clod

Who acts: boy, field, He · What happens: throw, be, hit, kiss · To what, where: clod, big fellow

«clod» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: clod in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A lump of earth or soil, often large and hard: a clod of earth.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lump	det
2	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 large	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 earth	case
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lump	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 soil	cc
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earth	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 large	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 large	advmod
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hard	cc
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 large	conj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 clod	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 clod	det
14	clod	clod	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 large	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 earth	case
16	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clod	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 large	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The boy threw a clod at the bird.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 clod	det
5	clod	clod	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the boy	a clod				at the bird	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent clod=Theme at bird=Destination

Example 2

The field was full of clods of earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 field	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 clods	case
6	clods	clod	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 earth	case
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clods	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the field					of clods of earth; full property	tree rules

Example 3

He hit the big fellow so hard that he kissed the clod.

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 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fellow	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fellow	amod
5	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 hit	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 kissed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kissed	nsubj
10	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hit	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 clod	det
12	clod	clod	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kissed	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	He	the big fellow				hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fellow=Co-Theme
2	kiss	past	he	the clod					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clod=Co-Agent

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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