 hat conj 6 on on ADP _ 8 snowman case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 snowman det 8 snowman snowman NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Put punct
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1 put imperative you not said here a hat and scarf the snowman vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme on snowman=Destination
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