dunghill
Who acts: dunghill · What happens: be, rot, keep, throw out, sleep, pile up · To what, where: heap, rotting waste, farm, cow, dunghill, farm cat
«dunghill» 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: dunghill in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A dunghill is a heap of animal dung and rotting waste kept outside a farm.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dunghill | det |
| 2 | dunghill | dunghill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heap | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heap | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 heap | det |
| 5 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dung | case |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dung | compound |
| 8 | dung | dung | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heap | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 waste | cc |
| 10 | rotting | rot | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 waste | amod |
| 11 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dung | conj |
| 12 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 waste | acl |
| 13 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 15 farm | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 farm | det |
| 15 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kept | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 heap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a dunghill | a heap | of animal dung and rotting waste | tree rules | |||
| 2 | rot | gerund | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | keep | participle | rotting waste not said here | a farm | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent outside farm=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
The cow was thrown out upon a dunghill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cow | det |
| 2 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thrown | aux:pass |
| 4 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 thrown | compound:prt |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 dunghill | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dunghill | det |
| 8 | dunghill | dunghill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thrown | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thrown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw out | past · passive | the cow | a dunghill | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon dunghill=Destination |
Example 2
The farm cat slept on the warm dunghill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cat | compound |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | slept | sleep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cat | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 dunghill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dunghill | det |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dunghill | amod |
| 8 | dunghill | dunghill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slept | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | participle | the farm cat not said here | the warm dunghill | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The rubbish was piled up like a dunghill behind the barn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rubbish | det |
| 2 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 piled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 piled | aux:pass |
| 4 | piled | pile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 piled | compound:prt |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 dunghill | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dunghill | det |
| 8 | dunghill | dunghill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 piled | obl |
| 9 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 11 barn | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 barn | det |
| 11 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dunghill | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 piled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pile up | past · passive | the rubbish | like a dunghill behind the barn | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |
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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