soothsayer
Who acts: person, soothsayer, son, Everyone · What happens: claim, foretell, happen, tell, have, lose · To what, where: future, fortune, king, soothsayer · Speech: someone speaks here
«soothsayer» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: soothsayer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person who claims to foretell what will happen in the future.
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 claims | nsubj |
| 4 | claims | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 foretell | mark |
| 6 | foretell | foretell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 claims | xcomp |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 happen | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 happen | aux |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 foretell | ccomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 future | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 future | det |
| 12 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happen | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | present | a person | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | foretell | to-infinitive | a person not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | happen | future | the future | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in future=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.
Example 1
The soothsayer told the king his fortune.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soothsayer | det |
| 2 | soothsayer | soothsayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | nsubj |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | obj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the soothsayer | soothsayer's fortune | the king | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient fortune=Topic |
Example 2
The soothsayer's son had no time to lose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soothsayer | det |
| 2 | soothsayer | soothsayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 soothsayer | case |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 lose | mark |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 time | acl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the soothsayer's son | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lose | to-infinitive | the soothsayer's son not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Everyone went to the soothsayer for advice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 soothsayer | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 soothsayer | det |
| 5 | soothsayer | soothsayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 advice | case |
| 7 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Everyone | the soothsayer | for advice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to soothsayer=Initial_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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