gulch
Who acts: gulch, outlaws, riders, We · What happens: be, cut out, run, find, hide, go down · To what, where: deep narrow valley, American west, gulch, old gulch
«gulch» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: gulch in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A gulch is a deep, narrow valley cut out by running water, found especially in the American west.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gulch | det |
| 2 | gulch | gulch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 valley | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 valley | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 valley | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 deep | punct |
| 7 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 valley | amod |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 valley | acl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 cut | compound:prt |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 water | case |
| 12 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 water | amod |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cut | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 found | punct |
| 15 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 valley | conj |
| 16 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 15 found | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 west | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 west | det |
| 19 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 west | amod |
| 20 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 found | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 valley | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a gulch | a deep narrow valley | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cut out | participle | a deep narrow valley not said here | by running water | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | find | past | a gulch not said here | the American west | especially property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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
The outlaws hid in the gulch until dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 outlaws | det |
| 2 | outlaws | outlaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 gulch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gulch | det |
| 6 | gulch | gulch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl |
| 7 | until | until | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the outlaws | the gulch | until dark | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in gulch=Location |
Example 2
The riders went down into the gulch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 riders | det |
| 2 | riders | rider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 gulch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gulch | det |
| 7 | gulch | gulch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | past | the riders | the gulch | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Example 3
We will meet at the old gulch at noon.
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 | 3 meet | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 meet | aux |
| 3 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gulch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gulch | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gulch | amod |
| 7 | gulch | gulch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meet | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 noon | case |
| 9 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meet | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 meet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | future | We | the old gulch | noon | vn meet-36.3-1 «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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