fiord

Who acts: following spring, he, Andras, Promise, you, house · What happens: follow, happen, drive, die, sail, find · To what, where: reindeer, great fiord, boat, dog, honourable burial, me

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

Meaning 1

a long narrow inlet of the sea between high cliffs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 inlet	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 inlet	amod
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 inlet	amod
4	inlet	inlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inlet	nmod
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 cliffs	case
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cliffs	amod
10	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sea	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inlet	punct

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

Example 1

The following spring Andras happened to be driving his reindeer along a great fiord to the west of Vadso.

From The Orange Fairy Book.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spring	det
2	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 spring	amod
3	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happened	nsubj
4	Andras	Andras	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spring	appos
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 driving	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 driving	aux
8	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 happened	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 reindeer	nmod:poss
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driving	obj
11	along	along	ADP	_	14 fiord	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fiord	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fiord	amod
14	fiord	fiord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driving	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 west	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 west	det
17	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driving	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Vadso	case
19	Vadso	Vadso	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 west	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	happen	past	the following spring				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drive	to-infinitive · progressive	the following spring not said here	Andras's reindeer	a great fiord	to the west of Vadso	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent reindeer=Theme along fiord=Destination to west=Initial_Location

Example 2

Then he died; and Andras sailed in his boat away across the fiord and found the dog and boy.

From The Orange Fairy Book.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 died	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 sailed	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Andras	cc
6	Andras	Andras	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sailed	nsubj
7	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 died	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 boat	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boat	nmod:poss
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sailed	obl
11	away	away	ADV	_	7 sailed	advmod
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 fiord	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fiord	det
14	fiord	fiord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sailed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sailed	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dog	det
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 boy	cc
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dog	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	he			then		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sail	past	Andras		Andras's boat		across the fiord; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across fiord=Trajectory
3	find	past	Andras not said here	the dog and boy				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic

Example 3

'Promise that you will give me an honourable burial, and when my body is laid in the grave go in my boat across the fiord, and take whatever you find in my house which belongs to me.

From The Orange Fairy Book.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Promise	punct
2	Promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 give	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 give	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Promise	acl
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 give	iobj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 burial	det
9	honourable	honourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 burial	amod
10	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 laid	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 laid	cc
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 laid	mark
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 body	nmod:poss
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 laid	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 laid	aux:pass
17	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Promise	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 grave	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 grave	det
20	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 laid	obl
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 boat	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 boat	nmod:poss
24	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl
25	across	across	ADP	_	27 fiord	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 fiord	det
27	fiord	fiord	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 take	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 take	cc
30	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 go	conj
31	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 take	obj
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 find	nsubj
33	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 whatever	acl:relcl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 house	case
35	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 house	nmod:poss
36	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 find	obl
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 belongs	nsubj
38	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 house	acl:relcl
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 me	case
40	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 belongs	obl
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	future	Promise	a honourable burial	me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient burial=Theme
2	lay	present · passive		my body		the grave		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in grave=Destination
3	go	infinitive	Promise			my boat	across the fiord	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across fiord=Initial_Location
4	take	infinitive	Promise not said here	whatever				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
5	find	present	you			my house		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	belong	present	my house		me			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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