clay Who acts: Clay, sticky earth, Clay soil, heavy soil, She, pot · What happens: be, shape, bake, dry, go, use · To what, where: Clay, heavy soil, water, 2 kg, 300 g, 6 clay bowls · Speech: someone speaks here
«clay» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: clay in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Clay is soft, sticky earth that you can shape with your hands and then bake or dry so it goes hard.
The tree, 21 words nsubj cop punct amod obl nsubj nsubj aux acl:relcl case nmod:poss obl cc advmod conj cc conj advmod nsubj advcl advmod punct root Clay NOUN is AUX soft ADJ , PUNCT sticky ADJ earth NOUN that PRON you PRON can AUX shape VERB with ADP your PRON hands NOUN and CCONJ then ADV bake VERB or CCONJ dry VERB so ADV it PRON goes VERB hard ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 3 soft nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 soft cop 3 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 earth punct 5 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 6 earth amod 6 earth earth NOUN Number=Sing 3 soft obl 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 shape nsubj 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 shape nsubj 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 shape aux 10 shape shape VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 earth acl:relcl 11 with with ADP _ 13 hands case 12 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 hands nmod:poss 13 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 10 shape obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 16 bake cc 15 then then ADV PronType=Dem 16 bake advmod 16 bake bake VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 shape conj 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 dry cc 18 dry dry VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 bake conj 19 so so ADV _ 21 goes advmod 20 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 goes nsubj 21 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 bake advcl 22 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 21 goes advmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 3 soft punct
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1 is present Clay sticky earth obl ; soft property tree rules 2 shape can sticky earth with your hands vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 bake infinitive sticky earth not said here then vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 4 dry infinitive sticky earth not said here vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 5 go present Clay hard property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 Clay is used for pots, bricks, tiles and models.
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct conj punct conj cc conj punct root Clay NOUN is AUX used VERB for ADP pots NOUN , PUNCT bricks NOUN , PUNCT tiles NOUN and CCONJ models NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 used aux:pass 3 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 for for ADP _ 5 pots case 5 pots pot NOUN Number=Plur 3 used obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 bricks punct 7 bricks brick NOUN Number=Plur 5 pots conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 tiles punct 9 tiles tile NOUN Number=Plur 5 pots conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 models cc 11 models model NOUN Number=Plur 5 pots conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 used punct
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1 use present · passive Clay for pots and bricks and tiles and models vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for pot=Eventuality
Meaning 3 Clay soil is heavy soil that holds water.
compound nsubj cop amod nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root Clay NOUN soil NOUN is AUX heavy ADJ soil NOUN that PRON holds VERB water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 2 soil compound 2 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing 5 soil nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 soil cop 4 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 soil amod 5 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 holds nsubj 7 holds hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 soil acl:relcl 8 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 holds obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 soil punct
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1 is a present Clay soil heavy soil tree rules 2 hold present heavy soil water vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
Example 1 She has 2 kg of clay.
nsubj nummod obj case nmod punct root She PRON has VERB 2 NUM kg NOUN of ADP clay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 kg nummod 4 kg kg NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 clay case 6 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 4 kg nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present She 2 kg of clay vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kg=Patient
Example 2 Each pot uses 300 g of clay.
det nsubj nummod obj case nmod punct root Each DET pot NOUN uses VERB 300 NUM g NOUN of ADP clay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 pot det 2 pot pot NOUN Number=Sing 3 uses nsubj 3 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 300 300 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 g nummod 5 g G NOUN Number=Sing 3 uses obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 clay case 7 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 5 g nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 uses punct
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1 use present each pot 300 g of clay vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent g=Patient
Example 3 He made 6 clay bowls.
nsubj nummod compound obj punct root He PRON made VERB 6 NUM clay NOUN bowls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 bowls nummod 4 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 5 bowls compound 5 bowls bowl NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past He 6 clay bowls vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Product
Example 4 How many pots from 3 pounds of clay?
advmod amod case nummod nmod case nmod punct root How ADV many ADJ pots NOUN from ADP 3 NUM pounds NOUN of ADP clay NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pots amod 3 pots pot NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 from from ADP _ 6 pounds case 5 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 pounds nummod 6 pounds pound NOUN Number=Plur 3 pots nmod 7 of of ADP _ 8 clay case 8 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 6 pounds nmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 pots punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 5 We made clay animals in art class.
nsubj compound obj case compound obl punct root We PRON made VERB clay NOUN animals NOUN in ADP art NOUN class 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 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 4 animals compound 4 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 class case 6 art art NOUN Number=Sing 7 class compound 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past We clay animals art class vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Product
Example 6 The pot is baked in a hot oven called a kiln.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl acl det obj punct root The DET pot NOUN is AUX baked VERB in ADP a DET hot ADJ oven NOUN called VERB a DET kiln NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pot det 2 pot pot NOUN Number=Sing 4 baked nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 baked aux:pass 4 baked bake VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 oven case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 oven det 7 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 8 oven amod 8 oven oven NOUN Number=Sing 4 baked obl 9 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 oven acl 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 kiln det 11 kiln kiln NOUN Number=Sing 9 called obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 baked punct
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1 bake present · passive the pot in a hot oven vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in oven=Instrument 2 call participle a hot oven not said here a kiln vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kiln=Recipient
Example 7 Bricks are made from clay.
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root Bricks NOUN are AUX made VERB from ADP clay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bricks brick NOUN Number=Plur 3 made nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 made aux:pass 3 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 clay case 5 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make present · passive Bricks clay vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from clay=Material
Example 8 Clay soil gets sticky after rain.
compound nsubj xcomp case obl punct root Clay NOUN soil NOUN gets VERB sticky ADJ after ADP rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 2 soil compound 2 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing 3 gets nsubj 3 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 3 gets xcomp 5 after after ADP _ 6 rain case 6 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 3 gets obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 gets punct
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1 get present Clay soil after rain sticky property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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