waterfowl Who acts: Waterfowl birds, Ducks, wetland reserve, Waterfowl, oily feathers, Many waterfowl · What happens: be, swim, live, have, keep, fly · To what, where: Waterfowl birds, near water, waterfowl, oily feathers, feathers, bread
«waterfowl» 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: waterfowl in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Waterfowl are birds that swim and live on or near water, especially ducks, geese and swans.
The tree, 16 words compound cop nsubj acl:relcl cc conj case cc amod obl punct advmod conj punct conj cc conj punct root Waterfowl NOUN are AUX birds NOUN that PRON swim VERB and CCONJ live VERB on ADP or CCONJ near ADJ water NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV ducks NOUN , PUNCT geese NOUN and CCONJ swans NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 3 birds compound 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 birds cop 3 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 that that PRON PronType=Rel 5 swim nsubj 5 swim swim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 birds acl:relcl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 live cc 7 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 swim conj 8 on on ADP _ 11 water case 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 water cc 10 near near ADJ Degree=Pos 11 water amod 11 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 live obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 ducks punct 13 especially especially ADV _ 14 ducks advmod 14 ducks duck NOUN Number=Plur 3 birds conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 geese punct 16 geese goose NOUN Number=Plur 3 birds conj 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 swans cc 18 swans swan NOUN Number=Plur 3 birds conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 birds punct
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1 is a present Waterfowl birds and ducks and geese and swans tree rules 2 swim present Waterfowl birds and ducks and geese and swans vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 live present Waterfowl birds and ducks and geese and swans not said here near water vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Location
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 Ducks, geese and swans are waterfowl.
nsubj punct conj cc conj cop punct root Ducks NOUN , PUNCT geese NOUN and CCONJ swans NOUN are AUX waterfowl NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ducks duck NOUN Number=Plur 7 waterfowl nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 geese punct 3 geese goose NOUN Number=Plur 1 Ducks conj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 swans cc 5 swans swan NOUN Number=Plur 1 Ducks conj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 waterfowl cop 7 waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 waterfowl punct
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1 is a present Ducks and geese and swans waterfowl tree rules
Example 2 The wetland reserve is home to thousands of waterfowl.
det compound nsubj cop advmod case case nmod punct root The DET wetland NOUN reserve NOUN is AUX home ADV to ADP thousands NOUN of ADP waterfowl NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 reserve det 2 wetland wetland NOUN Number=Sing 3 reserve compound 3 reserve reserve NOUN Number=Sing 7 thousands nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 thousands cop 5 home home ADV _ 7 thousands advmod 6 to to ADP _ 7 thousands case 7 thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 of of ADP _ 9 waterfowl case 9 waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 7 thousands nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 thousands punct
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1 is present the wetland reserve to thousands; of waterfowl; home property tree rules
Example 3 Waterfowl have oily feathers that keep them dry.
nsubj amod obj nsubj acl:relcl obj xcomp punct root Waterfowl NOUN have VERB oily ADJ feathers NOUN that PRON keep VERB them PRON dry ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 oily oily ADJ Degree=Pos 4 feathers amod 4 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 keep nsubj 6 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 feathers acl:relcl 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 keep obj 8 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 keep xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present Waterfowl oily feathers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient 2 keep present oily feathers feathers = feather dry property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Example 4 Many waterfowl fly south for the winter.
amod nsubj advmod case det obl punct root Many ADJ waterfowl NOUN fly VERB south ADV for ADP the DET winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 waterfowl amod 2 waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 3 fly nsubj 3 fly fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 south south ADV _ 3 fly advmod 5 for for ADP _ 7 winter case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 winter det 7 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 3 fly obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 fly punct
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1 fly present Many waterfowl winter south property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Please don't feed bread to the waterfowl in the park — oats or seeds are better.
The tree, 16 words discourse aux advmod obj case det obl case det nmod punct nsubj cc conj cop advcl punct root Please INTJ do AUX n't PART feed VERB bread NOUN to ADP the DET waterfowl NOUN in ADP the DET park NOUN — PUNCT oats NOUN or CCONJ seeds NOUN are AUX better ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Please please INTJ _ 4 feed discourse 2 do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 feed aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 feed advmod 4 feed feed VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 5 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 4 feed obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 waterfowl case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 waterfowl det 8 waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 17 better obl 9 in in ADP _ 11 park case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 park det 11 park park NOUN Number=Sing 8 waterfowl nmod 12 — - PUNCT _ 13 oats punct 13 oats oat NOUN Number=Plur 17 better nsubj 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 seeds cc 15 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 13 oats conj 16 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 better cop 17 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 feed advcl 18 . . PUNCT _ 4 feed punct
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1 not feed imperative · do-support you not said here bread vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bread=Theme 2 is present oats or seeds to the waterfowl in the park; good property tree rules
Example 6 We counted the waterfowl on the lake for our science project.
nsubj det obj case det obl case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root We PRON counted VERB the DET waterfowl NOUN on ADP the DET lake NOUN for ADP our PRON science NOUN project NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 counted nsubj 2 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 waterfowl det 4 waterfowl waterfowl NOUN Number=Sing 2 counted obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 lake case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 lake det 7 lake lake NOUN Number=Sing 2 counted obl 8 for for ADP _ 11 project case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 project nmod:poss 10 science science NOUN Number=Sing 11 project compound 11 project project NOUN Number=Sing 7 lake nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 counted punct
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1 count past We the waterfowl the lake for our science project vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waterfowl=Theme 2 project our nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent
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