crosswise

Who acts: Crosswise, you · What happens: mean, break off, strike, lay, make · To what, where: branch, hearth, sticks, cross

«crosswise» 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: crosswise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Crosswise means across, in a cross shape, or against the length of something.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crosswise	crosswise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shape	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 shape	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shape	det
7	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shape	amod
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 length	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 length	cc
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 length	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 length	det
13	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shape	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 length	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Crosswise					across property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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 bone had stuck crosswise in his throat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crosswise	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 crosswise	aux
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crosswise	amod
5	crosswise	crosswise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 throat	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 throat	nmod:poss
8	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crosswise	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 crosswise	punct

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

Example 2

Break off a branch and strike the hearth with it crosswise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Break	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 branch	det
4	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Break	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 strike	cc
6	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Break	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hearth	det
8	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strike	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 strike	obl
11	crosswise	crosswise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 strike	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break off	imperative	you not said here	a branch					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer branch=Patient
2	strike	infinitive	you not said here	the hearth				with hearth; crosswise property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hearth=Patient with it=Instrument

Example 3

Lay the sticks crosswise to make a cross.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sticks	det
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lay	obj
4	crosswise	crosswise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lay	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 crosswise	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cross	det
8	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	imperative	you not said here	the sticks				crosswise property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Result
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	a cross					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cross=Product

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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