clepsydra Who acts: ancient device, water clock, clepsydra, Ancient Egyptians, sundials, We · What happens: measure, drip, use, not work, build, time · To what, where: container, clepsydra, plastic cup, speaker, Athens, many hours · Speech: someone speaks here
«clepsydra» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: clepsydra in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A water clock: an ancient device that measures time by how much water drips into or out of a container.
The tree, 20 words det compound nsubj punct det amod nsubj nsubj acl:relcl obj case advmod amod obl case cc case case det obl punct root A DET water NOUN clock NOUN : PUNCT an DET ancient ADJ device NOUN that PRON measures VERB time NOUN by ADP how ADV much ADJ water NOUN drips VERB into ADP or CCONJ out ADP of ADP a DET container NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 clock det 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 clock compound 3 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 15 drips nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 device punct 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 device det 6 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 7 device amod 7 device device NOUN Number=Sing 15 drips nsubj 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 measures nsubj 9 measures measure VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 device acl:relcl 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 9 measures obj 11 by by ADP _ 14 water case 12 how how ADV PronType=Int 13 much advmod 13 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 14 water amod 14 water water NOUN Number=Sing 9 measures obl 15 drips drip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 16 into into ADP _ 21 container case 17 or or CCONJ _ 21 container cc 18 out out ADP _ 21 container case 19 of of ADP _ 21 container case 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 container det 21 container container NOUN Number=Sing 15 drips obl 22 . . PUNCT _ 15 drips punct
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1 measure present a ancient device time by much water vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 2 drip present a water clock a container vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into container=Location
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 clepsydra measures time with dripping water.
det nsubj obl:unmarked case amod nmod punct root A DET clepsydra NOUN measures VERB time NOUN with ADP dripping VERB water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 clepsydra det 2 clepsydra clepsydra NOUN Number=Sing 3 measures nsubj 3 measures measure VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 measures obl:unmarked 5 with with ADP _ 7 water case 6 dripping drip VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 water amod 7 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 measures punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 measure present a clepsydra time vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 2 drip gerund vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 2 Ancient Egyptians used a clepsydra at night when sundials didn't work.
amod nsubj det obj case obl mark nsubj aux advmod advcl punct root Ancient ADJ Egyptians PROPN used VERB a DET clepsydra NOUN at ADP night NOUN when SCONJ sundials NOUN did AUX n't PART work VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Egyptians amod 2 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN Number=Plur 3 used nsubj 3 used use VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 clepsydra det 5 clepsydra clepsydra NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obj 6 at at ADP _ 7 night case 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obl 8 when when SCONJ _ 12 work mark 9 sundials sundial NOUN Number=Plur 12 work nsubj 10 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 work aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 work advmod 12 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 used advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 used punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past Ancient Egyptians a clepsydra night vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clepsydra=Patient 2 not work past · do-support sundials vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 We built a clepsydra from a plastic cup with a hole.
nsubj det obj case det amod obl case det nmod punct root We PRON built VERB a DET clepsydra NOUN from ADP a DET plastic ADJ cup NOUN with ADP a DET hole 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 built nsubj 2 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 clepsydra det 4 clepsydra clepsydra NOUN Number=Sing 2 built obj 5 from from ADP _ 8 cup case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 cup det 7 plastic plastic ADJ Degree=Pos 8 cup amod 8 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 2 built obl 9 with with ADP _ 11 hole case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 hole det 11 hole hole NOUN Number=Sing 8 cup nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 built punct
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1 build past We a clepsydra a plastic cup with a hole vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent clepsydra=Product from cup=Material
Example 4 In Athens, a clepsydra timed each speaker in court.
case obl punct det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root In ADP Athens PROPN , PUNCT a DET clepsydra NOUN timed VERB each DET speaker NOUN in ADP court NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Athens case 2 Athens Athens PROPN Number=Sing 6 timed obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Athens punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 clepsydra det 5 clepsydra clepsydra NOUN Number=Sing 6 timed nsubj 6 timed time VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 each each DET PronType=Tot 8 speaker det 8 speaker speaker NOUN Number=Sing 6 timed obj 9 in in ADP _ 10 court case 10 court court NOUN Number=Sing 8 speaker nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 timed punct
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1 time participle a clepsydra each speaker Athens in court vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Theme
Example 5 Marks on the clepsydra showed how many hours had passed.
nsubj case det nmod advmod amod nsubj:pass aux ccomp punct root Marks NOUN on ADP the DET clepsydra NOUN showed VERB how ADV many ADJ hours NOUN had AUX passed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 5 showed nsubj 2 on on ADP _ 4 clepsydra case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 clepsydra det 4 clepsydra clepsydra NOUN Number=Sing 1 Marks nmod 5 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 how how ADV PronType=Int 7 many advmod 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hours amod 8 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 10 passed nsubj:pass 9 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 passed aux 10 passed pass VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 showed ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 showed punct
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1 show past Marks on the clepsydra vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 pass past · perfect · passive many hours vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
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