amass
Who acts: time, He, I, squirrel · What happens: amass, be, amount, trade, treasure · To what, where: fortune, things, cloth, rich treasure, jewels, huge pile
«amass» 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: amass in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune».
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 amass | mark |
| 2 | amass | amass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 gather | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gather | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 gather | mark |
| 5 | gather | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 7 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 number | amod |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gather | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 amount | cc |
| 10 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 number | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 things | case |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 amount | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 money | punct |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 money | cc |
| 15 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gather | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 time | punct |
| 17 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 time | case |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gather | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 amass | punct |
| 20 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 21 amass | punct |
| 21 | amass | amass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 time | acl:relcl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 fortune | det |
| 23 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 amass | obj |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 amass | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gather | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amass | to-infinitive | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | time | money obl; gather property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | amass in a quote | infinitive | time not said here | a fortune | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | ||||
| 4 | amount | things | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=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.
Example 1
He amassed a fortune by trading in cloth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 amassed | nsubj |
| 2 | amassed | amass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fortune | det |
| 4 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 amassed | obj |
| 5 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 6 trading | mark |
| 6 | trading | trade | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 amassed | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cloth | case |
| 8 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trading | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 amassed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amass | past | He | a fortune | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | ||||
| 2 | trade | gerund | He not said here | cloth | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
I had amassed a rich treasure of jewels.
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 | 3 amassed | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 amassed | aux |
| 3 | amassed | amass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 treasure | det |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 treasure | amod |
| 6 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 amassed | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 jewels | case |
| 8 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 treasure | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 amassed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amass | past · perfect | I | a rich treasure of jewels | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | ||||
| 2 | treasure | jewels | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Example 3
The squirrel amassed a huge pile of nuts for winter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 squirrel | det |
| 2 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 amassed | nsubj |
| 3 | amassed | amass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pile | det |
| 5 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pile | amod |
| 6 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 amassed | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 nuts | case |
| 8 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pile | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 winter | case |
| 10 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 amassed | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 amassed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amass | past | the squirrel | a huge pile of nuts | winter | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pile=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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