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groyne

Who acts: Wooden groynes, Groynes, We, Sand, council, our · What happens: build out, stop, wash away, stretch down, trap, carry · To what, where: low wall, beach, sand, pebbles, Brighton, groyne

«groyne» 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: groyne in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A low wall or fence of wood, stone or concrete built out from a beach into the sea to stop the sand and pebbles being washed away.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wall	det
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wall	amod
3	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 fence	cc
5	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wall	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wood	case
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fence	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stone	punct
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wood	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 concrete	cc
11	concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wood	conj
12	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wall	acl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 built	compound:prt
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 beach	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 beach	det
16	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 built	obl
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 built	obl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 stop	mark
21	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 built	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sand	det
23	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stop	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 pebbles	cc
25	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 sand	conj
26	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	27 washed	aux:pass
27	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 pebbles	acl
28	away	away	ADV	_	27 washed	advmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build out	participle		a low wall or fence of wood and stone or concrete not said here		a beach		into the sea	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from beach=Material
2	stop	to-infinitive		the sand and pebbles					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sand=Eventuality
3	wash away	gerund · passive		pebbles not said here				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»

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

Wooden groynes stretch down the beach at Brighton.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 groynes	amod
2	groynes	groyne	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stretch	nsubj
3	stretch	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 stretch	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretch	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Brighton	case
8	Brighton	Brighton	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stretch	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stretch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch down	present	Wooden groynes	the beach		Brighton			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beach=Patient

Example 2

Groynes trap sand carried by longshore drift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Groynes	groyne	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trap	nsubj
2	trap	trap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trap	obj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sand	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 drift	case
6	longshore	longshore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drift	amod
7	drift	drift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present	Groynes	sand					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient
2	carry	participle		sand not said here				by longshore drift	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

We sat on a groyne and ate our picnic.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 groyne	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 groyne	det
5	groyne	groyne	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ate	cc
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 picnic	nmod:poss
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	We			a groyne			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on groyne=Location
2	eat	past	We not said here	our picnic					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Patient

Example 4

Sand piles up on one side of each groyne.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piles	nsubj
2	piles	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 piles	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 side	nummod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piles	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 groyne	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 groyne	det
9	groyne	groyne	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 piles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile up	present	Sand			one side of each groyne			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on side=Destination

Example 5

The council built new groynes to protect the coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 groynes	amod
5	groynes	groyne	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 protect	mark
7	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 built	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coast	det
9	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protect	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the council	new groynes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset groyne=Product
2	protect	to-infinitive	the council not said here	the coast					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coast=Beneficiary

Example 6

In our geography test we had to label the groynes on a diagram.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 test	case
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 test	nmod:poss
3	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	compound
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 label	mark
8	label	label	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 had	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 groynes	det
10	groynes	groyne	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 label	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 diagram	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 diagram	det
13	diagram	diagram	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 label	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	we			our geography test			tree rules
2	label	to-infinitive	we not said here	the groynes		a diagram			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent groyne=Destination
3	test		our						nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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