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flagpole

Who acts: flagpole, flag, We, bird, shadow, you · What happens: be, raise, fly, lower, sit, get · To what, where: tall pole, flag, top, school flag, flagpole, half mast

«flagpole» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: flagpole in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A flagpole is a tall pole on which a flag is raised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flagpole	det
2	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pole	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pole	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pole	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pole	amod
6	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 raised	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flag	det
10	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 raised	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 raised	aux:pass
12	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pole	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a flagpole	a tall pole					tree rules
2	raise	present · passive		a flag		a tall pole			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination

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

The flag flew at the top of the flagpole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flag	det
2	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 flagpole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flagpole	det
9	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 top	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the flag			the top of the flagpole			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location

Example 2

We raised the school flag up the flagpole.

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 raised	nsubj
2	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flag	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flag	compound
5	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 flagpole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flagpole	det
8	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 raised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	We	the school flag		the flagpole			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flag=Theme up flagpole=Destination

Example 3

The flagpole is ten metres tall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flagpole	det
2	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	cop
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 metres	nummod
5	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tall	obl:unmarked
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the flagpole					ten metres obl:unmarked; tall property	tree rules

Example 4

The flag was lowered to half-mast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flag	det
2	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lowered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lowered	aux:pass
4	lowered	lower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 mast	case
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 mast	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
8	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lowered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lowered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past · passive		the flag		half mast			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mast=Destination

Example 5

A bird sat on top of the flagpole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 top	case
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 flagpole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flagpole	det
8	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 top	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a bird			top of the flagpole			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location

Example 6

The flagpole's shadow got shorter at midday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flagpole	det
2	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shadow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 flagpole	case
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 got	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 midday	case
8	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shorter	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the flagpole's shadow					short property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	shadow			the flagpole					nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=patient

Example 7

Don't climb the flagpole!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 climb	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 climb	advmod
3	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flagpole	det
5	flagpole	flagpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climb	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not climb	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the flagpole					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location flagpole=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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