wahoo
Who acts: wahoo, old man, Strips · What happens: be, use, weave, make, call, lie · To what, where: North American tree, inner bark, rope, loud shout, baskets, wahoo bark · Speech: someone speaks here
«wahoo» 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: wahoo in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: rare — kept apart, not parsed.
A wahoo is a North American tree whose inner bark was used for weaving and making rope.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wahoo | det |
| 2 | wahoo | wahoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tree | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tree | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 5 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 tree | compound |
| 6 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | amod |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 10 bark | nmod:poss |
| 9 | inner | inner | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bark | amod |
| 10 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 used | aux:pass |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 tree | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 weaving | mark |
| 14 | weaving | weave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 used | advcl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 making | cc |
| 16 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 weaving | conj |
| 17 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 making | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 tree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a wahoo | a North American tree | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | past · passive | inner bark | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | weave | gerund | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | make | gerund | rope | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product |
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, in Uncle Remus tales — kept apart, not parsed.
"Wahoo!" is a loud shout or call.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 2 | Wahoo | Wahoo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 shout | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shout | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shout | det |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shout | amod |
| 8 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 call | cc |
| 10 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 shout | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Wahoo | a loud shout | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | Wahoo not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The old man wove baskets from wahoo bark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wove | nsubj |
| 4 | wove | weave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | baskets | basket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wove | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 bark | case |
| 7 | wahoo | wahoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bark | compound |
| 8 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wove | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | past | the old man | baskets | wahoo bark | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent basket=Product from bark=Material |
Example 2
Strips of wahoo bark lay on the floor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strips | strip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lay | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 bark | case |
| 3 | wahoo | wahoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bark | compound |
| 4 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Strips | nmod |
| 5 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 floor | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 floor | det |
| 8 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lay | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | Strips of wahoo bark | the floor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |
Example 3
"Wahoo!" the boy shouted across the field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 2 | Wahoo | Wahoo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 shouted | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wahoo | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouted | nsubj |
| 7 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 field | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 field | det |
| 10 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouted | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 shouted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | Wahoo | the field | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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