whaler Who acts: person, old whaler, whalers, most countries, we, Captain Ahab · What happens: use, hunt, sail, row out, protect, see · To what, where: ship, whales, Nantucket, harpoon, museum, whaler
«whaler» 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: whaler in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A ship used for hunting whales.
det acl case compound obl punct root A DET ship NOUN used VERB for ADP hunting NOUN whales NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 ship det 2 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 ship acl 4 for for ADP _ 6 whales case 5 hunting hunting NOUN Number=Sing 6 whales compound 6 whales whale NOUN Number=Plur 3 used obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 ship punct
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1 use participle a ship not said here for hunting whales vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 A person who hunts whales, especially on such a ship.
det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct advmod case det:predet det obl punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON hunts VERB whales NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV on ADP such DET a DET ship NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 hunts nsubj 4 hunts hunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 whales whale NOUN Number=Plur 4 hunts obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 ship punct 7 especially especially ADV _ 11 ship advmod 8 on on ADP _ 11 ship case 9 such such DET PronType=Ind 11 ship det:predet 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 ship det 11 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 4 hunts obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 hunt present a person whales such ship vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whale=Theme on ship=Location
Meaning 3 A whaleboat, a long narrow rowing boat.
det punct det amod amod compound conj punct root A DET whaleboat NOUN , PUNCT a DET long ADJ narrow ADJ rowing NOUN boat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 whaleboat det 2 whaleboat whaleboat NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 boat punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 boat det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 boat amod 6 narrow narrow ADJ Degree=Pos 8 boat amod 7 rowing rowing NOUN Number=Sing 8 boat compound 8 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 2 whaleboat conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 whaleboat punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1 The old whaler sailed from Nantucket in 1840.
det amod nsubj case obl case obl punct root The DET old ADJ whaler NOUN sailed VERB from ADP Nantucket PROPN in ADP 1840 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 whaler det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 whaler amod 3 whaler whaler NOUN Number=Sing 4 sailed nsubj 4 sailed sail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 from from ADP _ 6 Nantucket case 6 Nantucket Nantucket PROPN Number=Sing 4 sailed obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 1840 case 8 1840 1840 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 sailed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 sailed punct
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1 sail past the old whaler Nantucket in 1840 vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from nantucket=Trajectory
Example 2 The whalers rowed out with their harpoons.
det nsubj compound:prt case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET whalers NOUN rowed VERB out ADP with ADP their PRON harpoons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 whalers det 2 whalers whaler NOUN Number=Plur 3 rowed nsubj 3 rowed row VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADP _ 3 rowed compound:prt 5 with with ADP _ 7 harpoons case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 harpoons nmod:poss 7 harpoons harpoon NOUN Number=Plur 3 rowed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 rowed punct
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1 row out past the whalers with whalers's harpoons vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Today most countries protect whales from whalers.
obl:unmarked amod nsubj obj case obl punct root Today NOUN most ADJ countries NOUN protect VERB whales NOUN from ADP whalers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Today today NOUN Number=Sing 4 protect obl:unmarked 2 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 3 countries amod 3 countries country NOUN Number=Plur 4 protect nsubj 4 protect protect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 whales whale NOUN Number=Plur 4 protect obj 6 from from ADP _ 7 whalers case 7 whalers whaler NOUN Number=Plur 4 protect obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 protect punct
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1 protect present most countries whales today from whalers vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent whale=Beneficiary from whaler=Theme
Example 4 In the museum we saw a whaler's harpoon.
case det obl nsubj det nmod:poss case obj punct root In ADP the DET museum NOUN we PRON saw VERB a DET whaler NOUN 's PART harpoon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 museum case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 museum det 3 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 5 saw obl 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 saw nsubj 5 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 whaler det 7 whaler whaler NOUN Number=Sing 9 harpoon nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 whaler case 9 harpoon harpoon NOUN Number=Sing 5 saw obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 saw punct
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1 see past we a whaler's harpoon the museum vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harpoon=Stimulus
Example 5 Captain Ahab in "Moby-Dick" is a whaler.
compound nsubj case punct nmod punct appos punct cop det punct root Captain PROPN Ahab PROPN in ADP " PUNCT Moby PROPN - PUNCT Dick PROPN " PUNCT is AUX a DET whaler NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Captain Captain PROPN Number=Sing 2 Ahab compound 2 Ahab Ahab PROPN Number=Sing 11 whaler nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 Moby case 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Moby punct 5 Moby Moby PROPN Number=Sing 2 Ahab nmod 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 Dick punct 7 Dick Dick PROPN Number=Sing 5 Moby appos 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 Dick punct 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 whaler cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 whaler det 11 whaler whaler NOUN Number=Sing root root 12 . . PUNCT _ 11 whaler punct
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1 is a present Captain Ahab in Moby a whaler tree rules
Example 6 The whaler came home after three years at sea.
det nsubj advmod case nummod obl case nmod punct root The DET whaler NOUN came VERB home ADV after ADP three NUM years NOUN at ADP sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 whaler det 2 whaler whaler NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 home home ADV _ 3 came advmod 5 after after ADP _ 7 years case 6 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 years nummod 7 years year NOUN Number=Plur 3 came obl 8 at at ADP _ 9 sea case 9 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 7 years nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past the whaler year home property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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