stealer
Who acts: stealer, person, things, fox, Stealers · What happens: be, take, belong, catch, come · To what, where: person, things, nut stealer, horse stealer, gate, grain
«stealer» 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: stealer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A stealer is a person or animal that takes things which belong to someone else. (A rare word for a thief.).
Sentence 1: A stealer is a person or animal that takes things which belong to someone else.
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 stealer | det |
| 2 | stealer | stealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 animal | cc |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | conj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 takes | nsubj |
| 9 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 takes | obj |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 belong | nsubj |
| 12 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 things | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 someone | case |
| 14 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 belong | obl |
| 15 | else | else | ADV | _ | 14 someone | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a stealer | a person or animal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | present | a person or animal | things | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ||||
| 3 | belong | present | things | to someone | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: (A rare word for a thief.).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 word | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 thief | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 thief | det |
| 7 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 word | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 word | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 word | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The fox is a nut-stealer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stealer | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stealer | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stealer | det |
| 5 | nut | nut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stealer | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 nut | punct |
| 7 | stealer | stealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 stealer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fox | a nut stealer | tree rules |
Example 2
A horse-stealer was caught at the gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stealer | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stealer | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 horse | punct |
| 4 | stealer | stealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 caught | aux:pass |
| 6 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 gate | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gate | det |
| 9 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 caught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | a horse stealer | the gate | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at gate=Asset |
Example 3
Stealers came in the night and took the grain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealers | stealer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 took | cc |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grain | det |
| 9 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Stealers | night | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | past | Stealers not said here | the grain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |
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