vertebrate
Who acts: animal, dog, Fish, Humans, snail, Snakes · What happens: have, be, not be · To what, where: backbone, vertebrate, vertebrates
«vertebrate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: vertebrate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An animal that has a backbone (a spine), like fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 animal | det |
| 2 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 animal | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 backbone | det |
| 6 | backbone | backbone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 spine | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spine | det |
| 9 | spine | spine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 backbone | appos |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 spine | punct |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fish | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 fish | case |
| 13 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spine | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 amphibians | punct |
| 15 | amphibians | amphibian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spine | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 reptiles | punct |
| 17 | reptiles | reptile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spine | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 birds | punct |
| 19 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spine | conj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 mammals | cc |
| 21 | mammals | mammal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spine | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 animal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a animal | a backbone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient |
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
A dog is a vertebrate because it has a backbone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vertebrate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 vertebrate | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vertebrate | det |
| 5 | vertebrate | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 has | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 vertebrate | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 backbone | det |
| 10 | backbone | backbone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 vertebrate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a dog | a vertebrate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | dog | a backbone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient |
Example 2
Fish, birds and frogs are all vertebrates.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 vertebrates | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 birds | punct |
| 3 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Fish | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 frogs | cc |
| 5 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Fish | conj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 vertebrates | cop |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 vertebrates | det |
| 8 | vertebrates | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 vertebrates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fish and birds and frogs | all vertebrates | tree rules |
Example 3
Humans are vertebrates.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humans | human | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vertebrates | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 vertebrates | cop |
| 3 | vertebrates | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 vertebrates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Humans | vertebrates | tree rules |
Example 4
A snail is not a vertebrate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 snail | det |
| 2 | snail | snail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vertebrate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 vertebrate | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 vertebrate | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 vertebrate | det |
| 6 | vertebrate | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 vertebrate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | a snail | a vertebrate | tree rules |
Example 5
Sort these animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 animals | nsubj |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 animals | det |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 vertebrates | case |
| 5 | vertebrates | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 animals | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 invertebrates | cc |
| 7 | invertebrates | invertebrate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 vertebrates | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 animals | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 6
Snakes are vertebrates with lots of bones in their spine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vertebrates | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 vertebrates | cop |
| 3 | vertebrates | vertebrate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 lots | case |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vertebrates | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 bones | case |
| 7 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lots | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 spine | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 spine | nmod:poss |
| 10 | spine | spine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bones | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 vertebrates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Snakes | vertebrates | with lots of bones in Snakes's spine | 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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