earthquake

Who acts: earthquake, you, New Zealand, Earthquakes, tectonic plates, We · What happens: be, cause, move, shake, drop, cover · To what, where: sudden violent shaking, ground, rocks, whole city, many earthquakes, buildings

«earthquake» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 10 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: earthquake in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

An earthquake is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of the rocks deep inside the Earth.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 earthquake	det
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shaking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shaking	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shaking	det
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shaking	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sudden	punct
7	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shaking	amod
8	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shaking	nmod
12	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ground	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 movement	case
14	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 rocks	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rocks	det
17	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 movement	nmod
18	deep	deep	ADV	_	21 Earth	advmod
19	inside	inside	ADP	_	21 Earth	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Earth	det
21	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 rocks	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a earthquake	a sudden violent shaking	of the ground	tree rules
2	cause	participle		the ground not said here	by movement of the rocks inside the Earth	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	move			the rocks inside the Earth		nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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 earthquake shook the whole city.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 earthquake	det
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shook	nsubj
3	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 city	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 city	amod
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shook	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	the earthquake	the whole city					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent city=Patient

Example 2

During an earthquake, drop, cover and hold on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	3 earthquake	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 earthquake	det
3	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drop	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 earthquake	punct
5	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cover	punct
7	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 drop	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hold	cc
9	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 drop	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 hold	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	during a earthquake	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	cover	infinitive	you not said here		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	hold on	infinitive	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

New Zealand has many earthquakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Zealand	flat
2	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 earthquakes	amod
5	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	New Zealand	many earthquakes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Patient

Example 4

Earthquakes happen where tectonic plates meet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happen	nsubj
2	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 meet	advmod
4	tectonic	tectonic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plates	amod
5	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 meet	nsubj
6	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happen	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Earthquakes						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	meet	present	tectonic plates						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Some buildings are built to survive earthquakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 buildings	det
2	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 survive	mark
6	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 built	advcl
7	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 survive	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		some buildings					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	survive	to-infinitive		earthquakes					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earthquake=Circumstance

Example 6

An earthquake under the sea can cause a tsunami.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 earthquake	det
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nsubj
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earthquake	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cause	aux
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tsunami	det
9	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	can	a earthquake under the sea	a tsunami					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tsunami=Patient

Example 7

We practised an earthquake drill at school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 practised	nsubj
2	practised	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drill	det
4	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drill	compound
5	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 practised	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 practised	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 practised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	past	We	a earthquake drill		school			tree rules

Example 8

For many hours the king walked, and at length he reached a high rock, which was rent into two by a great earthquake.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 hours	case
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hours	amod
3	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walked	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	nsubj
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reached	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reached	cc
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 length	case
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reached	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 reached	nsubj
12	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walked	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rock	det
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rock	amod
15	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reached	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rent	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 rent	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 rent	aux:pass
19	rent	rend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 rock	acl:relcl
20	into	into	ADP	_	21 two	case
21	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 rent	obl
22	by	by	ADP	_	25 earthquake	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 earthquake	det
24	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 earthquake	amod
25	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the king			hour		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reach	past	king	a high rock	length			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent rock=Theme at length=Asset
3	rend	past · passive	a great earthquake	a high rock			into two result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into two=Result

Example 9

and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. (Prophets 1KI.19.12, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fire	cc
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 earthquake	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 earthquake	det
4	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fire	compound
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 fire	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 fire	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 LORD	det
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 fire	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fire	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 fire	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fire	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fire	conj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 voice	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 voice	cc
18	after	after	ADP	_	20 fire	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fire	det
20	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 voice	obl
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 voice	det
22	still	still	ADV	_	23 small	advmod
23	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 voice	amod
24	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fire	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the LORD			the fire			tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1KI.19.12, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1KI.19.12	1KI.19.12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1KI.19.12	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 10

There shall be a visitation from the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. (Prophets ISA.29.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: There shall be a visitation from the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 be	expl
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 be	aux
3	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 visitation	det
5	visitation	visitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 be	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 LORD	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 LORD	det
8	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 visitation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hosts	case
10	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 LORD	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 thunder	case
12	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hosts	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 earthquake	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 earthquake	cc
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 earthquake	case
16	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visitation	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 noise	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 noise	cc
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 noise	amod
20	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visitation	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 whirlwind	punct
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 whirlwind	case
23	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 noise	appos
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 tempest	cc
25	tempest	tempest	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 whirlwind	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 flame	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 flame	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 flame	det
29	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 noise	nmod
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 fire	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 fire	det
32	devouring	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	33 fire	amod
33	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 flame	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 be	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	be	shall	a visitation from the LORD of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise the flame of a devouring fire	there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	devour	gerund			vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	flame		a devouring fire		nom flame «process intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.29.6, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	ISA.29.6	ISA.29.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.29.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.29.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

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📖 earthquake

Everyday, meaning 1

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