Who acts: pavement, you, Chalk drawings, we, Mai, He · What happens: be, walk, mean, stop, cross, cover · To what, where: path, British English, American English, hard surface, pavement, edge · Speech: someone speaks here
«pavement» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: pavement in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
In British English, a pavement is the path at the side of a road for people to walk on (in American English, the sidewalk; in Australia, often the footpath).
The tree, 29 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on english=Trajectory
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
In American English, pavement means the hard surface of a road.
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2
bump
past · passive
they
upon the pavement
vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 9
He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon tliein snort', and the earth was formed." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon tliein snort', and the earth was formed."
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2
pour
participle
upon tliein snort
vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3
form
past · passive
the earth
vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe 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
Example 10
He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon them snow, and the earth was formed. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon them snow, and the earth was formed.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
unto the length of the gates and the lower pavement
vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.40.18, 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
EZK.40.18
EZK.40.18
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZK.40.18
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZK.40.18
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 12
Then brought he me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about; thirty chambers were upon the pavement. (Prophets EZK.40.17, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Then brought he me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about; thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
The tree, 28 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into court=Destination
2
be
past
chambers and a pavement
there
vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3
make
participle
chambers and a pavement not said here
for the court
vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for court=Asset
4
is
past
thirty chambers
upon the pavement
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.40.17, 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
EZK.40.17
EZK.40.17
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZK.40.17
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZK.40.17
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 13
over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court; with gallery against gallery in three stories. (Prophets EZK.42.3, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court; with gallery against gallery in three stories.
The tree, 29 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
to the inner court; against the pavement; which nsubj; gallery against gallery in three stories parataxis; over property
vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2
belong
past
the pavement
to the outer court
vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.42.3, 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
EZK.42.3
EZK.42.3
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZK.42.3
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZK.42.3
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.