ajar

Who acts: Ajar, back door, you, room, she · What happens: mean, stand, leave, get, hear, sob · To what, where: window, air, ajar door

«ajar» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: ajar in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 open	nsubj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 window	cc
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	conj
7	partly	partly	ADV	_	8 open	advmod
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shut	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 shut	advmod
11	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 open	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 open	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 open	advmod
14	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 open	advmod
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 open	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ajar						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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 back door stood ajar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	compound
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stood	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the back door					ajar property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Leave the window ajar so the room gets some air.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 window	det
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 gets	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 air	det
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the window				ajar property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme
2	get	present	the room	some air					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus

Example 3

Through the ajar door she heard sobbing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 door	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 door	amod
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 heard	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	she			the ajar door			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sob	gerund	she not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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