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Who acts: you, silly way, people, Grandpa, She, Spectacles · What happens: wear, help, see, make, behave, stare · To what, where: two lenses, you, spectacle, silly way, people, spectacles

«spectacles» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: spectacles in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Glasses: two lenses in a frame worn to help you see better.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lenses	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lenses	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 lenses	nummod
4	lenses	lens	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 frame	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 frame	det
7	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lenses	nmod
8	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lenses	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 worn	advcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 help	obj
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	xcomp
13	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 see	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lenses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		two lenses in a frame not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	help	to-infinitive		you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	see	infinitive	you not said here					well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Plural of «spectacle»: impressive shows or sights, like fireworks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spectacle	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 spectacle	case
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 spectacle	punct
4	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 spectacle	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 shows	punct
7	impressive	impressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shows	amod
8	shows	show	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spectacle	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sights	cc
10	sights	sight	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shows	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fireworks	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 fireworks	case
13	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shows	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spectacle	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

«Make a spectacle of yourself»: behave in a silly way that makes people stare.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Make	punct
2	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spectacle	det
4	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Make	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 yourself	case
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 spectacle	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Make	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 behave	punct
9	behave	behave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Make	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 way	det
12	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 behave	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 makes	nsubj
15	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 way	acl:relcl
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 makes	obj
17	stare	stare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 makes	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a spectacle of yourself					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spectacle=Product
2	behave	infinitive	you not said here			a silly way			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	make	present	a silly way	people					tree rules
4	stare	infinitive	people not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Grandpa can't read without his spectacles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 read	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 read	advmod
4	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 spectacles	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spectacles	nmod:poss
7	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 read	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not read	can	Grandpa					without Grandpa's spectacles	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She pushed her spectacles up her nose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 spectacles	nmod:poss
4	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushed	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 nose	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nose	nmod:poss
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	She	her spectacles		her nose			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent spectacle=Theme up nose=Trajectory

Example 3

Spectacles help people who are short-sighted see far away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 see	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 see	cop
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sighted	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 short	punct
8	sighted	sight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 see	nsubj
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 people	acl:relcl
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Spectacles		people				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary
2	sight	participle							vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	people					away, see property	tree rules

Example 4

The fireworks were amazing spectacles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fireworks	det
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spectacles	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spectacles	cop
4	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spectacles	amod
5	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spectacles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fireworks	amazing spectacles					tree rules

Example 5

Don't make a spectacle of yourself at the wedding!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 make	advmod
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spectacle	det
5	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 yourself	case
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 spectacle	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 wedding	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wedding	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a spectacle of yourself		the wedding			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spectacle=Product

Example 6

Where are my specs?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 specs	nmod:poss
4	specs	spec	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Where	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	my specs					where property	tree rules

Example 7

Michael had tried on his spectacles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tried	aux
3	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 spectacles	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 spectacles	nmod:poss
6	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tried	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · perfect	Michael			Michael's spectacles			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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