vixen
Who acts: vixen, hens, I · What happens: be, run, come, yap · To what, where: female fox, sly cunning creature, old tales, thicket, vixen
«vixen» 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: vixen in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A vixen is a female fox.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 vixen | det |
| 2 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fox | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fox | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 5 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fox | amod |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fox | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a vixen | a female fox | 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
In old tales a vixen is a sly, cunning creature.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 tales | case |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tales | amod |
| 3 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 creature | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vixen | det |
| 5 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 creature | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 creature | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 creature | det |
| 8 | sly | sly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 creature | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sly | punct |
| 10 | cunning | cunning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 creature | amod |
| 11 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 creature | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a vixen | a sly cunning creature | old tales | tree rules |
Example 1
The vixen ran into the thicket with her cubs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vixen | det |
| 2 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 thicket | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thicket | det |
| 6 | thicket | thicket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 cubs | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cubs | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cubs | cub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ran | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the vixen | into the thicket result; with vixen's cubs | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into thicket=Result |
Example 2
The hens were safe until the vixen came.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hens | det |
| 2 | hens | hen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vixen | det |
| 7 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 safe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the hens | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the vixen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
"Here I am," yapped the vixen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Here | punct |
| 2 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Here | nsubj |
| 4 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Here | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 yapped | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 yapped | punct |
| 7 | yapped | yap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Here | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vixen | det |
| 9 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yapped | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Here | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | yap | past | I not said here | the vixen | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent vixen=Theme |
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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