twitter Who acts: birds, Ashes, night bird, girls · What happens: twitter, be, chirp, do, not twitter · To what, where: hedge
«twitter» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: twitter in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To twitter is to make a quick, light, chirping sound, as birds do.
The tree, 13 words mark csubj cop mark det amod punct amod punct amod obj punct mark nsubj parataxis punct root To PART twitter VERB is AUX to PART make VERB a DET quick ADJ , PUNCT light ADJ , PUNCT chirping VERB sound NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ birds NOUN do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 twitter mark 2 twitter twitter VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 make csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make cop 4 to to PART _ 5 make mark 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 sound det 7 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 12 sound amod 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 quick punct 9 light light ADJ Degree=Pos 12 sound amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 chirping punct 11 chirping chirp VERB VerbForm=Ger 12 sound amod 12 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 do punct 14 as as SCONJ _ 16 do mark 15 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 16 do nsubj 16 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make parataxis 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 make punct
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1 twitter to-infinitive vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present make property tree rules 3 chirp gerund vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 do present birds vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 To twitter is to talk fast and in a silly, excited way.
mark csubj cop mark advmod cc case det amod punct amod conj punct root To PART twitter VERB is AUX to PART talk VERB fast ADV and CCONJ in ADP a DET silly ADJ , PUNCT excited ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 twitter mark 2 twitter twitter VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 talk csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 talk cop 4 to to PART _ 5 talk mark 5 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 5 talk advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 13 way cc 8 in in ADP _ 13 way case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 way det 10 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 13 way amod 11 , , PUNCT _ 10 silly punct 12 excited excited ADJ Degree=Pos 13 way amod 13 way way NOUN Number=Sing 6 fast conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 talk punct
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1 twitter to-infinitive vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present fast, talk property tree rules
Example 1 The birds twittered in the hedge.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET birds NOUN twittered VERB in ADP the DET hedge NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 birds det 2 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 3 twittered nsubj 3 twittered twitter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 hedge case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 hedge det 6 hedge hedge NOUN Number=Sing 3 twittered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 twittered punct
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1 twitter past the birds the hedge vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 'Ashes! ashes!' they twittered.
punct nsubj punct conj punct punct nsubj punct root ' PUNCT Ashes NOUN ! PUNCT ashes NOUN ! PUNCT ' PUNCT they PRON twittered VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ' ' PUNCT _ 2 Ashes punct 2 Ashes ash NOUN Number=Plur 8 twittered nsubj 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Ashes punct 4 ashes ash NOUN Number=Plur 2 Ashes conj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Ashes punct 6 ' ' PUNCT _ 2 Ashes punct 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 twittered nsubj 8 twittered twitter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 twittered punct
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1 twitter past Ashes and ashes vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Not even a night bird twittered that night.
advmod advmod det compound nsubj det obl:unmarked punct root Not PART even ADV a DET night NOUN bird NOUN twittered VERB that DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 twittered advmod 2 even even ADV _ 5 bird advmod 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 bird det 4 night night NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird compound 5 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 6 twittered nsubj 6 twittered twitter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 night det 8 night night NOUN Number=Sing 6 twittered obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 twittered punct
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1 not twitter past a night bird night vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The girls twittered about the party.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET girls NOUN twittered VERB about ADP the DET party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 girls det 2 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur 3 twittered nsubj 3 twittered twitter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 party case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 party det 6 party party NOUN Number=Sing 3 twittered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 twittered punct
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1 twitter past the girls about the party vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about party=Topic
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