astride

Who acts: boy, He, you, Hedgehog · What happens: sit, stand, ride off, jack, be · To what, where: side

«astride» 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: astride in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 leg	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 leg	nummod
3	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leg	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 side	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sitting	punct
10	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 something	acl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 standing	cc
12	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 sitting	conj
13	across	across	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 standing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 back	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	20 back	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 back	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 back	det
20	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 animal	case
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 animal	det
23	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 back	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leg	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stand	gerund				side			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 boy sat astride the pony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	astride	astride	ADP	_	6 pony	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pony	det
6	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the boy					astride the pony	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent astride pony=Location

Example 2

He sat astride the goat and rode off.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	astride	astride	ADP	_	5 goat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goat	det
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rode	cc
7	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 rode	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He					astride the goat	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent astride goat=Location
2	ride off	past	He not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Jack my Hedgehog was astride the cock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	jack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cock	nmod:poss
3	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cock	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cock	cop
5	astride	astride	ADP	_	7 cock	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cock	det
7	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Jack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jack	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	Hedgehog					astride my cock	tree rules

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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