eddy
Who acts: eddy, water, little eddy · What happens: be, go, spin, eddy, carry · To what, where: small whirlpool, main flow, circles, Leaves, eddy, water
«eddy» 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: eddy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 eddy | det |
| 2 | eddy | eddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whirlpool | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 whirlpool | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 whirlpool | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whirlpool | amod |
| 6 | whirlpool | whirlpool | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 goes | advmod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | nsubj |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 whirlpool | parataxis |
| 11 | round | round | ADV | _ | 10 goes | advmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 round | cc |
| 13 | round | round | ADV | _ | 11 round | conj |
| 14 | against | against | ADP | _ | 17 flow | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 flow | det |
| 16 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 flow | amod |
| 17 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 whirlpool | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a eddy | a small whirlpool | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present | water | the main flow | round property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against flow=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.
Meaning 2
To eddy is to swirl round in circles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 eddy | mark |
| 2 | eddy | eddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swirl | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 swirl | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 swirl | mark |
| 5 | swirl | swirl | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | round | round | ADV | _ | 5 swirl | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 circles | case |
| 8 | circles | circle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swirl | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 swirl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | circles | round, swirl property | tree rules |
Example 1
Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | spun | spin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Leaves | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 eddy | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 eddy | det |
| 5 | eddy | eddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spun | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 bridge | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bridge | det |
| 8 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spun | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leaves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | participle | Leaves not said here | a eddy | by the bridge | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in eddy=Source by bridge=Trajectory |
Example 2
The water eddied around the rock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | eddied | eddy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 water | acl |
| 4 | around | around | ADP | _ | 6 rock | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rock | det |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eddied | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 water | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eddy | participle | the water not said here | the rock | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around rock=Location |
Example 3
A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 eddy | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eddy | amod |
| 3 | eddy | eddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | obj |
| 7 | round | round | ADV | _ | 4 carried | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 circle | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 circle | det |
| 10 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | a little eddy | the boat | a circle | round property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Value in circle=Location |
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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