culvert Who acts: culvert, tunnel, stream, you, it, Leaves · What happens: be, carry, flow, rush, stay away, rain · To what, where: tunnel, stream, road, culvert, water, culverts
«culvert» 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: culvert in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A culvert is a tunnel or large pipe that carries a stream or rainwater under a road, railway or path.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det cc amod conj nsubj acl:relcl det obj cc conj case det obl punct conj cc conj punct root A DET culvert NOUN is AUX a DET tunnel NOUN or CCONJ large ADJ pipe NOUN that PRON carries VERB a DET stream NOUN or CCONJ rainwater NOUN under ADP a DET road NOUN , PUNCT railway NOUN or CCONJ path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 culvert det 2 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 5 tunnel nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tunnel cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tunnel det 5 tunnel tunnel NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 pipe cc 7 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 8 pipe amod 8 pipe pipe NOUN Number=Sing 5 tunnel conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 carries nsubj 10 carries carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tunnel acl:relcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 stream det 12 stream stream NOUN Number=Sing 10 carries obj 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 rainwater cc 14 rainwater rainwater NOUN Number=Sing 12 stream conj 15 under under ADP _ 17 road case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 road det 17 road road NOUN Number=Sing 10 carries obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 railway punct 19 railway railway NOUN Number=Sing 17 road conj 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 path cc 21 path path NOUN Number=Sing 19 railway conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 tunnel punct
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1 is a present a culvert a tunnel or large pipe tree rules 2 carry present a tunnel or large pipe a stream or rainwater a road and railway or path vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=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 stream flows through a culvert under the road.
det nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root The DET stream NOUN flows VERB through ADP a DET culvert NOUN under ADP the DET road NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 stream det 2 stream stream NOUN Number=Sing 3 flows nsubj 3 flows flow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 through through ADP _ 6 culvert case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 culvert det 6 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 3 flows obl 7 under under ADP _ 9 road case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 road det 9 road road NOUN Number=Sing 3 flows obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 flows punct
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1 flow present the stream a culvert under the road vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through culvert=Location
Example 2 After the storm, the culvert was full of rushing water.
case det obl punct det nsubj cop mark advcl obj punct root After ADP the DET storm NOUN , PUNCT the DET culvert NOUN was AUX full ADJ of SCONJ rushing VERB water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 storm case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 storm det 3 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 8 full obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 storm punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 culvert det 6 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 8 full nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 full cop 8 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 of of SCONJ _ 10 rushing mark 10 rushing rush VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 full advcl 11 water water NOUN Number=Sing 10 rushing obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 full punct
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1 is past the culvert after the storm full property tree rules 2 rush gerund the culvert not said here water vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory
Example 3 Stay away from culverts when it rains.
advmod case obl mark nsubj advcl punct root Stay VERB away ADV from ADP culverts NOUN when SCONJ it PRON rains VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Stay advmod 3 from from ADP _ 4 culverts case 4 culverts culvert NOUN Number=Plur 1 Stay obl 5 when when SCONJ _ 7 rains mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 rains nsubj 7 rains rain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Stay punct
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1 stay away imperative you not said here culverts away property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 rain present it vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Example 4 Leaves blocked the culvert and the road flooded.
nsubj det obj cc det nsubj conj punct root Leaves NOUN blocked VERB the DET culvert NOUN and CCONJ the DET road NOUN flooded VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 2 blocked nsubj 2 blocked block VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 culvert det 4 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 2 blocked obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 flooded cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 road det 7 road road NOUN Number=Sing 8 flooded nsubj 8 flooded flood VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 blocked conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 blocked punct
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1 block past Leaves the culvert vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer culvert=Theme 2 flood past the road vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 5 Workers cleared the rubbish from the culvert.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Workers NOUN cleared VERB the DET rubbish NOUN from ADP the DET culvert NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 2 cleared nsubj 2 cleared clear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 rubbish det 4 rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 2 cleared obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 culvert case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 culvert det 7 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 2 cleared obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 cleared punct
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1 clear past Workers the rubbish the culvert vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme from culvert=Source
Example 6 The ducks swam out of the culvert.
det nsubj case case det obl punct root The DET ducks NOUN swam VERB out ADP of ADP the DET culvert NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ducks det 2 ducks duck NOUN Number=Plur 3 swam nsubj 3 swam swim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADP _ 7 culvert case 5 of of ADP _ 7 culvert case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 culvert det 7 culvert culvert NOUN Number=Sing 3 swam obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 swam punct
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1 swim past the ducks the culvert vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out culvert=Trajectory
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