tai Who acts: Tai chi, Tai peoples, Tài, Tai, example, kind · What happens: be, flow, practise, include, mean, sound · To what, where: Chinese system, Thai, sun., tàiyáng, first name, English word · Speech: someone speaks here
«tai» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: tai in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Tai chi (or t'ai chi) is a Chinese system of slow, flowing exercise movements, practised for health and calm.
The tree, 19 words compound nsubj punct cc compound appos punct cop det amod case amod punct amod compound nmod punct parataxis case obl cc conj punct root Tai X chi NOUN ( PUNCT or CCONJ t'ai X chi NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX a DET Chinese ADJ system NOUN of ADP slow ADJ , PUNCT flowing VERB exercise NOUN movements NOUN , PUNCT practised VERB for ADP health NOUN and CCONJ calm ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tai Tai X _ 2 chi compound 2 chi chi NOUN Number=Sing 11 system nsubj 3 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 chi punct 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 chi cc 5 t'ai t'ai X _ 6 chi compound 6 chi chi NOUN Number=Sing 2 chi appos 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 chi punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 system cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 system det 10 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 11 system amod 11 system system NOUN Number=Sing root root 12 of of ADP _ 17 movements case 13 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 17 movements amod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 flowing punct 15 flowing flow VERB VerbForm=Ger 17 movements amod 16 exercise exercise NOUN Number=Sing 17 movements compound 17 movements movement NOUN Number=Plur 11 system nmod 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 practised punct 19 practised practise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 system parataxis 20 for for ADP _ 21 health case 21 health health NOUN Number=Sing 19 practised obl 22 and and CCONJ _ 23 calm cc 23 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 19 practised conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 11 system punct
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1 is a present Tai chi a Chinese system of slow flowing exercise movements tree rules 2 flow gerund vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 practise participle for health 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 The Tai peoples and Tai languages include Thai and Lao and related languages of South-East Asia and southern China.
The tree, 20 words det compound nsubj cc compound conj obj cc conj cc amod conj case compound punct compound nmod cc amod conj punct root The DET Tai PROPN peoples NOUN and CCONJ Tai PROPN languages NOUN include VERB Thai PROPN and CCONJ Lao PROPN and CCONJ related ADJ languages NOUN of ADP South PROPN - PUNCT East PROPN Asia PROPN and CCONJ southern ADJ China PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 peoples det 2 Tai Tai PROPN Number=Sing 3 peoples compound 3 peoples people NOUN Number=Plur 7 include nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 languages cc 5 Tai Tai PROPN Number=Sing 6 languages compound 6 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 3 peoples conj 7 include include VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Thai Thai PROPN Number=Sing 7 include obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 Lao cc 10 Lao Lao PROPN Number=Sing 8 Thai conj 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 languages cc 12 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 13 languages amod 13 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 8 Thai conj 14 of of ADP _ 18 Asia case 15 South South PROPN Number=Sing 17 East compound 16 - - PUNCT _ 15 South punct 17 East East PROPN Number=Sing 18 Asia compound 18 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 13 languages nmod 19 and and CCONJ _ 21 China cc 20 southern southern ADJ Degree=Pos 21 China amod 21 China China PROPN Number=Sing 18 Asia conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 7 include punct
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1 include present the Tai peoples and Tai languages Thai and Lao and related languages of East Asia and southern China vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thai=Theme
Meaning 3 Usage: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.
"Tài" means "too" or "very", as in "tài hǎo le!" (great! — sounds like "tie how luh"); "tài" is also in "tàiyáng", the sun.
Sentence 1: "Tài" means "too" or "very", as in "tài hǎo le!"
The tree, 10 words punct nsubj punct punct advmod punct cc punct conj punct punct case case punct dep compound parataxis punct punct root " PUNCT Tài PROPN " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT too ADV " PUNCT or CCONJ " PUNCT very ADV " PUNCT , PUNCT as ADP in ADP " PUNCT tài X hǎo X le NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Tài punct 2 Tài Tài PROPN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Tài punct 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 too punct 6 too too ADV _ 4 means advmod 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 too punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 10 very cc 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 very punct 10 very very ADV _ 6 too conj 11 " " PUNCT _ 6 too punct 12 , , PUNCT _ 18 le punct 13 as as ADP _ 18 le case 14 in in ADP _ 18 le case 15 " " PUNCT _ 16 tài punct 16 tài tài X Foreign=Yes 18 le dep 17 hǎo hǎo X _ 18 le compound 18 le le NOUN Number=Sing 4 means parataxis 19 ! ! PUNCT _ 18 le punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 18 le punct
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1 mean present Tài vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Sentence 2: (great! — sounds like "tie how luh"); "tài" is also in "tàiyáng", the sun.
