anchor Who acts: anchor, boat, main person, strongest one, ship, sailors · What happens: be, drop, stop, drift, anchor, fix · To what, where: heavy metal object, chain, boat, something, main person, news programme
«anchor» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: anchor in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An anchor is a heavy metal object on a chain or rope that is dropped from a boat to the sea floor to stop the boat from drifting.
The tree, 28 words det nsubj cop det amod compound case det nmod cc conj nsubj aux:pass acl:relcl case det obl case det compound obl mark advcl det obj mark advcl punct root An DET anchor NOUN is AUX a DET heavy ADJ metal NOUN object NOUN on ADP a DET chain NOUN or CCONJ rope NOUN that PRON is AUX dropped VERB from ADP a DET boat NOUN to ADP the DET sea NOUN floor NOUN to PART stop VERB the DET boat NOUN from SCONJ drifting VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 anchor det 2 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 7 object nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 object cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 object det 5 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 object amod 6 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 7 object compound 7 object object NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 on on ADP _ 10 chain case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 chain det 10 chain chain NOUN Number=Sing 7 object nmod 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 rope cc 12 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 10 chain conj 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 15 dropped nsubj 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 dropped aux:pass 15 dropped drop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 object acl:relcl 16 from from ADP _ 18 boat case 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 boat det 18 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 15 dropped obl 19 to to ADP _ 22 floor case 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 floor det 21 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 22 floor compound 22 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 15 dropped obl 23 to to PART _ 24 stop mark 24 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 dropped advcl 25 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 boat det 26 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 24 stop obj 27 from from SCONJ _ 28 drifting mark 28 drifting drift VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 24 stop advcl 29 . . PUNCT _ 7 object punct
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1 is a present a anchor a heavy metal object a chain or rope tree rules 2 drop present · passive a heavy metal object a boat to the sea floor vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from boat=Destination to floor=Initial_Location 3 stop to-infinitive the boat vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality boat=Eventuality 4 drift gerund vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 To anchor is to stop a boat with an anchor, or to fix something firmly so it cannot move.
The tree, 20 words mark csubj cop mark det obj case det obl punct cc mark conj obj advmod mark nsubj aux advmod advcl punct root To PART anchor VERB is AUX to PART stop VERB a DET boat NOUN with ADP an DET anchor NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ to PART fix VERB something PRON firmly ADV so SCONJ it PRON can AUX not PART move VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 anchor mark 2 anchor anchor VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 stop csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 stop cop 4 to to PART _ 5 stop mark 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 boat det 7 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop obj 8 with with ADP _ 10 anchor case 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 anchor det 10 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 fix punct 12 or or CCONJ _ 14 fix cc 13 to to PART _ 14 fix mark 14 fix fix VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 stop conj 15 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 14 fix obj 16 firmly firmly ADV _ 14 fix advmod 17 so so SCONJ _ 21 move mark 18 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 move nsubj 19 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 21 move aux 20 not not PART Polarity=Neg 21 move advmod 21 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 fix advcl 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 stop punct
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1 anchor to-infinitive vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 2 is present with a anchor; stop property tree rules 3 fix to-infinitive something firmly property vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent something=Patient 4 not move can boat vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 An anchor (news anchor) is the main person who presents a TV news programme.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj punct compound appos punct cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl det compound compound obj punct root An DET anchor NOUN ( PUNCT news NOUN anchor NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX the DET main ADJ person NOUN who PRON presents VERB a DET TV NOUN news NOUN programme NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 anchor det 2 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 10 person nsubj 3 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 anchor punct 4 news news NOUN Number=Sing 5 anchor compound 5 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchor appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 anchor punct 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 person cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 person det 9 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 10 person amod 10 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 who who PRON PronType=Rel 12 presents nsubj 12 presents present VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 person acl:relcl 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 programme det 14 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 15 news compound 15 news news NOUN Number=Sing 16 programme compound 16 programme programme NOUN Number=Sing 12 presents obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 10 person punct
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1 is a present a anchor the main person tree rules 2 present present the main person a news programme vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent programme=Theme
Meaning 4 In a team, the anchor is the strongest one who goes last, like in a relay race or tug of war.
