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weevil

Who acts: small beetle, weevils, weevil, long nose, Sailors, you · What happens: eat, damage, be, have, call, keep · To what, where: crops, old bag, long nose, snout, whole crop, biscuits · Speech: someone speaks here

«weevil» 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: weevil in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small beetle with a long snout, which often eats and damages crops, flour, rice, grain and nuts.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beetle	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beetle	amod
3	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eats	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 snout	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 snout	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snout	amod
7	snout	snout	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beetle	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 eats	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 eats	nsubj
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 eats	advmod
11	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 damages	cc
13	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 eats	conj
14	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 damages	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 flour	punct
16	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crops	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rice	punct
18	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crops	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grain	punct
20	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crops	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 nuts	cc
22	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 crops	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 eats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	a small beetle with a long snout					often property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	damage	present	a small beetle with a long snout not said here	crops and flour and rice and grain and nuts					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=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

There were weevils in the old bag of flour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weevils	weevil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 bag	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 flour	case
9	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bag	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	weevils			the old bag of flour; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bag=Location

Example 2

The weevil has a long nose called a snout.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weevil	det
2	weevil	weevil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nose	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nose	amod
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 nose	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snout	det
9	snout	snout	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the weevil	a long nose					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
2	call	participle	a long nose not said here	a snout					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snout=Recipient

Example 3

Weevils can damage a whole crop of grain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weevils	weevil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damage	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 damage	aux
3	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crop	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crop	amod
6	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damage	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grain	case
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crop	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 damage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	can	Weevils	a whole crop of grain					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient

Example 4

Sailors on old ships ate biscuits full of weevils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ate	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 ships	case
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ships	amod
4	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sailors	nmod
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ate	obj
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 biscuits	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 weevils	case
9	weevils	weevil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Sailors on old ships	biscuits					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient

Example 5

Keep rice in a sealed jar so weevils can't get in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 jar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jar	det
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 jar	amod
6	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 get	mark
8	weevils	weevil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 get	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	advcl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	rice		a sealed jar			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rice=Theme in jar=Location
2	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	not get in	can	weevils						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

The boll weevil damaged cotton farms in the USA.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weevil	det
2	boll	boll	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weevil	compound
3	weevil	weevil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 farms	nsubj
4	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 farms	amod
5	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 farms	compound
6	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 USA	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 USA	det
9	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 farms	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 farms	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: 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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