brackish

Who acts: river, rivers, Mangroves, well water, fish, Baltic Sea · What happens: meet, drink, find, grow, taste, live · To what, where: sea, Brackish water, fresh water, you

«brackish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: brackish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Slightly salty, a mix of fresh water and sea water, like water where a river meets the sea.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slightly	slightly	ADV	_	2 salty	advmod
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mix	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mix	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mix	det
5	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mix	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	compound
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 water	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 water	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mix	conj
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 meets	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 meets	nsubj
18	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 water	acl:relcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sea	det
20	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 meets	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	a river	the sea					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Co-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

Usage: of water — kept apart, not parsed.

Not nice to drink, a bit salty or dirty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 nice	advmod
2	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nice	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 salty	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salty	obl:unmarked
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nice	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 dirty	cc
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 salty	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Brackish water is found where rivers meet the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 meet	advmod
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 meet	nsubj
7	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meet	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		Brackish water					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	meet	present	rivers	the sea					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Co-Agent

Example 2

Mangroves grow well in brackish water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mangroves	mangrove	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 grow	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Mangroves			brackish water		well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Example 3

The well water tasted brackish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
2	well	well	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tasted	nsubj
4	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tasted	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	the well water					brackish property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Some fish can live in fresh, salty and brackish water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 live	aux
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 salty	punct
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fresh	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 brackish	cc
10	brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fresh	conj
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	can	some fish			fresh water			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Example 5

The Baltic Sea is brackish, less salty than the ocean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sea	det
2	Baltic	Baltic	PROPN	_	3 Sea	compound
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brackish	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brackish	cop
5	brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 salty	punct
7	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 salty	advmod
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brackish	conj
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 ocean	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ocean	det
11	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salty	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 brackish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Baltic Sea					brackish property	tree rules
2	be		the Baltic Sea not said here					than the ocean; less property	tree rules

Example 6

Never drink brackish water when camping; it can make you ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 drink	advmod
2	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	brackish	brackish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drink	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 camping	mark
6	camping	camp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drink	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 drink	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not drink	imperative	you not said here	brackish water		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	camp	gerund	you not said here			vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
3	make	can	water	you	ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product

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