boulder Who acts: boulder, huge boulder, glacier, We, sign, It · What happens: round, be, pick up, block, carry, climb · To what, where: large rounded rock, path, boulders, ten people, boulder, novice
«boulder» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: boulder in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A boulder is a very large, rounded rock, too big to pick up.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop det advmod amod punct amod punct advmod amod mark xcomp compound:prt punct root A DET boulder NOUN is AUX a DET very ADV large ADJ , PUNCT rounded VERB rock NOUN , PUNCT too ADV big ADJ to PART pick VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boulder det 2 boulder boulder NOUN Number=Sing 9 rock nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 rock cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 rock det 5 very very ADV _ 6 large advmod 6 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 9 rock amod 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 large punct 8 rounded round VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 rock amod 9 rock rock NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 big punct 11 too too ADV _ 12 big advmod 12 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 9 rock amod 13 to to PART _ 14 pick mark 14 pick pick VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 big xcomp 15 up up ADP _ 14 pick compound:prt 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 rock punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 round participle vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 is a present a boulder a large rounded rock tree rules 3 pick up to-infinitive a boulder not said here vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: 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 A huge boulder blocked the path.
det amod nsubj det obj punct root A DET huge ADJ boulder NOUN blocked VERB the DET path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 boulder det 2 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 3 boulder amod 3 boulder boulder NOUN Number=Sing 4 blocked nsubj 4 blocked block VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 path det 6 path path NOUN Number=Sing 4 blocked obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 blocked punct
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1 block past a huge boulder the path vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer path=Theme
Example 2 The glacier carried boulders down the valley.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET glacier NOUN carried VERB boulders NOUN down ADP the DET valley NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 glacier det 2 glacier glacier NOUN Number=Sing 3 carried nsubj 3 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 boulders boulder NOUN Number=Plur 3 carried obj 5 down down ADP _ 7 valley case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 valley det 7 valley valley NOUN Number=Sing 3 carried obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 carried punct
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1 carry past the glacier boulders down the valley vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boulder=Theme
Example 3 We climbed on the boulders at the beach.
nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root We PRON climbed VERB on ADP the DET boulders NOUN at ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT 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 climbed nsubj 2 climbed climb VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 boulders case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boulders det 5 boulders boulder NOUN Number=Plur 2 climbed obl 6 at at ADP _ 8 beach case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 beach det 8 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 2 climbed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 climbed punct
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1 climb past We the boulders at the beach vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boulder=Trajectory
Example 4 The sign warned of falling boulders.
det nsubj case amod obl punct root The DET sign NOUN warned VERB of ADP falling VERB boulders NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sign det 2 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 3 warned nsubj 3 warned warn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 of of ADP _ 6 boulders case 5 falling fall VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 boulders amod 6 boulders boulder NOUN Number=Plur 3 warned obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 warned punct
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1 warn speech: warn past the sign of falling boulders vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of boulder=Topic 2 fall gerund vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 It took ten people to push the boulder.
nsubj nummod obj mark advcl det obj punct root It PRON took VERB ten NUM people NOUN to PART push VERB the DET boulder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 people nummod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 took obj 5 to to PART _ 6 push mark 6 push push VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 boulder det 8 boulder boulder NOUN Number=Sing 6 push obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past It ten people vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument people=Destination 2 push to-infinitive the boulder vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boulder=Theme
Example 6 Over a long time, water wore the boulder smooth.
case det amod obl punct nsubj det obj xcomp punct root Over ADP a DET long ADJ time NOUN , PUNCT water NOUN wore VERB the DET boulder NOUN smooth ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Over over ADP _ 4 time case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 time det 3 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 time amod 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 wore obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 time punct 6 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 wore nsubj 7 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 boulder det 9 boulder boulder NOUN Number=Sing 7 wore obj 10 smooth smooth ADJ Degree=Pos 7 wore xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 wore punct
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1 wear past water the boulder time smooth property vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent boulder=Source
Example 7 One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders.
The tree, 12 words nsubj det:predet det obj case det amod nummod punct compound punct amod obl punct root One NUM feels VERB quite DET a DET novice NOUN beside ADP these DET venerable ADJ million NUM - PUNCT year NOUN - PUNCT old ADJ boulders NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 feels nsubj 2 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 quite quite DET PronType=Ind 5 novice det:predet 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 novice det 5 novice novice NOUN Number=Sing 2 feels obj 6 beside beside ADP _ 14 boulders case 7 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 14 boulders det 8 venerable venerable ADJ Degree=Pos 14 boulders amod 9 million million NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 year nummod 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 million punct 11 year year NOUN Number=Sing 13 old compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 year punct 13 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 boulders amod 14 boulders boulder NOUN Number=Plur 2 feels obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 feels punct
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1 feel present One quite novice this venerable old boulders vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent novice=Theme beside boulder=Location
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