obstacle

Who acts: way, problem, difficulty, We, fallen tree, horse · What happens: stop, make, go, do, run, fall · To what, where: you, way, Something, difficulty, problem, obstacle course · Speech: someone speaks here

«obstacle» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: obstacle in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Something in your way that stops you or makes it hard to go forward.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Something	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stops	nsubj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 way	acl:relcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stops	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stops	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 makes	xcomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hard	xcomp
14	forward	forward	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	present	your way	you		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality you=Eventuality
2	make	present	your way not said here	way	hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	go	to-infinitive	way not said here		forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

A problem or difficulty that makes it hard to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 problem	det
2	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 difficulty	cc
4	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 problem	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 problem	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 makes	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 problem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a problem or difficulty	difficulty				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	do	to-infinitive	difficulty not said here	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 1

We ran an obstacle course on sports day.

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 course	det
4	obstacle	obstacle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 day	compound
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	We	a obstacle course			day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme course=Trajectory

Example 2

A fallen tree was an obstacle on the path.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obstacle	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 obstacle	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 obstacle	det
6	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 path	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 path	det
9	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obstacle	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 obstacle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	a fallen tree	a obstacle		the path			tree rules

Example 3

The horse jumped over every obstacle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumped	nsubj
3	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 obstacle	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 obstacle	det
6	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	the horse			every obstacle			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over obstacle=Trajectory

Example 4

Not speaking English was an obstacle at first, but she learned fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 speaking	advmod
2	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 obstacle	csubj
3	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 speaking	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 obstacle	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 obstacle	det
6	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 obstacle	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learned	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 learned	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 learned	nsubj
12	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 obstacle	parataxis
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 learned	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 obstacle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	gerund		English		tree rules
2	is a	past	speaking	a obstacle		tree rules
3	learn	past	English		fast property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Robots use sensors to avoid obstacles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	advcl
6	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 avoid	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Robots	sensors					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	Robots not said here	obstacles					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent obstacle=Location

Example 6

Clear any obstacles from the stairs so no one trips.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clear	clear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 obstacles	det
3	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Clear	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 stairs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stairs	det
6	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Clear	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 trips	mark
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trips	nsubj
10	trips	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Clear	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Clear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	imperative	you not said here	any obstacles		the stairs			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent obstacle=Theme from stair=Source
2	trip	present	no one						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

The hero had to overcome many obstacles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 overcome	mark
5	overcome	overcome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 obstacles	amod
7	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 overcome	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the hero						tree rules
2	overcome	to-infinitive	the hero not said here	many obstacles					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot obstacle=Theme

Example 8

'You thought that love would conquer all obstacles,' said he; 'well, you have found it hasn't!

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 love	det
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conquer	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 conquer	aux
7	conquer	conquer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thought	ccomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 obstacles	det
9	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conquer	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 found	punct
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	20 found	punct
16	well	well	INTJ	_	20 found	discourse
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 well	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 found	nsubj
19	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 found	aux
20	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 thought	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 has	nsubj
22	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 found	ccomp
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 has	advmod
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	You		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	conquer	would	that love	all obstacles	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obstacle=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	love		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	find	present · perfect	you		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not have	present	it		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 9

However, that may be, I hope I have at least succeeded in removing some obstacles to a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and their relation to each other. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: However, that may be, I hope I have at least succeeded in removing some obstacles to a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and their relation to each other.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	However	however	ADV	_	8 hope	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 However	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 be	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 be	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	1 However	cop
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 However	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hope	nsubj
8	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hope	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 least	case
12	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 succeeded	obl
13	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 have	xcomp
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 removing	mark
15	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 succeeded	advcl
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 obstacles	det
17	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 removing	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 understanding	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 understanding	det
20	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 understanding	amod
21	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 removing	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 Yetzira	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Yetzira	det
24	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Yetzira	compound
25	Yetzira	Yetzira	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 understanding	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 philosophy	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 philosophy	det
28	Pythafrorean	pythafrorean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 philosophy	amod
29	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 understanding	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 relation	cc
31	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 relation	nmod:poss
32	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 understanding	conj
33	to	to	ADP	_	34 each	case
34	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	15 removing	obl
35	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 each	fixed
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive				however property	tree rules
2	hope	present	I				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	have	present	I				tree rules
4	succeed	participle	I not said here		least		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	remove	gerund	I not said here	some obstacles	a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and understanding's relation	to each	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent obstacle=Theme to understanding=Destination
6	understand			the Sefer Yetzira			nom understanding «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 obstacle

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Example 1

Example 2

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Example 9

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