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sparrow

Who acts: sparrow, small common bird, Sparrows, house sparrow, We, They · What happens: be, live, eat, hop, put out, chatter · To what, where: small common bird, houses, seeds, sparrow, playground, crumbs

«sparrow» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: sparrow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sparrow is a small, common, brown and grey bird that lives near houses, gardens and towns and eats seeds and insects.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sparrow	det
2	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bird	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bird	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bird	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 brown	punct
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 common	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grey	cc
11	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 common	conj
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lives	nsubj
14	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bird	acl:relcl
15	near	near	ADP	_	16 houses	case
16	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lives	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gardens	punct
18	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 houses	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 towns	cc
20	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 houses	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 eats	cc
22	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 lives	conj
23	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 eats	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 insects	cc
25	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 seeds	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sparrow	a small common bird					tree rules
2	live	present	a small common bird			houses and gardens and towns			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near house=Location
3	eat	present	a small common bird not said here	seeds and insects					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

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

A sparrow hopped across the playground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sparrow	det
2	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hopped	hop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sparrow	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 playground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 playground	det
6	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hopped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sparrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	participle		a sparrow not said here		the playground			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across playground=Trajectory

Example 2

Sparrows were eating crumbs under the picnic table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eating	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eating	aux
3	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eating	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	8 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
7	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 table	compound
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crumbs	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · progressive	Sparrows	crumbs		the picnic table			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Patient

Example 3

The house sparrow is a small brown bird.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sparrow	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sparrow	compound
3	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bird	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bird	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
7	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the house sparrow	a small brown bird					tree rules

Example 4

We put out seeds for the sparrows in winter.

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 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 put	compound:prt
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 sparrows	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sparrows	det
7	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put out	past	We	seeds			winter	for the sparrows	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent seed=Goal

Example 5

A flock of sparrows chattered in the hedge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flock	det
2	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sparrows	case
4	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flock	nmod
5	chattered	chatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sparrows	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hedge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hedge	det
8	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chattered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chatter	participle		sparrows not said here		the hedge			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hedge=Location

Example 6

Sparrows build nests under roofs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	nsubj
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 roofs	case
5	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 build	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	Sparrows	nests		roofs			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product

Example 7

"They are sparrows, and good creatures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sparrows	punct
2	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sparrows	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sparrows	cop
4	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 creatures	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 creatures	cc
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 creatures	amod
8	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sparrows	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sparrows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	They	sparrows and good creatures					tree rules

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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