berth

Who acts: bed, sailor, you, ship · What happens: sleep, tie up, give, mean, keep, sail · To what, where: ship, place, harbour, wide berth, berth, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«berth» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: berth in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bed or bunk for sleeping on a ship or train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bed	det
2	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 bunk	cc
4	bunk	bunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bed	conj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 sleeping	mark
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bed	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ship	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeping	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 train	cc
11	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ship	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	a bed or bunk not said here			a ship or train			vn snooze-40.4-1 «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.

Meaning 2

A place where a ship is tied up at a harbour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	nsubj:pass
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 tied	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ship	det
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tied	aux:pass
7	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 tied	compound:prt
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 harbour	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 harbour	det
11	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	present · passive		a place		a harbour			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: phrase — kept apart, not parsed.

«give a wide berth to» means keep well away from.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 means	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 berth	det
4	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 berth	amod
5	berth	berth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	2 give	xcomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 means	ccomp
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	11 away	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	infinitive	a wide berth		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berth=Theme
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	keep	infinitive		away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The sailor gave me a berth in the cabin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailor	det
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 berth	det
6	berth	berth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cabin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cabin	det
9	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the sailor	a berth	me	the cabin			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient berth=Theme

Example 2

Give a wide berth to the bully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 berth	det
3	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 berth	amod
4	berth	berth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bully	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bully	det
7	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a wide berth	the bully				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent berth=Theme to bully=Recipient

Example 3

The ship sailed into its berth at the harbour.

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 sailed	nsubj
3	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 berth	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 berth	nmod:poss
6	berth	berth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 harbour	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 harbour	det
9	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	the ship			ship's berth		at the harbour	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into berth=Trajectory

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