thylacine Who acts: striped like marsupial, last known one, thylacine, last known thylacine, Thylacines, Farmers · What happens: pouch, live, believe, die out, know, die · To what, where: Australia, Tasmanian tiger, stripes, back, babies, pouch · Speech: someone speaks here
«thylacine» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: thylacine in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, a striped, dog-like marsupial (pouched animal) that lived in Australia and Tasmania and is believed to have died out; the last known one died in a zoo in Hobart nearly a hundred years ago.
The tree, 41 words det amod nsubj:pass cc amod conj punct det amod punct compound punct amod conj punct amod appos punct nsubj acl case obl cc conj cc aux:pass mark aux xcomp compound:prt punct det amod amod nsubj conj case det obl case obl advmod det nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct root The DET Tasmanian ADJ tiger NOUN or CCONJ Tasmanian ADJ wolf NOUN , PUNCT a DET striped ADJ , PUNCT dog NOUN - PUNCT like ADJ marsupial NOUN ( PUNCT pouched VERB animal NOUN ) PUNCT that PRON lived VERB in ADP Australia PROPN and CCONJ Tasmania PROPN and CCONJ is AUX believed VERB to PART have AUX died VERB out ADP ; PUNCT the DET last ADJ known VERB one NOUN died VERB in ADP a DET zoo NOUN in ADP Hobart PROPN nearly ADV a DET hundred NUM years NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tiger det 2 Tasmanian tasmanian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tiger amod 3 tiger tiger NOUN Number=Sing 27 believed nsubj:pass 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 wolf cc 5 Tasmanian tasmanian ADJ Degree=Pos 6 wolf amod 6 wolf wolf NOUN Number=Sing 3 tiger conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 14 marsupial punct 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 marsupial det 9 striped striped ADJ Degree=Pos 14 marsupial amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 striped punct 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 13 like compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 dog punct 13 like like ADJ Degree=Pos 14 marsupial amod 14 marsupial marsupial NOUN Number=Sing 3 tiger conj 15 ( ( PUNCT _ 17 animal punct 16 pouched pouch VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 animal amod 17 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 14 marsupial appos 18 ) ) PUNCT _ 17 animal punct 19 that that PRON PronType=Rel 20 lived nsubj 20 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 marsupial acl 21 in in ADP _ 22 Australia case 22 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 20 lived obl 23 and and CCONJ _ 24 Tasmania cc 24 Tasmania Tasmania PROPN Number=Sing 22 Australia conj 25 and and CCONJ _ 20 lived cc 26 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 27 believed aux:pass 27 believed believe VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 28 to to PART _ 30 died mark 29 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 30 died aux 30 died die VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 27 believed xcomp 31 out out ADP _ 30 died compound:prt 32 ; ; PUNCT _ 37 died punct 33 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 36 one det 34 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 36 one amod 35 known know VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 36 one amod 36 one one NOUN Number=Sing 37 died nsubj 37 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 27 believed conj 38 in in ADP _ 40 zoo case 39 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 40 zoo det 40 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 37 died obl 41 in in ADP _ 42 Hobart case 42 Hobart Hobart PROPN Number=Sing 37 died obl 43 nearly nearly ADV _ 45 hundred advmod 44 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 45 hundred det 45 hundred hundred NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 46 years nummod 46 years year NOUN Number=Plur 47 ago obl:unmarked 47 ago ago ADV _ 37 died advmod 48 . . PUNCT _ 27 believed punct
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1 pouch participle tree rules 2 live past a striped like marsupial Australia and Tasmania vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location 3 believe present · passive the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf and a striped like marsupial tree rules 4 die out to-infinitive · perfect vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 5 know participle vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 6 die past the last known one in Hobart; in a zoo; ago property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in zoo=Attribute
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.
Example 1 The thylacine had stripes on its back like a tiger.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl case det nmod punct root The DET thylacine NOUN had VERB stripes NOUN on ADP its PRON back NOUN like ADP a DET tiger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 thylacine det 2 thylacine thylacine NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 stripes stripe NOUN Number=Plur 3 had obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 back case 6 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 back nmod:poss 7 back back NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obl 8 like like ADP _ 10 tiger case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 tiger det 10 tiger tiger NOUN Number=Sing 7 back nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the thylacine stripes thylacine's back like a tiger vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient
Example 2 The last known thylacine died in a zoo in Hobart.
det amod amod nsubj case det obl case nmod punct root The DET last ADJ known VERB thylacine NOUN died VERB in ADP a DET zoo NOUN in ADP Hobart PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 thylacine det 2 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 4 thylacine amod 3 known know VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 thylacine amod 4 thylacine thylacine NOUN Number=Sing 5 died nsubj 5 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 zoo case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 zoo det 8 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 5 died obl 9 in in ADP _ 10 Hobart case 10 Hobart Hobart PROPN Number=Sing 8 zoo nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 died punct
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1 know participle vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 die past the last known thylacine in a zoo in Hobart vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in zoo=Attribute
Example 3 Thylacines carried their babies in a pouch.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Thylacines NOUN carried VERB their PRON babies NOUN in ADP a DET pouch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thylacines thylacine NOUN Number=Plur 2 carried nsubj 2 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 babies nmod:poss 4 babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 2 carried obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 pouch case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pouch det 7 pouch pouch NOUN Number=Sing 2 carried obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 carried punct
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1 carry past Thylacines Thylacines's babies a pouch vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Value in pouch=Location
Example 4 Farmers hunted thylacines because they thought they killed sheep.
nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl nsubj ccomp obj punct root Farmers NOUN hunted VERB thylacines NOUN because SCONJ they PRON thought VERB they PRON killed VERB sheep NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 2 hunted nsubj 2 hunted hunt VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 thylacines thylacine NOUN Number=Plur 2 hunted obj 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 thought mark 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 thought nsubj 6 thought think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 hunted advcl 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 killed nsubj 8 killed kill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 thought ccomp 9 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur 8 killed obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 hunted punct
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1 hunt past Farmers thylacines vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thylacine=Theme 2 think speech: other past Farmers = farmer vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 kill past Farmers = farmer sheep vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
Example 5 Some people say they have seen a thylacine, but nobody has proved it.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj nsubj aux ccomp det obj punct cc nsubj aux parataxis obj punct root Some DET people NOUN say VERB they PRON have AUX seen VERB a DET thylacine NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ nobody PRON has AUX proved VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 say nsubj 3 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 seen nsubj 5 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 seen aux 6 seen see VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 say ccomp 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 thylacine det 8 thylacine thylacine NOUN Number=Sing 6 seen obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 proved punct 10 but but CCONJ _ 13 proved cc 11 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 13 proved nsubj 12 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 proved aux 13 proved prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 say parataxis 14 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 proved obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 say punct
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1 say speech: assert present some people vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 see present · perfect people a thylacine vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thylacine=Stimulus 3 prove present · perfect nobody thylacine vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Example 6 Scientists study old thylacine bones and films.
nsubj amod compound obj cc conj punct root Scientists NOUN study VERB old ADJ thylacine NOUN bones NOUN and CCONJ films NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 study nsubj 2 study study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bones amod 4 thylacine thylacine NOUN Number=Sing 5 bones compound 5 bones bone NOUN Number=Plur 2 study obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 films cc 7 films film NOUN Number=Plur 5 bones conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 study punct
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1 study present Scientists old thylacine bones and films vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic
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