The tree, 13 words punct punct punct conj mark punct xcomp advmod discourse punct punct punct punct nsubj punct cop advmod case punct obl punct punct det obl root ( PUNCT great ADJ ! PUNCT — PUNCT sounds VERB like SCONJ " PUNCT tie VERB how ADV luh INTJ " PUNCT ) PUNCT ; PUNCT " PUNCT tài NOUN " PUNCT is AUX also ADV in ADP " PUNCT tàiyáng NOUN " PUNCT , PUNCT the DET sun. NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 great punct 2 great great ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 great punct 4 — - PUNCT _ 5 sounds punct 5 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 great conj 6 like like SCONJ _ 8 tie mark 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 tie punct 8 tie tie VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 sounds xcomp 9 how how ADV PronType=Int 10 luh advmod 10 luh luh INTJ _ 8 tie discourse 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 luh punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 tie punct 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 tàiyáng punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 15 tài punct 15 tài tài NOUN Number=Sing 21 tàiyáng nsubj 16 " " PUNCT _ 15 tài punct 17 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 tàiyáng cop 18 also also ADV _ 21 tàiyáng advmod 19 in in ADP _ 21 tàiyáng case 20 " " PUNCT _ 21 tàiyáng punct 21 tàiyáng tàiyáng NOUN Number=Sing 5 sounds obl 22 " " PUNCT _ 21 tàiyáng punct 23 , , PUNCT _ 25 sun. punct 24 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 25 sun. det 25 sun. sun. NOUN Number=Sing 5 sounds obl
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1 sound present the sun. tree rules 2 tie in a quote infinitive vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient 3 is in a quote present tài tàiyáng tree rules
Meaning 4 Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.
Tai is a first name, for example a Welsh or Chinese name. It is not an English word on its own.
Sentence 1: Tai is a first name, for example a Welsh or Chinese name.
nsubj cop det amod punct case obl det amod cc conj conj punct root Tai PROPN is AUX a DET first ADJ name NOUN , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN a DET Welsh ADJ or CCONJ Chinese ADJ name NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tai Tai PROPN Number=Sing 5 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 name cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 name det 4 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 name amod 5 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 13 name punct 7 for for ADP _ 8 example case 8 example example NOUN Number=Sing 13 name obl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 name det 10 Welsh welsh ADJ Degree=Pos 13 name amod 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 Chinese cc 12 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 10 Welsh conj 13 name name NOUN Number=Sing 5 name conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 name punct
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1 is a present Tai a first name and a Welsh name tree rules
Sentence 2: It is not an English word on its own.
nsubj cop advmod det amod case nmod:poss nmod punct root It PRON is AUX not PART an DET English ADJ word NOUN on ADP its PRON own ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 word advmod 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 5 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 on on ADP _ 9 own case 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 own nmod:poss 9 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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1 not is a present example a English word example's own tree rules
Meaning 5 A tai is a kind of red sea fish, also called red bream.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop det case amod compound nmod punct advmod acl amod xcomp punct root A DET tai NOUN is AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP red ADJ sea NOUN fish NOUN , PUNCT also ADV called VERB red ADJ bream NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 tai det 2 tai tai NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 kind cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 kind det 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 fish case 7 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fish amod 8 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 9 fish compound 9 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 called punct 11 also also ADV _ 12 called advmod 12 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 kind acl 13 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 14 bream amod 14 bream bream NOUN Number=Sing 12 called xcomp 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 kind punct
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1 is a present a tai a kind of red sea fish tree rules 2 call participle a kind not said here red bream vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Grandma does tai chi in the park every morning.
nsubj compound obj case det obl det obl:unmarked punct root Grandma NOUN does VERB tai X chi NOUN in ADP the DET park NOUN every DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 does nsubj 2 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 tai tai X _ 4 chi compound 4 chi chi NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 park case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 park det 7 park park NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obl 8 every every DET PronType=Tot 9 morning det 9 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 does punct
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1 do present Grandma tai chi the park morning vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chi=Eventuality
Example 2 Tai chi moves are slow and gentle.
compound compound nsubj cop cc conj punct root Tai X chi NOUN moves NOUN are AUX slow ADJ and CCONJ gentle ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tai Tai X _ 2 chi compound 2 chi chi NOUN Number=Sing 3 moves compound 3 moves move NOUN Number=Plur 5 slow nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 slow cop 5 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 gentle cc 7 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 5 slow conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 slow punct
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1 is present chi moves slow property tree rules 2 be chi moves not said here tree rules
Example 3 Thai and Lao are Tai languages.
amod cc conj cop amod punct root Thai ADJ and CCONJ Lao PROPN are AUX Tai ADJ languages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thai Thai ADJ Degree=Pos 6 languages amod 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 Lao cc 3 Lao Lao PROPN Number=Sing 1 Thai conj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 languages cop 5 Tai tai ADJ Degree=Pos 6 languages amod 6 languages language NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 languages punct
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1 is a present Thai Tai languages tree rules
Example 4 (Mandarin, pinyin) "Tài hǎo le!" means "That's great!"
