tribal

Who acts: families, Belonging, museum, Tribal elders, settlers, Football fans · What happens: belong, share, land, show, dislike, meet · To what, where: group, ancestors, strong loyalty, own group, others, tribal art · Speech: someone speaks here

«tribal» 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: tribal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 land	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 tribe	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tribe	det
4	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
5	–	-	PUNCT	_	7 group	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 families	case
9	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 group	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 communities	cc
11	communities	community	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 families	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 share	nsubj
13	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 families	acl:relcl
14	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 share	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 language	punct
16	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 customs	punct
18	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 group	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 land	cc
20	often	often	ADV	_	21 land	advmod
21	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 leaders	punct
23	with	with	ADP	_	26 leaders	case
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 leaders	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 leaders	amod
26	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 land	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 land	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund		a group of families or communities and language and customs	to a tribe	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	share	present	families or communities	ancestors		tree rules
3	land	present	Belonging		with customs's own leaders; often property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

Showing strong loyalty to your own group and dislike of others: «tribal football fans».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loyalty	amod
3	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 group	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 group	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 group	amod
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dislike	cc
9	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 others	case
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dislike	nmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 fans	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 fans	punct
14	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fans	amod
15	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fans	compound
16	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Showing	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 fans	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund		strong loyalty	your own group and dislike of others			tribal football fans obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent loyalty=Topic to group=Recipient
2	dislike			others					nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The museum showed tribal art from many parts of Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 art	amod
5	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 parts	amod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 showed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Africa	case
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 parts	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the museum	tribal art		many parts of Africa			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent art=Recipient

Example 2

Tribal elders met to decide what to do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 elders	amod
2	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 met	nsubj
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decide	mark
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 met	advcl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decide	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	meet	past	Tribal elders	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	decide	to-infinitive	Tribal elders not said here	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Example 3

Many tribal lands were taken by settlers in the past.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lands	amod
2	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lands	amod
3	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 settlers	case
7	settlers	settler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl:agent
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 past	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 past	det
10	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 taken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	settlers	Many tribal lands		the past			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Value in past=Location

Example 4

Football fans can be very tribal about their team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fans	compound
2	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tribal	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 tribal	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 tribal	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 tribal	advmod
6	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 team	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 team	nmod:poss
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tribal	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tribal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Football fans					about fans's team; tribal property	tree rules

Example 5

The tribal dance told the story of the first people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dance	det
2	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dance	amod
3	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 people	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 story	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the tribal dance	the story of the first people					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Example 6

Māori groups called iwi have their own lands and leaders.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Māori	Māori	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 groups	compound
2	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 groups	acl
4	iwi	iwi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	xcomp
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lands	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lands	amod
8	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leaders	cc
10	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lands	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	Māori groups not said here	iwi					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	Māori groups	groups's own lands and leaders					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient

Example 7

This is an essentially Indian trait; almost all Hindus have some tribal or caste mark on their bodies or faces.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 trait	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trait	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trait	det
4	essentially	essentially	ADV	_	5 Indian	advmod
5	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trait	amod
6	trait	trait	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 all	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 Hindus	det
10	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 have	nsubj
11	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trait	parataxis
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 mark	nsubj
13	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mark	amod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 mark	cc
15	caste	caste	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mark	compound
16	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	parataxis
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 bodies	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 bodies	nmod:poss
19	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 mark	nmod
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 faces	cc
21	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 bodies	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 trait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	This	a Indian trait		tree rules
2	have	present	all Hindus			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mark		some		Hindus's bodies or faces	tree rules

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