balustrade

Who acts: balustrade, short posts, She, stone balustrade, Children · What happens: be, hold up, call, learn, look down, run · To what, where: low railing, balusters, balustrade, terrace · Speech: someone speaks here

«balustrade» 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: balustrade in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A balustrade is a low railing along the edge of a balcony, bridge or staircase, held up by short posts called balusters.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 balustrade	det
2	balustrade	balustrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 railing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 railing	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 railing	det
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 railing	amod
6	railing	railing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 railing	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 balcony	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 balcony	det
12	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bridge	punct
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 railing	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 staircase	cc
16	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bridge	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 held	punct
18	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 railing	parataxis
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 held	compound:prt
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 posts	case
21	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 posts	amod
22	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 held	obl
23	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 posts	acl
24	balusters	baluster	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 called	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 railing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a balustrade	a low railing and bridge or staircase	along the edge of a balcony	tree rules
2	hold up	participle			by short posts	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	call	participle	short posts not said here	balusters		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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

She leaned on the balustrade and looked down at the garden.

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 leaned	nsubj
2	leaned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 balustrade	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 balustrade	det
5	balustrade	balustrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leaned	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 looked	compound:prt
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 garden	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 garden	det
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 leaned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	She			the balustrade			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look down	past	She not said here					at the garden	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at garden=Theme

Example 2

The stone balustrade ran all along the terrace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 balustrade	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balustrade	compound
3	balustrade	balustrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 terrace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 terrace	det
8	terrace	terrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the stone balustrade			the terrace		all property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along terrace=Trajectory

Example 3

Children must not climb over the balustrade on the bridge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 climb	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 climb	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 climb	advmod
4	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 balustrade	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 balustrade	det
7	balustrade	balustrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not climb	must	Children			the balustrade		on the bridge	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over balustrade=Trajectory

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