edgewise

Who acts: Edgewise, edge, others, He, you, sheet · What happens: mean, face, get, find, speak, keep · To what, where: word, edgewise, chance, book, shelf, gap · Speech: someone speaks here

«edgewise» 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: edgewise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Edgewise means with the edge facing forward, sideways on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Edgewise	Edgewise	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 edge	acl
7	forward	forward	ADV	_	6 facing	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 on	punct
9	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	10 on	advmod
10	on	on	ADV	_	6 facing	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Edgewise					with the edge	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	face	gerund	the edge not said here					forward property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: 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 get a word in edgewise» means to find a chance to speak when others keep talking.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct
2	To	to	PART	_	3 get	mark
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 means	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 edgewise	case
7	edgewise	edgewise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 chance	det
13	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 speak	mark
15	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 chance	acl
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 keep	mark
17	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 keep	nsubj
18	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 speak	advcl
19	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 keep	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	get in a quote	to-infinitive		a word	edgewise	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find not said to happen	to-infinitive		a chance		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Topic
4	speak speech: other	to-infinitive		a chance not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	keep	present	others			tree rules
6	talk	gerund	others not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He could not get a word in edgewise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 edgewise	case
8	edgewise	edgewise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	could	He	a word		edgewise			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Example 2

Turn the book edgewise to fit it on the shelf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	edgewise	edgewise	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fit	mark
6	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fit	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 shelf	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shelf	det
10	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the book				edgewise property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent book=Theme
2	fit	to-infinitive	you not said here	book		the shelf			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shelf=Trajectory

Example 3

The sheet slid through the gap edgewise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheet	det
2	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	nsubj
3	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 gap	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gap	det
6	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	obl
7	edgewise	edgewise	ADV	_	3 slid	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	the sheet			the gap		edgewise property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gap=Trajectory

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