cornfield
Who acts: cornfield, corn, farmer, rain, fox · What happens: be, grow, walk, soak, run, hide · To what, where: field, cornfield, dry cornfield
«cornfield» 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: cornfield in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A cornfield is a field where corn (grain such as wheat or maize) grows.
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 cornfield | det |
| 2 | cornfield | cornfield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 field | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 field | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 field | det |
| 5 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 grows | advmod |
| 7 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 grows | nsubj |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 grain | punct |
| 9 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 corn | appos |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 12 wheat | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grain | nmod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 maize | cc |
| 14 | maize | maize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wheat | conj |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 grain | punct |
| 16 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 field | acl:relcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 field | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a cornfield | a field | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | corn | vn appear-48.1.1 «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.
Example 1
The farmer walked through the cornfield at dawn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farmer | det |
| 2 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | nsubj |
| 3 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 cornfield | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cornfield | det |
| 6 | cornfield | cornfield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dawn | case |
| 8 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the farmer | the cornfield | dawn | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cornfield=Trajectory |
Example 2
The rain soaked the dry cornfield.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rain | det |
| 2 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soaked | nsubj |
| 3 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cornfield | det |
| 5 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cornfield | amod |
| 6 | cornfield | cornfield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soaked | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 soaked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | participle | the rain | the dry cornfield | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cornfield=Source |
Example 3
The fox ran across the cornfield and hid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 cornfield | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cornfield | det |
| 6 | cornfield | cornfield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hid | cc |
| 8 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the fox | the cornfield | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across cornfield=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | hide | past | the fox not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=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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