dyke

Who acts: dyke, ditch, old woman, Cattle, farmers · What happens: be, build up, keep back, carry, live, graze · To what, where: bank, earth, water, ditch, fields, house

«dyke» 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: dyke in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dyke	det
2	dyke	dyke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bank	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bank	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 earth	case
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bank	nmod
8	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 earth	acl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 built	compound:prt
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 built	advcl
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 keep	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dyke	a bank	of earth	tree rules
2	build up	participle		earth not said here		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	keep back	to-infinitive		water		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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 dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dyke	det
2	dyke	dyke	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 carries	nsubj
9	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ditch	acl:relcl
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carries	obj
11	across	across	ADP	_	12 fields	case
12	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carries	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 ditch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a dyke	a ditch					tree rules
2	carry	present	a ditch	water		fields			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Example 1

The old woman lived in a house on the dyke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 dyke	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dyke	det
10	dyke	dyke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the old woman			a house		on the dyke	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Example 2

Cattle grazed in the fields beside the dykes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grazed	nsubj
2	grazed	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fields	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grazed	obl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 dykes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dykes	det
8	dykes	dyke	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grazed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graze	past	Cattle			the fields		beside the dykes	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The farmers repaired the dyke after the flood.

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 repaired	nsubj
3	repaired	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dyke	det
5	dyke	dyke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repaired	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 flood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flood	det
8	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repaired	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 repaired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	past	the farmers	the dyke			after the flood		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dyke=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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