ebb Who acts: sea, ebb, tide, strength, We · What happens: be, go, drain away, go out, begin, ebb · To what, where: time, rocks, strength, sand
«ebb» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: ebb in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To ebb is to flow back out, as the sea goes away from the shore.
The tree, 15 words mark advcl cop mark advmod advmod punct mark det nsubj conj advmod case det obl punct root To PART ebb NOUN is AUX to PART flow VERB back ADV out ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ the DET sea NOUN goes VERB away ADV from ADP the DET shore NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 ebb mark 2 ebb ebb NOUN Number=Sing 5 flow advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 flow cop 4 to to PART _ 5 flow mark 5 flow flow VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 back back ADV _ 7 out advmod 7 out out ADV _ 5 flow advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 goes punct 9 as as SCONJ _ 12 goes mark 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sea det 11 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 12 goes nsubj 12 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 flow conj 13 away away ADV _ 12 goes advmod 14 from from ADP _ 16 shore case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 shore det 16 shore shore NOUN Number=Sing 13 away obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 flow punct
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1 is present flow, out property tree rules 2 go present the sea away property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 To ebb is to get less and less, to drain away slowly.
mark advcl cop mark advmod cc conj punct mark conj advmod advmod punct root To PART ebb NOUN is AUX to PART get VERB less ADV and CCONJ less ADV , PUNCT to PART drain VERB away ADV slowly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 ebb mark 2 ebb ebb NOUN Number=Sing 5 get advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 get cop 4 to to PART _ 5 get mark 5 get get VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 5 get advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 less cc 8 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 6 less conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 drain punct 10 to to PART _ 11 drain mark 11 drain drain VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 get conj 12 away away ADV _ 11 drain advmod 13 slowly slowly ADV _ 11 drain advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 get punct
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1 is present get, less property tree rules 2 drain away to-infinitive away, slowly property vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
Meaning 3 The ebb is the time when the tide is going out.
det nsubj cop det advmod det nsubj aux parataxis compound:prt punct root The DET ebb NOUN is AUX the DET time NOUN when ADV the DET tide NOUN is AUX going VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ebb det 2 ebb ebb NOUN Number=Sing 5 time nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 time cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 time det 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 going advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tide det 8 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 10 going nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 going aux 10 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 time parataxis 11 out out ADP _ 10 going compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 time punct
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1 is a present the ebb the time tree rules 2 go out present · progressive the tide vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The tide began to ebb at noon.
det nsubj mark xcomp case obl punct root The DET tide NOUN began VERB to PART ebb VERB at ADP noon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tide det 2 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 3 began nsubj 3 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 ebb mark 5 ebb ebb VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 began xcomp 6 at at ADP _ 7 noon case 7 noon noon NOUN Number=Sing 5 ebb obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 began punct
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1 begin past the tide vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 ebb to-infinitive the tide not said here noon vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 2 The sea ebbed away from the rocks.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET sea NOUN ebbed VERB away ADV from ADP the DET rocks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sea det 2 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 ebbed nsubj 3 ebbed ebb VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 away away ADV _ 3 ebbed advmod 5 from from ADP _ 7 rocks case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rocks det 7 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 3 ebbed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ebbed punct
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1 ebb away past the sea the rocks away property vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Her strength ebbed as the day went on.
nmod:poss nsubj acl case det obl advmod punct root Her PRON strength NOUN ebbed VERB as ADP the DET day NOUN went VERB on ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 strength nmod:poss 2 strength strength NOUN Number=Sing 7 went nsubj 3 ebbed ebb VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 strength acl 4 as as ADP _ 6 day case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 day det 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 ebbed obl 7 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 on on ADV _ 7 went advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 went punct
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1 ebb participle Her strength not said here day vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 go on past Her strength vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 We walked on the sand while the ebb was low.
nsubj case det obl mark det nsubj cop advcl punct root We PRON walked VERB on ADP the DET sand NOUN while SCONJ the DET ebb NOUN was AUX low ADJ . PUNCT 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 walked nsubj 2 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 sand case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sand det 5 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 2 walked obl 6 while while SCONJ _ 10 low mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ebb det 8 ebb ebb NOUN Number=Sing 10 low nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 low cop 10 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 2 walked advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 walked punct
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1 walk past We the sand vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory 2 is past the ebb low property tree rules
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