byway
Who acts: byway, highways, travellers, We, witch · What happens: be, cease, walk, take, live down · To what, where: small side road, byways, byway, woods, dusty byway
«byway» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: byway in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 byway | det |
| 2 | byway | byway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 road | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 road | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 road | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 road | amod |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 road | compound |
| 7 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 lane | cc |
| 9 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 road | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 quieter | punct |
| 11 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 road | conj |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 15 road | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 road | det |
| 14 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 road | amod |
| 15 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 quieter | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 road | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a byway | a small side road or lane | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | a byway not said here | than a main road | tree rules |
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
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways. (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 days | det |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ceased | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Shamgar | case |
| 5 | Shamgar | Shamgar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 days | nmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 son | det |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Shamgar | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Anath | case |
| 9 | Anath | Anath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 days | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 days | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 days | det |
| 13 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ceased | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Jael | case |
| 15 | Jael | Jael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 ceased | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 ceased | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 highways | det |
| 18 | highways | highway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ceased | nsubj |
| 19 | ceased | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 walked | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 walked | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 travellers | det |
| 23 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 walked | nsubj |
| 24 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 ceased | conj |
| 25 | through | through | ADP | _ | 26 byways | case |
| 26 | byways | byway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 walked | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 ceased | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | past | the highways | day | of Jael | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | walk | past | the travellers | byways | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through byway=Trajectory |
Sentence 2: (Prophets JDG.5.6, 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 | JDG.5.6 | JDG.5.6 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Prophets | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 JPS | punct |
| 5 | JPS | JPS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 JDG.5.6 | flat |
| 6 | 1917 | 1917 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 JDG.5.6 | flat |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Prophets | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
We took the byway through the woods.
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 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 byway | det |
| 4 | byway | byway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 woods | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woods | det |
| 7 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 took | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | We | the byway | the woods | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent byway=Theme |
Example 3
The witch lived down a dusty byway.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 lived | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 byway | det |
| 6 | dusty | dusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 byway | amod |
| 7 | byway | byway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live down | past | the witch | a dusty byway | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
Highways and byways were full of people that day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highways | highway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 byways | cc |
| 3 | byways | byway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Highways | conj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | obl |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 people | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Highways and byways | of people that day; full property | tree rules |
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