declivity

Who acts: declivity, slope, They, road, sheep · What happens: be, go down, slant, climb, run, run down · To what, where: slope, ground, steep declivity, declivity

«declivity» 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: declivity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 declivity	det
2	declivity	declivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slope	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slope	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slope	det
5	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 slope	acl
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 going	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 slant	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 slant	det
10	downward	downward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 slant	amod
11	slant	slant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slope	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slant	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hill	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 hill	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hill	det
19	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slant	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 bank	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 bank	det
22	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slant	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a declivity	a slope		tree rules
2	go down	gerund	a slope not said here		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	slant			the ground		nom slant «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

They climbed down the steep declivity to the lake.

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	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	6 declivity	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 declivity	det
5	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 declivity	amod
6	declivity	declivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	They			the steep declivity		to the lake	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme down declivity=Initial_Location to lake=Destination

Example 2

The road ran along the declivity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 road	det
2	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 declivity	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 declivity	det
6	declivity	declivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the road			the declivity			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along declivity=Trajectory

Example 3

The sheep ran down the declivity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheep	det
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 declivity	det
6	declivity	declivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run down	past	the sheep	the declivity					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme declivity=Trajectory

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