songster

Who acts: bird, person, songster, blackbird · What happens: sing, be, perch · To what, where: fine songster, little songster, branch

«songster» 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: songster in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bird that sings well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sings	nsubj
4	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bird	acl:relcl
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 sings	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	a bird					well property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who sings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sings	nsubj
4	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	a person						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Example 1

The songster sang at dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 songster	det
2	songster	songster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 dawn	case
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the songster				dawn		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

A blackbird is a fine songster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 blackbird	det
2	blackbird	blackbird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 songster	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 songster	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 songster	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 songster	amod
6	songster	songster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 songster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a blackbird	a fine songster					tree rules

Example 3

The little songster perched on the branch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 songster	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 songster	amod
3	songster	songster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	perched	perch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 songster	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 branch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 branch	det
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perched	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 songster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perch	participle		the little songster not said here		the branch			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=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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