cubit

Who acts: cubit, fish, horn, They · What happens: be, clear · To what, where: old unit, cubit, one cubit

«cubit» 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: cubit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A cubit is an old unit of length, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 45 cm.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cubit	det
2	cubit	cubit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unit	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 unit	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 unit	amod
6	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 length	case
8	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unit	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 distance	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 distance	det
11	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unit	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 elbow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 elbow	det
14	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 distance	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 tip	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tip	det
17	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 distance	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 finger	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 finger	det
20	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 finger	amod
21	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tip	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 cm	punct
23	about	about	ADV	_	24 45	advmod
24	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	25 cm	nummod
25	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 finger	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 unit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cubit	a old unit and the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and 45 cm				of length	tree 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

The fish was only a cubit long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cubit	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cubit	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 cubit	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cubit	det
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cubit	amod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cubit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fish	a cubit					tree rules

Example 2

The horn is about a cubit long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horn	det
2	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cubit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cubit	cop
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 cubit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cubit	det
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cubit	amod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cubit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the horn					about a cubit	tree rules

Example 3

They have cleared only one cubit of the granary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cleared	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cleared	aux
3	cleared	clear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 cubit	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cubit	nummod
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleared	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 granary	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 granary	det
9	granary	granary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cubit	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cleared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	present · perfect	They	one cubit of the granary					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

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