cranny

Who acts: something, crab, She · What happens: hide, shelter, feel, lose, squeeze · To what, where: cranny, mouse

«cranny» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cranny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crack	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crack	amod
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gap	punct
5	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crack	appos
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 hole	cc
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gap	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 rock	cc
12	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	conj
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 hide	advmod
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 hide	nsubj
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 something	amod
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hide	aux
17	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 rock	acl:relcl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 shelter	cc
19	shelter	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 hide	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 crack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	can	something						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shelter	infinitive	something not said here						vn exist-47.1 «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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Any tiny hidden corner or secret place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 corner	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 corner	amod
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 corner	amod
4	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 place	cc
6	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 place	amod
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 corner	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 corner	punct

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

Example 1

The crab hid in a cranny between the rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crab	det
2	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cranny	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cranny	det
6	cranny	cranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 rocks	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rocks	det
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the crab			a cranny		between the rocks	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cranny=Location

Example 2

She felt into every cranny for the lost button.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 cranny	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cranny	det
5	cranny	cranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 button	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 button	det
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 button	amod
9	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She			every cranny		for the lost button	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for button=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The mouse squeezed through a cranny in the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mouse	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 cranny	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cranny	det
6	cranny	cranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cranny	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	participle		the mouse not said here		a cranny in the wall			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through cranny=Trajectory

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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