swineherd
Who acts: swineherd, job, prince · What happens: be, take, become, sell · To what, where: person, pigs, wood, swineherd, pig
«swineherd» 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: swineherd in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A swineherd is a person whose job is to look after pigs. (old use).
Sentence 1: A swineherd is a person whose job is to look after pigs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 swineherd | det |
| 2 | swineherd | swineherd | 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 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 look | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 look | cop |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 look | mark |
| 10 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 pigs | case |
| 12 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 look | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a swineherd | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | job | after pigs | look property | 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.
Sentence 2: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The swineherd took the pigs to the wood.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swineherd | det |
| 2 | swineherd | swineherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pigs | det |
| 5 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 wood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wood | det |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the swineherd | the pigs | the wood | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pig=Theme to wood=Destination |
Example 2
The prince became a swineherd.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | nsubj |
| 3 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 swineherd | det |
| 5 | swineherd | swineherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 became | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | the prince | a swineherd | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Example 3
The swineherd sold his pig for a fair price.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swineherd | det |
| 2 | swineherd | swineherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sold | nsubj |
| 3 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pig | nmod:poss |
| 5 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sold | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 price | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 price | det |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 price | amod |
| 9 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sold | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | the swineherd | swineherd's pig | for a fair price | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent pig=Theme for price=Asset |
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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