gable

Who acts: gable, old house, stork · What happens: shape, be, slope, have, build, hang · To what, where: shaped top, end, whole end wall, sharp gables, nest, gable

«gable» 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: gable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gable is the triangle-shaped top of a wall at the end of a sloping roof.

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 gable	det
2	gable	gable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 top	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
5	triangle	triangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shaped	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 triangle	punct
7	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 top	amod
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 roof	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 roof	det
17	sloping	slope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 roof	amod
18	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 end	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 top	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is a	present	a gable	the shaped top	at the end of a sloping roof	of a wall	tree rules
3	slope	gerund					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: 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

A gable is the whole end wall of a house under its roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gable	det
2	gable	gable	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wall	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wall	amod
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	nmod
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 roof	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 roof	nmod:poss
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gable	the whole end wall				of a house under gable's roof	tree rules

Example 1

The old house had sharp gables and small windows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gables	amod
6	gables	gable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 windows	cc
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 windows	amod
9	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gables	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old house	sharp gables and small windows					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gable=Patient

Example 2

A stork built its nest on the gable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stork	det
2	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nest	nmod:poss
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 gable	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gable	det
8	gable	gable	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	a stork	stork's nest		the gable			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme on gable=Source

Example 3

A small bell hung from the gable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bell	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bell	amod
3	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bell	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 gable	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gable	det
7	gable	gable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		a small bell not said here		the gable			vn assuming_position-50 «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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