dike

Who acts: dike, farmers, She, mother · What happens: be, build, keep, flood, dig, drain · To what, where: long bank, earth, sea, land, ditch, water

«dike» 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: dike in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dike is a long bank of earth or stone built to keep the sea or a river from flooding the land; it is the same as a dyke.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dike	det
2	dike	dike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bank	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bank	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bank	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bank	amod
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 earth	case
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bank	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 stone	cc
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earth	conj
11	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 earth	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 built	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keep	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 river	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sea	conj
19	from	from	SCONJ	_	20 flooding	mark
20	flooding	flood	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 keep	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 land	det
22	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 flooding	obj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 same	punct
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 same	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 same	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 same	det
27	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bank	conj
28	as	as	ADP	_	30 dyke	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 dyke	det
30	dyke	dyke	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 same	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dike	a long bank	of earth or stone	tree rules
2	build	participle		earth or stone not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	keep	to-infinitive		the sea or a river		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme
4	flood	gerund		the land		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent land=Patient
5	is	present	dike		as a dyke; same property	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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A dike can also be a ditch dug to drain water from land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dike	det
2	dike	dike	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ditch	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 ditch	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 ditch	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 ditch	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ditch	det
7	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ditch	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 drain	mark
10	drain	drain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dug	advcl
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drain	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 land	case
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drain	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 ditch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	can	a dike	a ditch		tree rules
2	dig	participle		a ditch not said here		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drain	to-infinitive		water	land	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from land=Source

Example 1

The farmers built a high dike to keep out the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmers	det
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dike	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dike	amod
6	dike	dike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 built	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 keep	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the farmers	a high dike					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dike=Product
2	keep out	to-infinitive	the farmers not said here	the sea					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme

Example 2

She came to the dike and called out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 dike	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dike	det
5	dike	dike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 called	cc
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 called	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	She			the dike			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dike=Initial_Location
2	call out speech: assert	participle	She not said here						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The mother sat on the dike and wailed for her child.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 dike	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dike	det
6	dike	dike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wailed	cc
8	wailed	wail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 child	nmod:poss
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wailed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the mother			the dike			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on dike=Location
2	wail	past	the mother not said here					for mother's child	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for child=Recipient

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