terrier Who acts: small lively dog, person, terrier, Jack Russell, She, Yorkshire terriers · What happens: breed, hunt, dig out, be, not give up, love · To what, where: small animals, holes, garden, small terrier, Terriers, rats
«terrier» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: terrier in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A small or medium-sized, lively dog first bred to hunt and dig out small animals such as rats, rabbits and foxes.
The tree, 22 words det amod cc amod punct conj punct amod nsubj advmod mark xcomp cc conj compound:prt amod obj case fixed nmod punct conj cc conj punct root A DET small ADJ or CCONJ medium ADJ - PUNCT sized ADJ , PUNCT lively ADJ dog NOUN first ADV bred VERB to PART hunt VERB and CCONJ dig VERB out ADP small ADJ animals NOUN such ADJ as ADP rats NOUN , PUNCT rabbits NOUN and CCONJ foxes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 dog det 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 9 dog amod 3 or or CCONJ _ 6 sized cc 4 medium medium ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sized amod 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 medium punct 6 sized sized ADJ Degree=Pos 2 small conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 small punct 8 lively lively ADJ Degree=Pos 9 dog amod 9 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 11 bred nsubj 10 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 11 bred advmod 11 bred breed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 to to PART _ 13 hunt mark 13 hunt hunt VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 bred xcomp 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 dig cc 15 dig dig VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 hunt conj 16 out out ADP _ 15 dig compound:prt 17 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 18 animals amod 18 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 15 dig obj 19 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 21 rats case 20 as as ADP _ 19 such fixed 21 rats rat NOUN Number=Plur 18 animals nmod 22 , , PUNCT _ 23 rabbits punct 23 rabbits rabbit NOUN Number=Plur 21 rats conj 24 and and CCONJ _ 25 foxes cc 25 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 21 rats conj 26 . . PUNCT _ 11 bred punct
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1 breed past a small lively dog first property tree rules 2 hunt to-infinitive a small lively dog not said here vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 dig out infinitive a small lively dog not said here small animals such rats and rabbits and foxes vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent animal=Instrument
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 Usage: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.
A person who is very determined and does not give up.
det nsubj nsubj cop advmod cc aux advmod conj compound:prt punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON is AUX very ADV determined ADJ and CCONJ does AUX not PART give VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 6 determined nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 determined nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 determined cop 5 very very ADV _ 6 determined advmod 6 determined determined ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 give cc 8 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 give aux 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 give advmod 10 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 determined conj 11 up up ADP _ 10 give compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 determined punct
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1 is present a person determined property tree rules 2 not give up present · do-support a person not said here vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Our terrier loves digging holes in the garden.
nmod:poss nsubj xcomp obj case det obl punct root Our PRON terrier NOUN loves VERB digging VERB holes NOUN in ADP the DET garden NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 terrier nmod:poss 2 terrier terrier NOUN Number=Sing 3 loves nsubj 3 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 digging dig VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 loves xcomp 5 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 4 digging obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 garden case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 garden det 8 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 4 digging obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 loves punct
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1 love present Our terrier vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 dig not said to happen gerund Our terrier not said here holes the garden vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in garden=Location
Example 2 A Jack Russell is a small terrier.
det compound nsubj cop det amod punct root A DET Jack PROPN Russell PROPN is AUX a DET small ADJ terrier NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 Russell det 2 Jack Jack PROPN Number=Sing 3 Russell compound 3 Russell Russell PROPN Number=Sing 7 terrier nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 terrier cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 terrier det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 terrier amod 7 terrier terrier NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 terrier punct
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1 is a present a Jack Russell a small terrier tree rules
Example 3 Terriers were bred to catch rats.
nsubj aux:pass mark advcl obj punct root Terriers NOUN were AUX bred VERB to PART catch VERB rats NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Terriers terrier NOUN Number=Plur 3 bred nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 bred aux:pass 3 bred breed VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 catch mark 5 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 bred advcl 6 rats rat NOUN Number=Plur 5 catch obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 bred punct
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1 breed past · passive Terriers tree rules 2 catch to-infinitive rats vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
Example 4 The terrier barked at the postman.
det acl case det obl punct root The DET terrier NOUN barked VERB at ADP the DET postman NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 terrier det 2 terrier terrier NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 barked bark VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 terrier acl 4 at at ADP _ 6 postman case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 postman det 6 postman postman NOUN Number=Sing 3 barked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 terrier punct
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1 bark participle the terrier not said here at the postman vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at postman=Stimulus
Example 5 She chased the story like a terrier.
nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root She PRON chased VERB the DET story NOUN like ADP a DET terrier 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 chased nsubj 2 chased chase VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 story det 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 chased obj 5 like like ADP _ 7 terrier case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 terrier det 7 terrier terrier NOUN Number=Sing 4 story nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 chased punct
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1 chase past She the story like a terrier vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme
Example 6 Yorkshire terriers are tiny dogs with long silky hair.
compound nsubj cop amod case amod amod nmod punct root Yorkshire PROPN terriers NOUN are AUX tiny ADJ dogs NOUN with ADP long ADJ silky ADJ hair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yorkshire Yorkshire PROPN Number=Sing 2 terriers compound 2 terriers terrier NOUN Number=Plur 5 dogs nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 dogs cop 4 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 dogs amod 5 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 with with ADP _ 9 hair case 7 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hair amod 8 silky silky ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hair amod 9 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 5 dogs nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 dogs punct
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1 is a present Yorkshire terriers tiny dogs with long silky hair tree rules
Example 7 The little terrier was brave and full of energy.
det amod nsubj cop cc conj case obl punct root The DET little ADJ terrier NOUN was AUX brave ADJ and CCONJ full ADJ of ADP energy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 terrier det 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 terrier amod 3 terrier terrier NOUN Number=Sing 5 brave nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 brave cop 5 brave brave ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 full cc 7 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 5 brave conj 8 of of ADP _ 9 energy case 9 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 7 full obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 brave punct
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1 is past the little terrier brave property tree rules 2 be the little terrier not said here of energy tree rules
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