typify
Who acts: Pomona, bravery, lion · What happens: typify, be, show · To what, where: perfect example, character, Autumn, good knight, good king
«typify» 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: typify in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To typify is to be a perfect example of a kind of thing, or to show its character clearly.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 typify | mark |
| 2 | typify | typify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 show | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 example | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 example | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 example | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 example | det |
| 7 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 example | amod |
| 8 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 typify | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 kind | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 kind | det |
| 11 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 example | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 thing | case |
| 13 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 kind | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 show | punct |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 show | cc |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 show | mark |
| 17 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 character | nmod:poss |
| 19 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 show | obj |
| 20 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 17 show | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | typify | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a perfect example | of a kind of thing | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show | to-infinitive | thing's character | clearly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent character=Recipient |
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
Pomona typifies Autumn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pomona | Pomona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 typifies | nsubj |
| 2 | typifies | typify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Autumn | Autumn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 typifies | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 typifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | typify | present | Pomona | Autumn | tree rules |
Example 2
His bravery typifies the good knight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bravery | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bravery | bravery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 typifies | nsubj |
| 3 | typifies | typify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 knight | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 knight | amod |
| 6 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 typifies | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 typifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | typify | present | His bravery | the good knight | tree rules |
Example 3
The lion typifies a good king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lion | det |
| 2 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 typifies | nsubj |
| 3 | typifies | typify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 typifies | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 typifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | typify | present | the lion | a good king | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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