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freeway

Who acts: traffic, We, you, Cars, Dad · What happens: drive, stop, jam, take, get, not allow · To what, where: traffic lights, Los, freeway, next freeway exit, Bikes, Melbourne

«freeway» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: freeway in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A big, fast road with several lanes in each direction, where traffic can drive without stopping at traffic lights or crossings (mostly American and Australian English).

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 road	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 road	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 big	punct
4	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 road	amod
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lanes	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lanes	amod
8	lanes	lane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 road	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 direction	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 direction	det
11	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lanes	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 drive	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 drive	advmod
14	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 drive	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 drive	aux
16	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 direction	acl:relcl
17	without	without	SCONJ	_	18 stopping	mark
18	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 drive	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 lights	case
20	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lights	compound
21	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 stopping	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 crossings	cc
23	crossings	crossing	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lights	conj
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	26 American	punct
25	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	26 American	advmod
26	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 stopping	parataxis
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 English	cc
28	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 English	amod
29	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 American	conj
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	26 American	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 road	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	can	traffic						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	gerund	traffic not said here			traffic lights or crossings			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at light=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.

Example 1

We drove to Los Angeles on the freeway.

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 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Los	case
4	Los	Los	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obl
5	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Los	flat
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 freeway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 freeway	det
8	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	We		Los	the freeway			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to los=Trajectory

Example 2

The freeway was jammed with traffic this morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 freeway	det
2	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jammed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jammed	aux:pass
4	jammed	jam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 traffic	case
6	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jammed	obl
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jammed	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jammed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jam	past · passive		the freeway			morning	with traffic	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with traffic=Theme

Example 3

Take the next freeway exit to get to the zoo.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 exit	det
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 exit	amod
4	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exit	compound
5	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 zoo	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 zoo	det
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the next freeway exit					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exit=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here					to the zoo result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to zoo=Result

Example 4

Bikes and walkers are not allowed on the freeway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 walkers	cc
3	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bikes	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 freeway	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 freeway	det
9	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 allowed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Bikes and walkers		the freeway			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Example 5

Cars go very fast on the freeway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 go	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 freeway	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 freeway	det
7	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Cars			the freeway		fast property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on freeway=Location

Example 6

In Melbourne, Dad takes the freeway to work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Melbourne	case
2	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Melbourne	punct
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 freeway	det
7	freeway	freeway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 work	mark
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 freeway	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Dad	the freeway		Melbourne			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent freeway=Value in melbourne=Location
2	work	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	the freeway not said here					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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