spec
Who acts: Spec, I, it, We · What happens: be, suppose, reckon, mean, spec, grow away · To what, where: dialect short form, dog · Speech: someone speaks here
«spec» 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: spec in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Spec is a dialect short form of «suspect» in the sense «suppose» or «reckon».
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spec | spec | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 form | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 form | det |
| 4 | dialect | dialect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | compound |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 suspect | case |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 suspect | punct |
| 9 | suspect | suspect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | nmod |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 suspect | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 sense | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sense | det |
| 13 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 suspect | nmod |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 suppose | punct |
| 15 | suppose | suppose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 sense | appos |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 suppose | punct |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 reckon | cc |
| 18 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 19 reckon | punct |
| 19 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 suppose | conj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 suppose | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 form | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Spec | a dialect short form | of suspect in the sense | tree rules | |||
| 2 | suppose in a quote | infinitive | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | reckon in a quote | infinitive | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: 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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
I spec means I suppose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | spec | spec | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 suppose | nsubj |
| 5 | suppose | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | I | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | suppose | present | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
I spec I will grow away from it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 spec | nsubj |
| 2 | spec | spec | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | aux |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 spec | ccomp |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 grow | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grow | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spec | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spec | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow away | future | I | from it; away property | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from it=Patient |
Example 2
I spec it will rain today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 spec | nsubj |
| 2 | spec | spec | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rain | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rain | aux |
| 5 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spec | ccomp |
| 6 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spec | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spec | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spec | present | I | today | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | rain | future | it | tree rules |
Example 3
We spec the dog has run home.
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 spec | nsubj |
| 2 | spec | spec | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 run | aux |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 spec | ccomp |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 run | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spec | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spec | present | We | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run | present · perfect · passive | the dog | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |
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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