tale Who acts: tale, fairy tale, tall tale, story, person, book · What happens: be, make up, believe, tell, mistake, have · To what, where: story, tales, charge, 12 tales, 3 tales, us · Speech: someone speaks here
«tale» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: tale in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A tale is a story, often a made-up one with adventures. A fairy tale is a story with magic in it.
Sentence 1: A tale is a story, often a made-up one with adventures.
The tree, 12 words det nsubj cop det punct advmod det amod punct compound:prt appos case nmod punct root A DET tale NOUN is AUX a DET story NOUN , PUNCT often ADV a DET made VERB - PUNCT up ADP one NOUN with ADP adventures NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 tale det 2 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 5 story nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 story cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 one punct 7 often often ADV _ 12 one advmod 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 one det 9 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 one amod 10 - - PUNCT _ 11 up punct 11 up up ADP _ 9 made compound:prt 12 one one NOUN Number=Sing 5 story appos 13 with with ADP _ 14 adventures case 14 adventures adventure NOUN Number=Plur 12 one nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 story punct
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1 is a present a tale a story tree rules 2 make up participle vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 fairy tale is a story with magic in it.
det amod nsubj cop det case nmod case nmod punct root A DET fairy ADJ tale NOUN is AUX a DET story NOUN with ADP magic NOUN in ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 tale det 2 fairy fairy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tale amod 3 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 6 story nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 story cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 story det 6 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 8 magic case 8 magic magic NOUN Number=Sing 6 story nmod 9 in in ADP _ 10 it case 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 magic nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 story punct
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1 is a present a fairy tale a story with magic in story tree rules
Meaning 2 A tall tale is a story that is hard to believe.
det amod nsubj cop det nsubj cop acl:relcl mark xcomp punct root A DET tall ADJ tale NOUN is AUX a DET story NOUN that PRON is AUX hard ADJ to PART believe VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 tale det 2 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tale amod 3 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 6 story nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 story cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 story det 6 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 hard nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 hard cop 9 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 6 story acl:relcl 10 to to PART _ 11 believe mark 11 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 hard xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 story punct
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1 is a present a tall tale a story tree rules 2 is present a story hard property tree rules 3 believe to-infinitive a story not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
Meaning 3 To tell tales is to tell someone in charge about another person's small mistakes.
The tree, 15 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj case obl case det nmod:poss case amod nmod punct root To PART tell VERB tales NOUN is AUX to PART tell VERB someone PRON in ADP charge NOUN about ADP another DET person NOUN 's PART small ADJ mistakes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 tell mark 2 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 tell advcl 3 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 2 tell obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tell cop 5 to to PART _ 6 tell mark 6 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 tell obj 8 in in ADP _ 9 charge case 9 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing 6 tell obl 10 about about ADP _ 15 mistakes case 11 another another DET PronType=Ind 12 person det 12 person person NOUN Number=Sing 15 mistakes nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 person case 14 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 15 mistakes amod 15 mistakes mistake NOUN Number=Plur 9 charge nmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 tell punct
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1 tell speech: assert to-infinitive tales vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient 2 is present charge about another person's small mistakes tell property tree rules 3 mistake another person nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 The book has 12 tales.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root The DET book NOUN has VERB 12 NUM tales NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 tales nummod 5 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the book 12 tales vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Patient
Example 2 Each tale is 8 pages long.
det nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked punct root Each DET tale NOUN is AUX 8 NUM pages NOUN long ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 tale det 2 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 6 long nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 long cop 4 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 pages nummod 5 pages page NOUN Number=Plur 6 long obl:unmarked 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 long punct
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1 is present each tale 8 pages obl:unmarked ; long property tree rules
Example 3 Grandma told us 3 tales tonight.
nsubj iobj nummod obj obl:unmarked punct root Grandma NOUN told VERB us PRON 3 NUM tales NOUN tonight NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 told iobj 4 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 tales nummod 5 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 2 told obj 6 tonight tonight NOUN Number=Sing 2 told obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past Grandma 3 tales us tonight vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient tale=Topic
Example 4 She read 2 fairy tales a day for a week.
nsubj nummod compound obj det obl:unmarked case det obl punct root She PRON read VERB 2 NUM fairy NOUN tales NOUN a DET day NOUN for ADP a DET week NOUN . PUNCT 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 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 tales nummod 4 fairy fairy NOUN Number=Sing 5 tales compound 5 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 2 read obj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 day det 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl:unmarked 8 for for ADP _ 10 week case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 week det 10 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past She 2 fairy tales day; week vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Topic
Example 5 Snow White is a famous fairy tale.
nsubj flat cop det amod compound punct root Snow NOUN White PROPN is AUX a DET famous ADJ fairy NOUN tale NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 7 tale nsubj 2 White White PROPN Number=Sing 1 Snow flat 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 tale cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 tale det 5 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tale amod 6 fairy fairy NOUN Number=Sing 7 tale compound 7 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 tale punct
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1 is a present Snow a famous fairy tale tree rules
Example 6 He told a tall tale about a fish as big as a boat.
nsubj det amod obj case det nmod advmod amod case det obl punct root He PRON told VERB a DET tall ADJ tale NOUN about ADP a DET fish NOUN as ADV big ADJ as ADP a DET boat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tale det 4 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tale amod 5 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 2 told obj 6 about about ADP _ 8 fish case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 fish det 8 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 5 tale nmod 9 as as ADV _ 10 big advmod 10 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 fish amod 11 as as ADP _ 13 boat case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 boat det 13 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 10 big obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past He a tall tale about a fish vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient about fish=Topic
Example 7 The old sailor told tales of the sea.
det amod nsubj obj case det nmod punct root The DET old ADJ sailor NOUN told VERB tales NOUN of ADP the DET sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sailor det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sailor amod 3 sailor sailor NOUN Number=Sing 4 told nsubj 4 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 4 told obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 sea case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sea det 8 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 5 tales nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the old sailor tales of the sea vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient 2 tell the sea nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent
Example 8 Do not tell tales on your friends for small things.
aux advmod obj case nmod:poss nmod case amod nmod punct root Do AUX not PART tell VERB tales NOUN on ADP your PRON friends NOUN for ADP small ADJ things NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 tell aux 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 tell advmod 3 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 3 tell obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 friends case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 friends nmod:poss 7 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 4 tales nmod 8 for for ADP _ 10 things case 9 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 10 things amod 10 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 7 friends nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 tell punct
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1 not tell speech: assert imperative · do-support you not said here tales on your friends for small things vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
Example 9 A false tale often betrays itself.
det amod nsubj advmod obj punct root A DET false ADJ tale NOUN often ADV betrays VERB itself PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 tale det 2 false false ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tale amod 3 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 5 betrays nsubj 4 often often ADV _ 5 betrays advmod 5 betrays betray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 betrays obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 betrays punct
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1 betray present a false tale tale often property tree rules
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