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corundum

Who acts: Corundum, rubies, scale corundum, diamond, Emery boards, Pure corundum · What happens: be, make, contain, have, show · To what, where: hard natural mineral, coloured kinds, corundum, 9, 10, colour

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

Meaning 1

Corundum is a very hard natural mineral made of aluminium oxide; rubies and sapphires are coloured kinds of corundum.

The tree, 19 words
nsubjcopdetadvmodamodamodaclcasecompoundoblpunctnsubjccconjcopamodconjcasenmodpunctrootCorundumNOUNisAUXaDETveryADVhardADJnaturalADJmineralNOUNmadeVERBofADPaluminiumNOUNoxideNOUN;PUNCTrubiesNOUNandCCONJsapphiresNOUNareAUXcolouredADJkindsNOUNofADPcorundumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CorundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing7 mineralnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 mineralcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 mineraldet
4veryveryADV_5 hardadvmod
5hardhardADJDegree=Pos7 mineralamod
6naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos7 mineralamod
7mineralmineralNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 mineralacl
9ofofADP_11 oxidecase
10aluminiumaluminiumNOUNNumber=Sing11 oxidecompound
11oxideoxideNOUNNumber=Sing8 madeobl
12;;PUNCT_18 kindspunct
13rubiesrubyNOUNNumber=Plur18 kindsnsubj
14andandCCONJ_15 sapphirescc
15sapphiressapphireNOUNNumber=Plur13 rubiesconj
16arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 kindscop
17colouredcolouredADJDegree=Pos18 kindsamod
18kindskindNOUNNumber=Plur7 mineralconj
19ofofADP_20 corundumcase
20corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing18 kindsnmod
21..PUNCT_7 mineralpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentCorunduma hard natural mineral and coloured kindstree rules
2makeparticiplea hard natural mineral and coloured kinds not said hereof aluminium oxidevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3is apresentrubies and sapphirescoloured kindsof corundumtree rules

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

Rubies and sapphires are both corundum.

nsubjccconjcopdetpunctrootRubiesNOUNandCCONJsapphiresNOUNareAUXbothDETcorundumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RubiesrubyNOUNNumber=Plur6 corundumnsubj
2andandCCONJ_3 sapphirescc
3sapphiressapphireNOUNNumber=Plur1 Rubiesconj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 corundumcop
5bothbothDETPronType=Tot6 corundumdet
6corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 corundumpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentRubies and sapphiresboth corundumtree rules

Example 2

Corundum is harder than almost any other mineral.

nsubjcopcaseadvmoddetamodoblpunctrootCorundumNOUNisAUXharderADJthanADPalmostADVanyDETotherADJmineralNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CorundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing3 hardernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 hardercop
3harderhardADJDegree=Cmprootroot
4thanthanADP_8 mineralcase
5almostalmostADV_8 mineraladvmod
6anyanyDETPronType=Ind8 mineraldet
7otherotherADJDegree=Pos8 mineralamod
8mineralmineralNOUNNumber=Sing3 harderobl
9..PUNCT_3 harderpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentCorundumthan any other mineral; hard propertytree rules

Example 3

On the Mohs scale, corundum is 9 and diamond is 10.

casedetcompoundcompoundpunctnsubjcopccnsubjcopconjpunctrootOnADPtheDETMohsPROPNscaleNOUN,PUNCTcorundumNOUNisAUX9NUMandCCONJdiamondNOUNisAUX10NUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_4 scalecase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 scaledet
3MohsMohsPROPNNumber=Sing4 scalecompound
4scalescaleNOUNNumber=Sing6 corundumcompound
5,,PUNCT_4 scalepunct
6corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing8 9nsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 9cop
899NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Cardrootroot
9andandCCONJ_12 10cc
10diamonddiamondNOUNNumber=Sing12 10nsubj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 10cop
121010NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card8 9conj
13..PUNCT_8 9punct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentscale corundum9tree rules
2is apresentdiamond10tree rules

Example 4

Emery boards for nails contain corundum.

compoundnsubjcasenmodobjpunctrootEmeryNOUNboardsNOUNforADPnailsNOUNcontainVERBcorundumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EmeryemeryNOUNNumber=Sing2 boardscompound
2boardsboardNOUNNumber=Plur5 containnsubj
3forforADP_4 nailscase
4nailsnailNOUNNumber=Plur2 boardsnmod
5containcontainVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing5 containobj
7..PUNCT_5 containpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1containpresentEmery boards for nailscorundumvn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot corundum=Theme

Example 5

Pure corundum has no colour.

amodnsubjdetobjpunctrootPureADJcorundumNOUNhasVERBnoDETcolourNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PurepureADJDegree=Pos2 corundumamod
2corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing3 hasnsubj
3hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 colourdet
5colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing3 hasobj
6..PUNCT_3 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentPure corundumno colourvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient

Example 6

The museum showed a big red crystal of corundum.

detnsubjdetamodamodobjcasenmodpunctrootTheDETmuseumNOUNshowedVERBaDETbigADJredADJcrystalNOUNofADPcorundumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 museumdet
2museummuseumNOUNNumber=Sing3 showednsubj
3showedshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 crystaldet
5bigbigADJDegree=Pos7 crystalamod
6redredADJDegree=Pos7 crystalamod
7crystalcrystalNOUNNumber=Sing3 showedobj
8ofofADP_9 corundumcase
9corundumcorundumNOUNNumber=Sing7 crystalnmod
10..PUNCT_3 showedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpastthe museuma big red crystal of corundumvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crystal=Recipient

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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