alcove

Who acts: alcove, vase, She · What happens: be, set back, show, stand, read, keep · To what, where: small recess, wall, alcove, book, cosy alcove, statue

«alcove» 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: alcove in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 alcove	det
2	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recess	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 recess	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 recess	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 recess	amod
6	recess	recess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 recess	acl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 set	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 room	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 room	det
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wall	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 space	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 space	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 space	amod
18	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recess	parataxis
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 seat	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 seat	det
21	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 space	nmod
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 objects	cc
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 objects	case
24	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 seat	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	27 shown	mark
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 shown	aux:pass
27	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 space	acl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 recess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a alcove	a small recess		tree rules
2	set back	participle		a small recess not said here	a wall of a room	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wall=Destination
3	show	to-infinitive · passive	a alcove not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»

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 vase stood in an alcove by the fireplace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vase	det
2	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 alcove	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 alcove	det
6	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fireplace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fireplace	det
9	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the vase			a alcove		by the fireplace	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in alcove=Location

Example 2

She read her book in the cosy alcove by the window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 book	nmod:poss
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 alcove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alcove	det
7	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 alcove	amod
8	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	She	her book		the cosy alcove		by the window	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Example 3

The statue was kept in a small alcove in the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 statue	det
2	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 alcove	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 alcove	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 alcove	amod
8	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alcove	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		the statue		a small alcove in the hall			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in alcove=Location

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