spoonbill

Who acts: spoonbill, Twelve spoonbills, She · What happens: be, shape, come, fly, strike, turn · To what, where: wading bird, long flat bill, moist earth, spoonbill

«spoonbill» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: spoonbill in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spoonbill	det
2	spoonbill	spoonbill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
5	wading	wading	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	compound
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	12 bill	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bill	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bill	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
11	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bill	amod
12	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nmod
13	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 bill	acl
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 spoon	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 spoon	det
16	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shaped	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a spoonbill	a wading bird				with a long flat bill	tree rules
2	shape	participle		a long flat bill not said here				like a spoon	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Twelve spoonbills came flying and struck the moist earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 spoonbills	nummod
2	spoonbills	spoonbill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 came	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 struck	cc
6	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
8	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 earth	amod
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come	past	Twelve spoonbills		tree rules
2	fly	gerund	Twelve spoonbills not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	strike	past	Twelve spoonbills not said here	the moist earth	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient

Example 2

She turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 spoonbill	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spoonbill	det
5	spoonbill	spoonbill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flew	cc
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 flew	advmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 companions	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 companions	nmod:poss
11	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flew	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	She			a spoonbill			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into spoonbill=Trajectory
2	fly away	past	She not said here				after her companions	away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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