The tree, 9 words punct obl punct appos punct punct dep compound nsubj punct punct punct nsubj cop ccomp punct punct root ( PUNCT Mandarin PROPN , PUNCT pinyin NOUN ) PUNCT " PUNCT Tài X hǎo X le NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT That PRON 's AUX great ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 2 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN Number=Sing 12 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 4 pinyin pinyin NOUN Number=Sing 2 Mandarin appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 7 Tài Tài X Foreign=Yes 9 le dep 8 hǎo hǎo X _ 9 le compound 9 le le NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 9 le punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 le punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 13 " " PUNCT _ 16 great punct 14 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 16 great nsubj 15 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 great cop 16 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 12 means ccomp 17 ! ! PUNCT _ 16 great punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 16 great punct
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1 mean present hǎo le Mandarin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present That great property tree rules
Example 5 (Mandarin, pinyin) "Tài guì le" means "too expensive".
The tree, 8 words punct obl punct appos punct punct compound compound nsubj punct punct advmod ccomp punct punct root ( PUNCT Mandarin PROPN , PUNCT pinyin NOUN ) PUNCT " PUNCT Tài PROPN guì X le NOUN " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT too ADV expensive ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Mandarin punct 2 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN Number=Sing 11 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 4 pinyin pinyin NOUN Number=Sing 2 Mandarin appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 pinyin punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 le punct 7 Tài Tài PROPN Number=Sing 9 le compound 8 guì guì X Foreign=Yes 9 le compound 9 le le NOUN Number=Sing 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 le punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 " " PUNCT _ 14 expensive punct 13 too too ADV _ 14 expensive advmod 14 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 11 means ccomp 15 " " PUNCT _ 14 expensive punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 11 means punct
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1 mean present Tài guì le Mandarin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 6 We tried tai chi in PE and it was surprisingly hard.
nsubj compound obj case nmod cc expl cop advmod conj punct root We PRON tried VERB tai X chi NOUN in ADP PE PROPN and CCONJ it PRON was AUX surprisingly ADV hard ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 tried nsubj 2 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 tai tai X _ 4 chi compound 4 chi chi NOUN Number=Sing 2 tried obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 PE case 6 PE PE PROPN Number=Sing 4 chi nmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 11 hard cc 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 hard expl 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 hard cop 10 surprisingly surprisingly ADV _ 11 hard advmod 11 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 2 tried conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past We tai chi PE vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chi=Eventuality 2 is past We not said here hard, surprisingly property tree rules
Example 7 (a name) Tai is new in our class.
punct det nsubj punct nsubj cop case nmod:poss obl punct root ( PUNCT a DET name NOUN ) PUNCT Tai PROPN is AUX new ADJ in ADP our PRON class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 name punct 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 name det 3 name name NOUN Number=Sing 7 new nsubj 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 name punct 5 Tai Tai PROPN Number=Sing 7 new nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 new cop 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 in in ADP _ 10 class case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 class nmod:poss 10 class class NOUN Number=Sing 7 new obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 new punct
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1 is present a name our class new property tree rules
Example 8 “I think the TAI (the red bream) must be the thief who has stolen the hook!”
The tree, 16 words punct nsubj det nsubj punct det amod appos punct aux cop det ccomp nsubj aux acl det obj punct punct root “ PUNCT I PRON think VERB the DET TAI PROPN ( PUNCT the DET red ADJ bream NOUN ) PUNCT must AUX be AUX the DET thief NOUN who PRON has AUX stolen VERB the DET hook NOUN ! PUNCT ” PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 3 think punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 think nsubj 3 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 TAI det 5 TAI TAI PROPN Number=Sing 14 thief nsubj 6 ( ( PUNCT _ 9 bream punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 bream det 8 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bream amod 9 bream bream NOUN Number=Sing 5 TAI appos 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 9 bream punct 11 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 thief aux 12 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 14 thief cop 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 thief det 14 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 3 think ccomp 15 who who PRON PronType=Rel 17 stolen nsubj 16 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 stolen aux 17 stolen steal VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 14 thief acl 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 hook det 19 hook hook NOUN Number=Sing 17 stolen obj 20 ! ! PUNCT _ 14 thief punct 21 ” " PUNCT _ 3 think punct
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1 think speech: other in a quote present I vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote must the TAI the thief tree rules 3 steal in a quote present · perfect the thief the hook vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hook=Theme
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