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flagstone

Who acts: flagstone, flagstones, They, Pigeons · What happens: be, use, pave, lay, lift, find · To what, where: flat stone slab, path, flagstone, key, broad flagstones

«flagstone» 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: flagstone in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A flagstone is a flat stone slab used for paving a path, a yard or a floor.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flagstone	det
2	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slab	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 slab	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 slab	det
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slab	amod
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slab	compound
7	slab	slab	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 slab	acl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 paving	mark
10	paving	pave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 used	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 path	det
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paving	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 yard	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 yard	det
15	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slab	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 floor	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 floor	det
18	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 yard	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 slab	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a flagstone	a flat stone slab					tree rules
2	use	participle		a flat stone slab not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pave	gerund		a path					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=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 path was laid with flagstones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 path	det
2	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laid	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laid	aux:pass
4	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 flagstones	case
6	flagstones	flagstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laid	obl:agent
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	past · passive	flagstones	the path					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Example 2

They lifted the flagstone to find the key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flagstone	det
4	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lifted	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 key	det
8	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	They	the flagstone					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flagstone=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	They not said here	the key					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic

Example 3

Pigeons walked across the broad flagstones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	6 flagstones	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flagstones	det
5	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flagstones	amod
6	flagstones	flagstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	Pigeons			the broad flagstones			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across flagstone=Trajectory

Example 4

The giant's flagstone was too heavy to move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flagstone	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 giant	case
4	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heavy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heavy	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 heavy	advmod
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 move	mark
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 heavy	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 heavy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the giant's flagstone					heavy property	tree rules
2	move	to-infinitive	the giant's flagstone not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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