driftwood

Who acts: We, children, waves · What happens: carry, leave, find, build · To what, where: pieces, shore, driftwood, fire, sand

«driftwood» 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: driftwood in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carried	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 wood	case
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 pieces	nmod
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 carried	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj:pass
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 river	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sea	conj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 left	cc
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 carried	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 shore	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shore	det
16	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · perfect · passive		pieces of wood					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Value
2	leave	participle				the shore			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location

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

We found driftwood along the shore.

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	We	driftwood				along the shore	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driftwood=Topic

Example 2

The children built a fire with driftwood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	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	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 driftwood	case
7	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fire	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the children	a fire				with driftwood	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme with driftwood=Source

Example 3

The waves left driftwood on the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waves	det
2	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 waves	acl
4	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	the waves not said here	driftwood		the sand			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent driftwood=Theme on sand=Location

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