vagabond
Who acts: vagabond, regular work, you, Dudden, I · What happens: be, wander, term, sit, vagabond, say · To what, where: person, place, rascal, scolding, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
«vagabond» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: vagabond in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 vagabond | det |
| 2 | vagabond | vagabond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 home | det |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 work | cc |
| 10 | regular | regular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 work | amod |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | conj |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 wanders | nsubj |
| 13 | wanders | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 work | acl:relcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 place | case |
| 15 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wanders | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 place | case |
| 17 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 place | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 tramp | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 tramp | det |
| 20 | tramp | tramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a vagabond | a person or regular work and a tramp | with no home | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wander | present | regular work | place to place | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from place=Trajectory |
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
Usage: informal, in old tales — kept apart, not parsed.
A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 vagabond | det |
| 2 | vagabond | vagabond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rascal | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rascal | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rascal | det |
| 5 | rascal | rascal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 scamp | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 scamp | det |
| 8 | scamp | scamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rascal | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 term | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 term | det |
| 11 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rascal | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 scolding | case |
| 13 | scolding | scolding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 term | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rascal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a vagabond | a rascal or a scamp and a term of scolding | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | term | scolding | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Example 1
"That vagabond, bad luck to him--"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 vagabond | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 vagabond | det |
| 3 | vagabond | vagabond | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 luck | punct |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 luck | amod |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vagabond | appos |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 luck | nmod |
| 9 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 3 vagabond | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 vagabond | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
"Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sit | punct |
| 2 | Sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 2 Sit | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 vagabond | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 vagabond | nsubj |
| 6 | vagabond | vagabond | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Sit | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sit | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sit | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Dudden | Dudden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit in a quote | infinitive | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | vagabond in a quote | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Dudden | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 3
I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 nothing | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 nothing | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 nothing | cop |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 truant | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 truant | det |
| 7 | truant | truant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nothing | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 vagabond | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 vagabond | det |
| 10 | vagabond | vagabond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nothing | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 nothing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present · perfect | I | nothing | 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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