belay

Who acts: rope, you, Avast, We, sail · What happens: belay, be, hold, stop, do, shout · To what, where: wind, sail

«belay» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: belay in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To belay a rope is to wind it round a post or pin so that it holds fast.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 belay	mark
2	belay	belay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wind	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wind	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wind	mark
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belay	obj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wind	nsubj
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 post	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 post	det
11	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belay	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 pin	cc
13	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 post	conj
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 holds	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 holds	nsubj
17	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 belay	advcl
18	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 holds	advmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 belay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	belay	to-infinitive			round a post or pin	tree rules
2	is a	present	a rope	wind		tree rules
3	hold	present	rope		fast property	vn exist-47.1 «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

Usage: «Belay!» — kept apart, not parsed.

Stop! Stop what you are doing.

Sentence 1: Stop!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Sentence 2: Stop what you are doing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 doing	obj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 doing	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stop	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	do	present · progressive	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Example 1

Belay that rope, lads!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belay	belay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belay	nmod:unmarked
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lads	punct
5	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Belay	conj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Belay	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

«Avast, belay!» the captain shouted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Avast	punct
2	Avast	avast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 belay	punct
4	belay	belay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Avast	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Avast	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Avast	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 captain	det
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	nsubj
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Avast and belay						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

We belayed the sail so it would not blow loose.

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 belayed	nsubj
2	belayed	belay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sail	det
4	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belayed	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 blow	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 blow	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 blow	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 blow	advmod
9	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 belayed	advcl
10	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blow	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 belayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belay	past	We	the sail					tree rules
2	not blow	would	sail					loose property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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