amphitheatre

Who acts: amphitheatre, seats, people, Romans, We · What happens: be, rise, watch, look down · To what, where: round building, open space, shows, fights, great amphitheatre, rows

«amphitheatre» 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: amphitheatre in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An amphitheatre is a round or oval building with rows of seats rising around an open space, where people watch shows or games.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 amphitheatre	det
2	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 building	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 building	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 building	det
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 building	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 oval	cc
7	oval	oval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 round	conj
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 rows	case
10	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 building	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 seats	case
12	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rows	nmod
13	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 seats	acl
14	around	around	ADP	_	17 space	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 space	det
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 space	amod
17	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rising	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 watch	punct
19	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 watch	advmod
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 watch	nsubj
21	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 space	acl:relcl
22	shows	show	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 watch	obj
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 games	cc
24	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 shows	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 building	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a amphitheatre	a round building		with rows of seats	tree rules
2	rise	gerund	seats not said here		a open space		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around space=Location
3	watch	present	people	shows or games			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Theme

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 Romans watched fights in a great amphitheatre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Romans	det
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 watched	nsubj
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watched	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 amphitheatre	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 amphitheatre	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 amphitheatre	amod
8	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watched	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	the Romans	fights		a great amphitheatre			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Theme

Example 2

We look down on the crowd in the amphitheatre.

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 look	nsubj
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 look	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 crowd	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 amphitheatre	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 amphitheatre	det
9	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowd	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look down	present	We					on the crowd in the amphitheatre; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on crowd=Theme

Example 3

The seats rise in rows all around the arena.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seats	det
2	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rise	nsubj
3	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 rows	case
5	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rise	obl
6	all	all	ADV	_	9 arena	advmod
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 arena	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 arena	det
9	arena	arena	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rise	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the seats			rows		around the arena	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location

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