broomstick
Who acts: broomstick, witch, you · What happens: be, fly, take, fly away, sweep, stand · To what, where: long wooden handle, stories, broomstick, path, ground
«broomstick» 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: broomstick in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A broomstick is the long wooden handle of a broom.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 broomstick | det |
| 2 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 handle | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 handle | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 handle | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 handle | amod |
| 6 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 handle | amod |
| 7 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 broom | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 broom | det |
| 10 | broom | broom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 handle | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 handle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a broomstick | the long wooden handle | of a broom | 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
In stories a witch flies through the air on a broomstick.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 stories | case |
| 2 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 flies | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 witch | det |
| 4 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flies | nsubj |
| 5 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 air | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 air | det |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flies | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 broomstick | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 broomstick | det |
| 11 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flies | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 flies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | a witch | stories | through the air; on a broomstick | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in story=Location |
Example 1
The witch took her broomstick and flew away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 broomstick | nmod:poss |
| 5 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 flew | cc |
| 7 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 flew | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the witch | witch's broomstick | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broomstick=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fly away | past | the witch not said here | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Sweep the path with the broomstick.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweep | sweep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 path | det |
| 3 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sweep | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 broomstick | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 broomstick | det |
| 6 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sweep | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sweep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep | imperative | you not said here | the path | with the broomstick | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Trajectory |
Example 3
A broomstick stood upright in the ground.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 broomstick | det |
| 2 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | upright | upright | ADV | _ | 3 stood | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | a broomstick | the ground | upright property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ground=Location |
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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