wei

Who acts: Wei, people, phone, wèi, that, Ni hao · What happens: be, answer, sound, stomach, give, name · To what, where: phone, Chinese, part, common Chinese surname, old Chinese kingdoms, Beijing · Speech: someone speaks here

«wei» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: wei in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.

«Wei» (喂) is what people say when they answer the phone in Chinese, like «hello?»; it sounds like «way».

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
2	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 喂	punct
5	喂	喂	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wei	appos
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 喂	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	cop
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 say	obj
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 answer	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 answer	nsubj
13	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 phone	det
15	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 answer	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Chinese	case
17	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 answer	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 hello	punct
19	like	like	ADP	_	21 hello	case
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 hello	punct
21	hello	hello	INTJ	_	13 answer	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 hello	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 hello	punct
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 sounds	punct
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 sounds	nsubj
26	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	parataxis
27	like	like	ADP	_	29 way	case
28	«	«	PUNCT	_	29 way	punct
29	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sounds	obl
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 sounds	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wei			say property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	present	people	the phone	Chinese		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme hello=Eventuality
3	sound	present	phone			like way	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.

«Wei» is part of many other Chinese words, for example «wèi» (为) «for», «wèi» (位) a polite counting word for people, and «wèi» (胃) «stomach».

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
2	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 part	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 part	cop
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 words	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
9	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 part	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 example	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 example	case
13	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 wèi	punct
15	wèi	wèi	X	Foreign=Yes	13 example	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 wèi	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 为	punct
18	为	为	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wèi	appos
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 为	punct
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 for	punct
21	for	for	ADP	_	15 wèi	obl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 wèi	punct
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 wèi	punct
24	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 wèi	punct
25	wèi	wèi	X	Foreign=Yes	5 part	conj
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	25 wèi	punct
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 位	punct
28	位	位	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wèi	appos
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 位	punct
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 word	det
31	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 word	amod
32	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 word	compound
33	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wèi	appos
34	for	for	ADP	_	35 people	case
35	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 word	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 stomach	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 stomach	cc
38	«	«	PUNCT	_	39 wèi	punct
39	wèi	wèi	X	Foreign=Yes	45 stomach	nsubj
40	»	»	PUNCT	_	39 wèi	punct
41	(	(	PUNCT	_	42 胃	punct
42	胃	胃	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 wèi	appos
43	)	)	PUNCT	_	42 胃	punct
44	«	«	PUNCT	_	45 stomach	punct
45	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	parataxis
46	»	»	PUNCT	_	45 stomach	punct
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wei	part				of many other Chinese words; for example	tree rules
2	stomach in a quote		wèi						tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Wei is a common Chinese surname and given name, and the name of old Chinese kingdoms.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 surname	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 surname	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 surname	det
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 surname	amod
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 surname	amod
6	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 name	cc
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 name	amod
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surname	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 name	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 name	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 name	det
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surname	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 kingdoms	case
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kingdoms	amod
16	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kingdoms	amod
17	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 name	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 surname	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Wei	a common Chinese surname and given name and the name of old Chinese kingdoms	tree rules
2	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	name			old Chinese kingdoms	nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

«Wei? Ni hao!» — that is how he answered the phone.

Sentence 1: «Wei?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
2	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Ni hao!» — that is how he answered the phone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ni	ni	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hao	nummod
2	hao	hao	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answered	nsubj:outer
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 hao	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 hao	punct
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 answered	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 how	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 how	cop
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 answered	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 answered	nsubj
10	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 phone	det
12	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answered	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that					how property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert in a quote	past	Ni hao	the phone					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality

Example 2

«Wei» sounds like the English word «way».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
2	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Wei	punct
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 word	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	obl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Wei					like the English word	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

My friend Wei comes from Beijing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
3	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Beijing	case
6	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 comes	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	My friend			Beijing			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from beijing=Initial_Location

Example 4

Mr Wei teaches us Mandarin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Wei	compound
2	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 teaches	nsubj
3	teaches	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 teaches	iobj
5	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 teaches	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 teaches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	Mr Wei	Mandarin	us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient mandarin=Topic

Example 5

In Chinese, «wei» has different meanings for different tones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Chinese	case
2	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 has	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Chinese	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 wei	punct
5	wei	wei	X	Foreign=Yes	7 has	nsubj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 wei	punct
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meanings	amod
9	meanings	meaning	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 has	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 tones	case
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tones	amod
12	tones	tone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 meanings	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	wei	different meanings		Chinese		for different tones	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient

Example 6

The kingdom of Wei was in ancient China.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kingdom	det
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 China	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Wei	case
4	Wei	Wei	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kingdom	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 China	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 China	case
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 China	amod
8	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 China	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the kingdom of Wei			ancient China			tree rules

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