gully

Who acts: gully, wagon, He · What happens: be, ditch, cut, run, roll, break · To what, where: narrow channel, wagon, gully, gullies

«gully» 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: gully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gully is a narrow channel or ditch cut into the ground by rain or running water.

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 gully	det
2	gully	gully	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 channel	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 channel	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 channel	det
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 channel	amod
6	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 ditch	cc
8	ditch	ditch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 channel	conj
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 channel	acl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ground	det
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 rain	case
14	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 water	cc
16	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 water	amod
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rain	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 channel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gully	a narrow channel		tree rules
2	ditch	infinitive	a gully not said here			tree rules
3	cut	participle		a narrow channel not said here	by rain or running water; into the ground	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into ground=Patient
4	run	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

Example 1

After the storm the gully was full of mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gully	det
5	gully	gully	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 mud	case
9	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gully				after the storm	of mud; full property	tree rules

Example 2

The wagon rolled into the gully and broke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wagon	det
2	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	nsubj
3	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wagon	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 gully	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gully	det
6	gully	gully	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 rolled	cc
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	participle		the wagon not said here		the gully			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into gully=Destination
2	break	past	the wagon						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

He ran through gullies and over rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 gullies	case
4	gullies	gully	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rocks	cc
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 rocks	case
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gullies	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He			gullies and rocks			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gully=Trajectory

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