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tarsier

Who acts: tarsier, tarsier eye, Tarsiers, Loud noise, visitors · What happens: be, have, hunt, turn, leap, live · To what, where: tiny primate, islands, eyes, insects, head, tree

«tarsier» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: tarsier in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tarsier is a tiny primate from islands in South-East Asia, such as the Philippines and Borneo, with huge round eyes, long back legs and a long thin tail.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tarsier	det
2	tarsier	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 primate	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 primate	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 primate	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 primate	amod
6	primate	primate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 islands	case
8	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 primate	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 Asia	case
10	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 East	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 South	punct
12	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Asia	compound
13	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 islands	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Philippines	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 Philippines	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Philippines	det
18	Philippines	Philippines	PROPN	Number=Ptan	6 primate	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Borneo	cc
20	Borneo	Borneo	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Philippines	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 eyes	punct
22	with	with	ADP	_	25 eyes	case
23	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 eyes	amod
24	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 eyes	amod
25	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 Philippines	appos
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 legs	punct
27	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 legs	amod
28	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 legs	compound
29	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 eyes	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 tail	cc
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 tail	det
32	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 tail	amod
33	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 tail	amod
34	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 eyes	conj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 primate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tarsier	a tiny primate		islands in East Asia		such the Philippines and Borneo	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

Each tarsier eye is about as big as its brain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 eye	det
2	tarsier	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eye	compound
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 big	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 big	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	7 big	advmod
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 big	advmod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 brain	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brain	nmod:poss
10	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 big	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 big	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	each tarsier eye					as eye's brain; about, big property	tree rules

Example 1

The tarsier has eyes as big as its brain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tarsier	det
2	tarsier	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 big	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 has	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 brain	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brain	nmod:poss
9	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 big	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the tarsier	eyes				big property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Example 2

Tarsiers hunt insects at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tarsiers	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	nsubj
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Tarsiers	insects			night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme

Example 3

A tarsier can turn its head almost right round.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tarsier	det
2	tarsier	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obj
7	almost	almost	ADV	_	8 right	advmod
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 round	advmod
9	round	round	ADV	_	4 turn	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	can	a tarsier	tarsier's head				round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Example 4

The tarsier leaps from tree to tree on its long legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tarsier	det
2	tarsier	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaps	nsubj
3	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 tree	case
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaps	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 tree	case
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaps	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 legs	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 legs	nmod:poss
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 legs	amod
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leaps	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	present	the tarsier			tree		to tree; on tarsier's long legs	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tree=Destination

Example 5

Tarsiers live on islands in South-East Asia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tarsiers	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 islands	case
4	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 Asia	case
6	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 East	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 South	punct
8	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Asia	compound
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 islands	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Tarsiers			islands in East Asia			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location

Example 6

Loud noise and camera flashes can stress tarsiers, so visitors must be quiet.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 noise	amod
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stress	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flashes	cc
4	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flashes	compound
5	flashes	flash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 noise	conj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stress	aux
7	stress	stress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	tarsiers	tarsier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stress	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 quiet	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 quiet	advmod
11	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 quiet	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 quiet	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 quiet	cop
14	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stress	parataxis
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stress	can	Loud noise and camera flashes	tarsiers					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tarsier=Destination
2	is	must	visitors					quiet property	tree rules

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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