billow

Who acts: billow, cloth, cloak, you · What happens: be, rise, do, roll, billow, pray · To what, where: big rolling wave, wind, sea, great billows

«billow» 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: billow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A billow is a big rolling wave of the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 billow	det
2	billow	billow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wave	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wave	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wave	amod
6	rolling	rolling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	compound
7	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a billow	a big rolling wave				of the sea	tree rules

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 billow is to swell out and rise like a wave, as cloth does in the wind.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 billow	mark
2	billow	billow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swell	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 swell	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 swell	mark
5	swell	swell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 swell	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rise	cc
8	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 swell	conj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 wave	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wave	det
11	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rise	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 does	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 does	mark
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	nsubj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 swell	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wind	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wind	det
18	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 swell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			swell property	tree rules
2	rise	infinitive			like a wave	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	cloth	the wind		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The sea rolled in great billows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	nsubj:pass
3	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 billows	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 billows	amod
6	billows	billow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rolled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	participle · passive		the sea		great billows			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in billow=Trajectory

Example 2

Her cloak billowed behind her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cloak	nmod:poss
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 billowed	nsubj
3	billowed	billow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 billowed	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 billowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	billow	past	Her cloak					behind her = she	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind she=Location

Example 3

Pray for those lost beyond the foaming billows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 those	case
3	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	1 Pray	obl
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 those	acl
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	8 billows	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 billows	det
7	foaming	foaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 billows	compound
8	billows	billow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lost	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pray	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	imperative	you not said here					for those	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for that=Theme
2	lose	participle						beyond the foaming billows	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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