drainpipe

Who acts: drainpipe, pipe, bird, burglar, you, We · What happens: be, carry, gush, build, block, climb up · To what, where: pipe, outside, rainwater, roof, Rain, drainpipe

«drainpipe» 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: drainpipe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A drainpipe is a pipe on the outside of a building that carries rainwater from the roof down to the ground or a drain.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drainpipe	det
2	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pipe	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pipe	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pipe	det
5	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 outside	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outside	det
8	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pipe	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 building	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 building	det
11	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outside	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 carries	nsubj
13	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pipe	acl:relcl
14	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 roof	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 roof	det
17	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obl
18	down	down	ADV	_	13 carries	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 ground	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ground	det
21	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 drain	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 drain	det
24	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ground	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pipe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a drainpipe	a pipe		the outside of a building			tree rules
2	carry	present	a pipe	rainwater		the roof		to the ground or a drain; down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent rainwater=Theme from roof=Initial_Location to ground=Destination

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

Rain gushed out of the drainpipe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	gushed	gush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rain	acl
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 drainpipe	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 drainpipe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drainpipe	det
6	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gushed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gush	participle		Rain not said here		the drainpipe			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out drainpipe=Location

Example 2

A bird built a nest at the top of the drainpipe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drainpipe	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drainpipe	det
11	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	a bird	a nest		the top of the drainpipe			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product

Example 3

The drainpipe was blocked with leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drainpipe	det
2	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	aux:pass
4	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blocked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	past · passive		the drainpipe				with leaves	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with leaf=Theme

Example 4

In the story, the burglar climbed up the drainpipe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 burglar	det
6	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbed	nsubj
7	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 climbed	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drainpipe	det
10	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbed	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	past	the burglar	the drainpipe		the story			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location drainpipe=Theme

Example 5

Never climb a drainpipe; it can break and you can fall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 climb	advmod
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 drainpipe	det
4	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 break	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 break	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 break	aux
8	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 climb	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fall	cc
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 fall	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 fall	aux
12	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 break	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not climb	imperative	you not said here	a drainpipe	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location drainpipe=Theme
2	break	can	drainpipe		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	fall	can	you		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

We put a barrel under the drainpipe to collect rainwater.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 barrel	det
4	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 drainpipe	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drainpipe	det
7	drainpipe	drainpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 collect	mark
9	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 put	advcl
10	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 collect	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	We	a barrel		the drainpipe			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent barrel=Theme under drainpipe=Destination
2	collect	to-infinitive	We not said here	rainwater					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainwater=Theme

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