float

Who acts: balloon, we, thou, Wood, stones, Ice · What happens: stay, sink, move, float away, float, use · To what, where: top, air, float, swimming, money, cash box

«float» in the Judaism dictionary: its 5 meanings 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: float in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To stay on top of water or another liquid without sinking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stay	mark
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 top	case
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 liquid	cc
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 liquid	det
9	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	conj
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 sinking	mark
11	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stay	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	to-infinitive				top of water or another liquid			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location
2	sink	gerund							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

To move slowly through air or water: a balloon floats away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 floats	advcl
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	5 air	case
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 water	cc
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 air	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 floats	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 balloon	det
10	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 floats	nsubj
11	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 floats	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 floats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	to-infinitive	a balloon not said here			air or water		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory
2	float away	present	a balloon					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 3

A noun: something that floats, like a float used to learn swimming or on a fishing line.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 noun	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 something	punct
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 noun	appos
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 floats	nsubj
6	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 something	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 float	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 float	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 float	det
10	float	float	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floats	obl
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 float	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 learn	mark
13	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 used	advcl
14	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learn	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 line	cc
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 line	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 line	det
18	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 line	compound
19	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swimming	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	float	present		like a float	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	participle	a float not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	learn	to-infinitive	swimming or a fishing line		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimming=Topic

Meaning 4

A noun: a decorated truck in a parade.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 noun	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 truck	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 truck	det
5	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 truck	amod
6	truck	truck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noun	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 parade	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parade	det
9	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 truck	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	participle							vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 5

A noun: a small amount of money in a cash box for change.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 noun	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 amount	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 amount	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 amount	amod
6	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noun	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 money	case
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amount	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 box	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 box	det
11	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	compound
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amount	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 change	case
14	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount			money		a cash box for change			nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient in=place

Example 1

and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.' (Writings 2CH.2.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.'

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 cut	cc
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 cut	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
4	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 Lebanon	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Lebanon	case
8	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 much	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cut	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 need	mark
13	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 need	nsubj
14	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	15 need	aux
15	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 much	advcl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 bring	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 bring	cc
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 bring	nsubj
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 bring	aux
20	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cut	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 bring	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 thee	case
23	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	20 bring	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 floats	case
25	floats	float	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 bring	obl
26	by	by	ADP	_	27 sea	case
27	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bring	obl
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 Joppa	case
29	Joppa	Joppa	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 sea	nmod
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 carry	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 carry	cc
32	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	34 carry	nsubj
33	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	34 carry	aux
34	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cut	parataxis
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 carry	obj
36	up	up	ADP	_	34 carry	compound:prt
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 Jerusalem	case
38	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 carry	obl
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct
40	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut	future	we	wood		Lebanon		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Product
2	need	shall	thou					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	bring	future	we	wood		floats	to thee; by sea to Joppa	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to thou=Destination
4	carry up	shall	thou	wood	Jerusalem			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to jerusalem=Destination

Sentence 2: (Writings 2CH.2.15, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	2CH.2.15	2CH.2.15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Writings	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 2CH.2.15	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

Wood floats but stones sink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floats	nsubj
2	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 sink	cc
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sink	nsubj
5	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 floats	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 floats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	Wood						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sink	present	stones						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Ice floats on water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floats	nsubj
2	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floats	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 floats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	Ice			water			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory

Example 4

Lie on your back and float.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 float	cc
6	float	float	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	imperative	you not said here			your back and float			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

Example 5

I use a float in my swimming lesson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 float	det
4	float	float	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 lesson	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lesson	nmod:poss
7	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lesson	compound
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	I	a float		my swimming lesson			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent float=Patient

Example 6

The balloon floated up into the sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 balloon	det
2	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	nsubj
3	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 floated	compound:prt
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 floated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float up	past	the balloon			the sky			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sky=Destination

Example 7

We tested which objects float or sink.

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 tested	nsubj
2	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 float	nsubj
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 float	nsubj
5	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tested	ccomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 sink	cc
7	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 float	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	test	past	We	tree rules
2	float	present		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sink	present		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 8

Leaves floated down the stream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Leaves	acl
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 stream	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stream	det
5	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floated	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle		Leaves not said here		the stream			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stream=Trajectory

Example 9

The school float in the parade was covered in flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 float	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 float	compound
3	float	float	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covered	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 parade	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parade	det
6	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 float	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 covered	aux:pass
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 flowers	case
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the school float in the parade				in flowers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in flower=Theme

Example 10

The canoe floated to the shore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 canoe	det
2	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 canoe	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 canoe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle		the canoe not said here		the shore			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination

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