treatise
Who acts: long serious piece, He, treatise, school library · What happens: explain, write, take, have · To what, where: subject, detail, treatise, habits, him, stars
«treatise» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: treatise in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 piece | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 piece | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 piece | amod |
| 5 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 writing | case |
| 7 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 explains | nsubj |
| 9 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 piece | acl:relcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 subject | det |
| 11 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 explains | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 detail | case |
| 13 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 subject | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 piece | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | a long serious piece of writing | a subject | detail | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
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
He wrote a treatise on the habits of birds.
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 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 treatise | det |
| 4 | treatise | treatise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 habits | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 habits | det |
| 7 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wrote | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 birds | case |
| 9 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 habits | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | He | a treatise | the habits of birds | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treatise=Theme on habit=Destination |
Example 2
The scholar's treatise took him ten years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scholar | det |
| 2 | scholar | scholar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 treatise | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 scholar | case |
| 4 | treatise | treatise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 took | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the scholar's treatise | him = he | year | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
Example 3
The school library has a treatise on the stars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 library | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 library | compound |
| 3 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 treatise | det |
| 6 | treatise | treatise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 stars | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stars | det |
| 9 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 treatise | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the school library | a treatise | the stars | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatise=Patient |
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