gradient

Who acts: slope, number, road, sign, you, cyclist · What happens: be, show, have, warn, work out, struggle up · To what, where: graph, steep gradient, gradient, blue

«gradient» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: gradient in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

How steep a slope, hill or road is.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 steep	advmod
2	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 slope	det
4	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 steep	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hill	punct
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slope	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 road	cc
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slope	conj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 steep	cop
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 steep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a slope and hill or road					steep property	tree rules

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

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

A number that shows how steep a line is on a graph.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 graph	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 number	acl:relcl
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 steep	advmod
6	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shows	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steep	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 graph	cop
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 graph	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 graph	det
12	graph	graph	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 graph	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a number					steep property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a number			a graph			tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: art — kept apart, not parsed.

A smooth change from one colour or shade to another.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 change	det
2	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 change	amod
3	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 colour	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 colour	nummod
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 shade	cc
8	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colour	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 change	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 change	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The road has a steep gradient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 road	det
2	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gradient	det
5	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gradient	amod
6	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the road	a steep gradient					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gradient=Patient

Example 2

A sign warns of a 1 in 10 gradient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warns	nsubj
3	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 gradient	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gradient	det
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 gradient	nummod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 10	case
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 1	nmod
9	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warns	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	a sign					of a 1 gradient	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of gradient=Topic

Example 3

Work out the gradient of the line.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Work	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gradient	det
4	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Work	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 line	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gradient	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work out	imperative	you not said here	the gradient of the line					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gradient=Topic

Example 4

The cyclist struggled up the gradient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cyclist	det
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struggled	nsubj
3	struggled	struggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 struggled	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gradient	det
6	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struggled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 struggled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	struggle up	past	the cyclist	the gradient					tree rules

Example 5

The picture has a blue to white gradient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blue	det
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 has	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 gradient	case
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gradient	amod
8	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blue	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

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

Example 6

A gentle gradient is easier to walk up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gradient	det
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gradient	amod
3	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easier	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 easier	cop
5	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 walk	mark
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easier	xcomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 walk	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 easier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a gentle gradient					easy property	tree rules
2	walk up	to-infinitive	a gentle gradient not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP 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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