delineation
Who acts: drawing, clear description, something, delineation, artist, map · What happens: show, be, delineate · To what, where: shape, castle, delineation, people · Speech: someone speaks here
«delineation» 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: delineation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: formal, old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A drawing or outline that shows the shape of something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 drawing | det |
| 2 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 outline | cc |
| 4 | outline | outline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drawing | conj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 drawing | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shape | det |
| 8 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 shape | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 drawing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a drawing or outline | the shape of something | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shape=Recipient |
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
A clear description that shows what something is like.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 description | det |
| 2 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 description | amod |
| 3 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 description | acl:relcl |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 like | obj |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 like | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 like | cop |
| 9 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shows | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 description | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a clear description | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | something | like property | tree rules |
Example 1
The artist's delineation of the castle was very fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 artist | det |
| 2 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 delineation | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 artist | case |
| 4 | delineation | delineation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fine | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 delineation | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 fine | cop |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 fine | advmod |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the artist's delineation of the castle | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | delineate | the artist | the castle | nom delineation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Example 2
A map is a delineation of the land.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 map | det |
| 2 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delineation | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 delineation | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 delineation | det |
| 5 | delineation | delineation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 land | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 land | det |
| 8 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delineation | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delineation | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a map | a delineation | of the land | tree rules |
Example 3
His delineation of the people was clear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 delineation | nmod:poss |
| 2 | delineation | delineation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clear | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 delineation | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 clear | cop |
| 7 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 clear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | His delineation of the people | clear property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | delineate | His = he | the people | nom delineation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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