envelop
Who acts: Fog, She, Darkness, thick cloud · What happens: envelop, be, wrap, not see · To what, where: something, it, village, baby, warm blanket, forest
«envelop» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: envelop in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To envelop something is to cover or wrap it all round so that it cannot be seen clearly.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 envelop | mark |
| 2 | envelop | envelop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cover | advcl |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 envelop | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cover | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 cover | mark |
| 6 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 wrap | cc |
| 8 | wrap | wrap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 cover | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wrap | obj |
| 10 | all | all | ADV | _ | 11 round | advmod |
| 11 | round | round | ADV | _ | 8 wrap | advmod |
| 12 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 18 seen | mark |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 so | fixed |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 seen | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 seen | advmod |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 seen | aux:pass |
| 18 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 wrap | advcl |
| 19 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 18 seen | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cover | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envelop | to-infinitive | something | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | cover property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | wrap | infinitive | it | round property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not see | can · passive | it | clearly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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
Fog enveloped the village.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fog | fog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enveloped | nsubj |
| 2 | enveloped | envelop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 village | det |
| 4 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enveloped | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 enveloped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envelop | past | Fog | the village | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Co-Theme |
Example 2
She enveloped the baby in a warm blanket.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 enveloped | nsubj |
| 2 | enveloped | envelop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enveloped | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 blanket | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 blanket | det |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 blanket | amod |
| 8 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enveloped | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 enveloped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envelop | past | She | the baby | a warm blanket | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme baby=Co-Theme |
Example 3
Darkness envelops the forest at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 envelops | nsubj |
| 2 | envelops | envelop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 forest | det |
| 4 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 envelops | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 envelops | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 envelops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envelop | present | Darkness | the forest | night | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Co-Theme |
Example 4
A thick cloud enveloped the mountain top.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cloud | det |
| 2 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cloud | amod |
| 3 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enveloped | nsubj |
| 4 | enveloped | envelop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 top | det |
| 6 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 top | compound |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enveloped | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 enveloped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envelop | past | a thick cloud | the mountain top | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme top=Co-Theme |
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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