venerable
Who acts: Venerable, One, It · What happens: mean, deserve, title, feel, be, cripple · To what, where: old respect, respect, novice, venerable old boulders, large venerable tree, little
«venerable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: venerable in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venerable | Venerable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 respect | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 deserving | cc |
| 5 | deserving | deserve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 old | conj |
| 6 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 age | punct |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 age | advmod |
| 9 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 12 age | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 because | fixed |
| 11 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 age | amod |
| 12 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Venerable | old respect | because great age | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Topic | |||
| 2 | deserve | gerund | Venerable not said here | tree rules |
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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A title of respect for some church people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 title | det |
| 2 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 respect | case |
| 4 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 title | nmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 people | det |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 people | compound |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 respect | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 title | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | title | respect for some church people | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Example 1
One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | quite | quite | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 novice | det:predet |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 novice | det |
| 5 | novice | novice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | obj |
| 6 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 14 boulders | case |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 14 boulders | det |
| 8 | venerable | venerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 boulders | amod |
| 9 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 year | nummod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 million | punct |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 old | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 year | punct |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 boulders | amod |
| 14 | boulders | boulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 feels | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | One | quite novice | this venerable old boulders | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent novice=Theme beside boulder=Location |
Example 2
It is a large venerable tree, though a little crippled by age.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tree | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tree | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 4 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tree | amod |
| 5 | venerable | venerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tree | amod |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 crippled | punct |
| 8 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 11 crippled | mark |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 little | det |
| 10 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 crippled | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | crippled | cripple | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 tree | conj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 age | case |
| 13 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crippled | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a large venerable tree | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cripple | participle | a little | by age | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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