Who acts: word, I, Your, my, you, groups · What happens: be, run, have, give, word, look · To what, where: unit, short talk, word, promise, you, us · Speech: someone speaks here
«word» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: word in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A word is a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run».
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
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 word can be a short talk or news: «Can I have a word?».
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 word
det
2
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 talk
nsubj
3
can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
7 talk
aux
4
be
be
AUX
VerbForm=Inf
7 talk
cop
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 talk
det
6
short
short
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 talk
amod
7
talk
talk
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
8
or
or
CCONJ
_
9 news
cc
9
news
news
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 talk
conj
10
:
:
PUNCT
_
14 have
punct
11
«
«
PUNCT
_
14 have
punct
12
Can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
14 have
aux
13
I
I
PRON
Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs
14 have
nsubj
14
have
have
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
7 talk
parataxis
15
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
16 word
det
16
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
14 have
obj
17
?
?
PUNCT
_
14 have
punct
18
»
»
PUNCT
_
14 have
punct
19
.
.
PUNCT
_
7 talk
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
is a
can
a word
a short talk or news
tree rules
2
havein a quote
can
I
a word
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2
hurrynot said to happen
to-infinitive
we not said here
vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8
Can I have a word with you after class?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
3 have
aux
2
I
I
PRON
Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs
3 have
nsubj
3
have
have
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 word
det
5
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 have
obj
6
with
with
ADP
_
7 you
case
7
you
you
PRON
Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs
5 word
nmod
8
after
after
ADP
_
9 class
case
9
class
class
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 word
nmod
10
?
?
PUNCT
_
3 have
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
have
can
I
a word
after class
with you
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
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.