spectacle

Who acts: spectacle, people, Spectacles, eyes, He, crowd · What happens: be, stare, wear, help, see, gather · To what, where: striking, strange sight, glasses, face, frightful spectacle, spectacle

«spectacle» 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: spectacle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A spectacle is a striking or strange sight that people stare at.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spectacle	det
2	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 striking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 striking	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 striking	det
5	striking	striking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sight	cc
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sight	amod
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 striking	conj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 stare	obj
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stare	nsubj
11	stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sight	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	11 stare	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 striking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a spectacle	a striking or strange sight					tree rules
2	stare	present	people	strange sight					tree rules

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: plural — kept apart, not parsed.

Spectacles are glasses worn on the face to help the eyes see.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 glasses	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 glasses	cop
3	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 glasses	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worn	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 worn	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eyes	det
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 see	nsubj
12	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 help	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 glasses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Spectacles	glasses		tree rules
2	wear	participle		glasses not said here	the face	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	help	to-infinitive				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	see	present	the eyes			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

He was amazed at this frightful spectacle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 amazed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 amazed	cop
3	amazed	amazed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 spectacle	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 spectacle	det
6	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spectacle	amod
7	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amazed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			this frightful spectacle		amazed property	tree rules

Example 2

The crowd gathered to watch the spectacle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gathered	nsubj
3	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 watch	mark
5	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gathered	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spectacle	det
7	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	the crowd						vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	watch	to-infinitive	the crowd not said here	the spectacle					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectacle=Theme

Example 3

Grandad put on his spectacles to read.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 spectacles	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 spectacles	nmod:poss
5	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 read	mark
7	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 put	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Grandad			Grandad's spectacles			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on spectacle=Destination
2	read	to-infinitive	Grandad not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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