wolverine
Who acts: large weasel, wolverine, shriek, wolverines · What happens: live, be, come · To what, where: cold northern lands, snowy forest
«wolverine» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: wolverine in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 animal | det |
| 2 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 animal | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 fierce | punct |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 animal | amod |
| 5 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 weasel | nsubj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 weasel | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 weasel | det |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 weasel | amod |
| 9 | weasel | weasel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 living | punct |
| 11 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 weasel | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 lands | case |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lands | amod |
| 14 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lands | amod |
| 15 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 living | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 weasel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | a large weasel not said here | cold northern lands | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=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
The wolverine was very particular about his clothes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolverine | det |
| 2 | wolverine | wolverine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 particular | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 particular | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 particular | advmod |
| 5 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 clothes | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 particular | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 particular | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the wolverine | about wolverine's clothes; particular property | tree rules |
Example 2
A shriek came from the wolverine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 shriek | det |
| 2 | shriek | shriek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 wolverine | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wolverine | det |
| 6 | wolverine | wolverine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a shriek | from the wolverine | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wolverine=Initial_Location |
Example 3
The wolverines lived in the snowy forest.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolverines | det |
| 2 | wolverines | wolverine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 forest | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 forest | det |
| 6 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 forest | amod |
| 7 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the wolverines | the snowy forest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location |
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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