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carboniferous

Who acts: Carboniferous, huge swamp forests, Coal, Giant dragonflies, carboniferous rocks, Forests · What happens: be, grow, turn, contain, produce, form · To what, where: time, history, coal, plants, Carboniferous period, Carboniferous

«carboniferous» 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: carboniferous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about 359 to 299 million years ago, when huge swamp forests grew and later turned into coal.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Carboniferous	det
2	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 time	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 time	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 history	case
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 history	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Earth	case
9	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 359	punct
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 359	advmod
12	359	359	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 time	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 299	case
14	299	299	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 359	nmod
15	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 ago	obl:unmarked
17	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 359	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 grew	punct
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 grew	advmod
20	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 forests	amod
21	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 forests	compound
22	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 grew	nsubj
23	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 time	parataxis
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 turned	cc
25	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	26 turned	advmod
26	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 grew	conj
27	into	into	ADP	_	28 coal	case
28	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 turned	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Carboniferous	a time		Earth's history			tree rules
2	grow	past	huge swamp forests						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	past	huge swamp forests not said here			coal		late property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into coal=Trajectory

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

Containing or producing coal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Containing	contain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 producing	cc
3	producing	produce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Containing	conj
4	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 producing	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Containing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund							vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	produce	gerund		coal					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Result

Example 1

Coal formed from plants in the Carboniferous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formed	nsubj
2	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 plants	case
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 formed	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Carboniferous	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carboniferous	det
7	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 formed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 formed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past	Coal			plants		in the Carboniferous	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in carboniferous=Location

Example 2

Giant dragonflies lived in the Carboniferous period.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dragonflies	amod
2	dragonflies	dragonfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 period	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 period	det
6	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 period	compound
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Giant dragonflies			the Carboniferous period			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in period=Location

Example 3

The Carboniferous was before the dinosaurs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Carboniferous	det
2	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dinosaurs	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dinosaurs	cop
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 dinosaurs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dinosaurs	det
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dinosaurs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Carboniferous				before the dinosaurs		tree rules

Example 4

These carboniferous rocks contain coal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 rocks	det
2	carboniferous	carboniferous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rocks	amod
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	nsubj
4	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 contain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	this carboniferous rocks	coal					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coal=Theme

Example 5

Forests of tree ferns grew in the Carboniferous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grew	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 ferns	case
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ferns	compound
4	ferns	fern	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Forests	nmod
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Carboniferous	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Carboniferous	det
8	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Forests of tree ferns			the Carboniferous			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in carboniferous=Location

Example 6

Amphibians were common in the Carboniferous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amphibians	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 common	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Carboniferous	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Carboniferous	det
6	Carboniferous	Carboniferous	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 common	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 common	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Amphibians			the Carboniferous		common property	tree rules

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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