The tree, 21 words case det obl punct det nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct case case det compound obl cc conj case nmod punct root In ADP a DET team NOUN , PUNCT the DET anchor NOUN is AUX the DET strongest ADJ one NOUN who PRON goes VERB last ADV , PUNCT like ADP in ADP a DET relay NOUN race NOUN or CCONJ tug NOUN of ADP war NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 team case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 team det 3 team team NOUN Number=Sing 10 one obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 team punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 anchor det 6 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 10 one nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 one cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 one det 9 strongest strong ADJ Degree=Sup 10 one amod 10 one one NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 who who PRON PronType=Rel 12 goes nsubj 12 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 one acl:relcl 13 last last ADV _ 12 goes advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 12 goes punct 15 like like ADP _ 19 race case 16 in in ADP _ 19 race case 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 race det 18 relay relay NOUN Number=Sing 19 race compound 19 race race NOUN Number=Sing 12 goes obl 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 tug cc 21 tug tug NOUN Number=Sing 19 race conj 22 of of ADP _ 23 war case 23 war war NOUN Number=Sing 21 tug nmod 24 . . PUNCT _ 10 one punct
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1 is a present the anchor the strongest one a team tree rules 2 go present the strongest one like a relay race or tug of war; last property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 tug war nom tug «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The ship dropped anchor in the bay.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET ship NOUN dropped VERB anchor NOUN in ADP the DET bay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ship det 2 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 3 dropped nsubj 3 dropped drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 3 dropped obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 bay case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bay det 7 bay bay NOUN Number=Sing 3 dropped obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 dropped punct
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1 drop past the ship anchor the bay vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anchor=Theme in bay=Destination
Example 2 The sailors pulled up the heavy anchor.
det nsubj compound:prt det amod obj punct root The DET sailors NOUN pulled VERB up ADP the DET heavy ADJ anchor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sailors det 2 sailors sailor NOUN Number=Plur 3 pulled nsubj 3 pulled pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 pulled compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 anchor det 6 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 anchor amod 7 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 3 pulled obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 pulled punct
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1 pull up past the sailors the heavy anchor vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anchor=Theme
Example 3 We anchored the tent with pegs.
nsubj det obj case obl punct root We PRON anchored VERB the DET tent NOUN with ADP pegs NOUN . PUNCT 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 anchored nsubj 2 anchored anchor VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tent det 4 tent tent NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchored obj 5 with with ADP _ 6 pegs case 6 pegs peg NOUN Number=Plur 2 anchored obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 anchored punct
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1 anchor past We the tent with pegs vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tent=Patient with peg=Instrument
Example 4 Roots anchor the tree in the ground.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Roots NOUN anchor VERB the DET tree NOUN in ADP the DET ground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Roots root NOUN Number=Plur 2 anchor nsubj 2 anchor anchor VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tree det 4 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchor obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 ground case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ground det 7 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchor obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 anchor punct
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1 anchor present Roots the tree the ground vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient
Example 5 The boat was at anchor near the island.
det nsubj cop case case det nmod punct root The DET boat NOUN was AUX at ADP anchor NOUN near ADP the DET island NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boat det 2 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 5 anchor nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 anchor cop 4 at at ADP _ 5 anchor case 5 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 near near ADP _ 8 island case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 island det 8 island island NOUN Number=Sing 5 anchor nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 anchor punct
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1 is past the boat anchor near the island tree rules
Example 6 The news anchor read the headlines.
det compound nsubj det obj punct root The DET news NOUN anchor NOUN read VERB the DET headlines NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 anchor det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 3 anchor compound 3 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 4 read nsubj 4 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 headlines det 6 headlines headline NOUN Number=Plur 4 read obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 read punct
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1 read past the news anchor the headlines vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headline=Topic
Example 7 She ran the anchor leg in the relay.
nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root She PRON ran VERB the DET anchor NOUN leg NOUN in ADP the DET relay NOUN . PUNCT 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 ran nsubj 2 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 leg det 4 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 5 leg compound 5 leg leg NOUN Number=Sing 2 ran obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 relay case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 relay det 8 relay relay NOUN Number=Sing 2 ran obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 ran punct
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1 run past She the anchor leg the relay vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent leg=Theme in relay=Trajectory
Example 8 Dad anchored the bookcase to the wall so it won't tip over.
nsubj det obj case det obl advmod nsubj aux advmod advcl advmod punct root Dad NOUN anchored VERB the DET bookcase NOUN to ADP the DET wall NOUN so ADV it PRON wo AUX n't PART tip VERB over ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchored nsubj 2 anchored anchor VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bookcase det 4 bookcase bookcase NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchored obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 wall case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wall det 7 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchored obl 8 so so ADV _ 12 tip advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 tip nsubj 10 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 tip aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 tip advmod 12 tip tip VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 anchored advcl 13 over over ADV _ 12 tip advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 anchored punct
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1 anchor past Dad the bookcase to the wall vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bookcase=Patient to wall=Co-Patient 2 not tip over future bookcase over property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 9 Presently the sailors lowered the anchor and landed.
advmod det nsubj det obj cc conj punct root Presently ADV the DET sailors NOUN lowered VERB the DET anchor NOUN and CCONJ landed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Presently presently ADV _ 4 lowered advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sailors det 3 sailors sailor NOUN Number=Plur 4 lowered nsubj 4 lowered lower VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 anchor det 6 anchor anchor NOUN Number=Sing 4 lowered obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 landed cc 8 landed land VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 lowered conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 lowered punct
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1 lower past the sailors the anchor presently property vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anchor=Theme 2 land past the sailors not said here vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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