brake

Who acts: spring flood, ice, lumbering bear, bear, Gold gold, gold · What happens: break, lift, cover, swing, think, trot · To what, where: pieces, ice, thousand pieces, head, small red eye, near brake

«brake» in the Early Modern English 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: brake in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Broke into pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	3 pieces	case
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Broke	obl
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past						into pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result

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 spring flood was lifting the ice covering, which brake into a thousand pieces.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flood	det
2	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flood	compound
3	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lifting	aux
5	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifting	obj
8	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 ice	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 brake	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 brake	nsubj
11	brake	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 covering	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 pieces	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thousand	det
14	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pieces	nummod
15	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 brake	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lifting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lift	past · progressive	the spring flood	the ice		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme
2	cover	gerund	the ice not said here			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	break	present			into thousand pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result

Example 2

The lumbering bear swung his head of hesitations and thought again; he trotted his small red eye away with him to a near-by brake.

From Irish Fairy Tales.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
2	lumbering	lumbering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bear	amod
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	nsubj
4	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 hesitations	case
8	hesitations	hesitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 head	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 thought	advmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 trotted	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 trotted	nsubj
14	trotted	trot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 eye	nmod:poss
16	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 eye	amod
17	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 eye	amod
18	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 trotted	obj
19	away	away	ADV	_	14 trotted	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 trotted	obl
22	to	to	ADP	_	27 brake	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 brake	det
24	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 brake	amod
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 brake	punct
26	by	by	ADP	_	27 brake	case
27	brake	brake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 trotted	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	the lumbering bear	bear's head of hesitations				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	the lumbering bear not said here			again		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trot	past	bear	bear's small red eye	a near brake		with him = he; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to brake=Trajectory

Example 3

Gold! gold!' he shouted, again holding the glass aloft, that it might flash in the sunshine; but his hand trembled, and the alchymic glass fell from it, clattering to the ground, and brake in a thousand pieces.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gold	compound
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Gold	punct
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 gold	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 gold	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shouted	nsubj
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 holding	punct
9	again	again	ADV	_	10 holding	advmod
10	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 shouted	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holding	obj
13	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 holding	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 flash	punct
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 flash	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 flash	nsubj
17	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 flash	aux
18	flash	flash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 holding	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 sunshine	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sunshine	det
21	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flash	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 trembled	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 trembled	cc
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 hand	nmod:poss
25	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 trembled	nsubj
26	trembled	tremble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shouted	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 fell	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 fell	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 glass	det
30	alchymic	alchymic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 glass	amod
31	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 fell	nsubj
32	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 trembled	conj
33	from	from	ADP	_	34 it	case
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 fell	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 clattering	punct
36	clattering	clatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 fell	advcl
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 ground	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ground	det
39	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 clattering	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 brake	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 brake	cc
42	brake	brake	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 trembled	obl
43	in	in	ADP	_	46 pieces	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 thousand	det
45	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 pieces	nummod
46	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 brake	nmod
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Gold gold					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	gerund	Gold gold not said here	the glass		again	aloft property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme
3	flash	might	gold		the sunshine			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location
4	tremble	past	his hand	brake in thousand pieces				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fall	past	the alchymic glass		hand			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial_Location
6	clatter	gerund	the alchymic glass not said here				to the ground	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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