girth

Who acts: girth, strap, you, prince, oak tree · What happens: be, go, hold on, tighten, ride, break · To what, where: strap, belly, saddle, measure, girth, pony

«girth» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: girth in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The girth of a horse is the strap that goes under its belly to hold the saddle on.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girth	det
2	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strap	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girth	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strap	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strap	det
8	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 goes	nsubj
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strap	acl:relcl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 belly	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 belly	nmod:poss
13	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hold	mark
15	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 goes	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 saddle	det
17	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hold	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	15 hold	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 strap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	the girth of a horse	the strap		tree rules
2	go	present	the strap		girth's belly	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under belly=Location
3	hold on	to-infinitive	the strap not said here	the saddle		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=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

The girth of something is its measure all the way round, such as the girth of a tree or of a waist.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girth	det
2	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measure	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 girth	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 measure	cop
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 measure	nmod:poss
7	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 round	obl:unmarked
11	round	round	ADV	_	7 measure	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 girth	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 girth	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girth	det
16	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measure	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 tree	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 tree	det
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 girth	nmod
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 waist	cc
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 waist	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 waist	det
23	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tree	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the girth of something	girth's measure and the girth of a tree or a waist				round property	tree rules

Example 1

Tighten the girth before you ride the pony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tighten	tighten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girth	det
3	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tighten	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 ride	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 ride	nsubj
6	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tighten	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pony	det
8	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tighten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tighten	imperative	you not said here	the girth					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent girth=Patient
2	ride	present	you	the pony					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme

Example 2

The girth of the saddle broke, and the prince fell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girth	det
2	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broke	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 saddle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 saddle	det
5	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girth	nmod
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fell	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	nsubj
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 broke	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the girth of the saddle						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	fall	past	the prince						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The oak tree has a girth of four metres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tree	compound
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 girth	det
6	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 metres	case
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 metres	nummod
9	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 girth	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the oak tree	a girth of four metres					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girth=Patient

Example 4

Measure the girth of the barrel with a tape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girth	det
3	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 barrel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barrel	det
6	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 girth	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 tape	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tape	det
9	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barrel	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here	the girth of the barrel with a tape					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme girth=Value

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