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somali

Who acts: friend, Somali community, Somalia, Somali families, Many Somalis · What happens: do, speak, be, write, celebrate, drink · To what, where: Somali language, Somali, home, Eid, park, Horn · Speech: someone speaks here

«somali» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: somali in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do with Somalia, a country in the Horn of East Africa, or its people.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Somalia	case
4	Somalia	Somalia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 country	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 country	det
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Somalia	appos
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Horn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Horn	det
10	Horn	Horn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 country	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Africa	case
12	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Africa	compound
13	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Horn	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 people	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 people	cc
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 people	nmod:poss
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Horn	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with Somalia	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

A Somali person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	Somali	somali	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct

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

Meaning 3

The Somali language, spoken by about 20 million people in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and by Somalis around the world.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 language	det
2	Somali	somali	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 language	amod
3	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 spoken	punct
5	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 language	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 people	case
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 million	advmod
8	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 million	compound
9	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 people	nummod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spoken	obl:agent
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Somalia	case
12	Somalia	Somalia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 people	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Djibouti	punct
14	Djibouti	Djibouti	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Somalia	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Ethiopia	punct
16	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Somalia	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Kenya	punct
18	Kenya	Kenya	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Somalia	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Somalis	cc
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 Somalis	case
21	Somalis	somali	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Somalia	conj
22	around	around	ADP	_	24 world	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 world	det
24	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 Somalis	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 language	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		the Somali language not said here					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

My friend Hodan is Somali and speaks Somali at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Somali	nsubj
3	Hodan	Hodan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Somali	cop
5	Somali	Somali	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 speaks	cc
7	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Somali	conj
8	Somali	somali	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaks	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaks	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Somali	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My friend	Somali					tree rules
2	speak speech: other	present	My friend not said here	Somali		home			tree rules

Example 2

Somali is written with Latin letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somali	somali	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 letters	case
5	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 written	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		Somali				with Latin letters	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

The Somali community celebrated Eid at the park.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 community	det
2	Somali	somali	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 community	amod
3	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	nsubj
4	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Eid	Eid	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 celebrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past	the Somali community	Eid		the park			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eid=Theme

Example 4

Somalia is on the Horn of Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somalia	Somalia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Horn	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Horn	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 Horn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Horn	det
5	Horn	Horn	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Africa	case
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Horn	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Horn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Somalia			the Horn		of Africa	tree rules

Example 5

Somali families often drink spiced tea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somali	somali	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 families	compound
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drink	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 drink	advmod
4	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	spiced	spice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tea	amod
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	Somali families	spiced tea				often property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient
2	spice	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Many Somalis live in Minneapolis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Somalis	amod
2	Somalis	somali	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Minneapolis	case
5	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 live	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Many Somalis			Minneapolis			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in minneapolis=Location

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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