gypsum Who acts: Gypsum, White Sands, Farmers, We · What happens: be, find, use, make, scratch, heat · To what, where: soft mineral, rocks, plaster, gypsum, walls, dunes
«gypsum» 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: gypsum in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Gypsum is a soft white or grey mineral found in rocks, used to make plaster, chalk-like boards for walls, and some fertilisers.
The tree, 23 words nsubj cop det amod conj cc conj acl case obl punct acl mark advcl obj punct compound punct amod conj case nmod punct cc det conj punct root Gypsum NOUN is AUX a DET soft ADJ white ADJ or CCONJ grey ADJ mineral NOUN found VERB in ADP rocks NOUN , PUNCT used VERB to PART make VERB plaster NOUN , PUNCT chalk NOUN - PUNCT like ADJ boards NOUN for ADP walls NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ some DET fertilisers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 8 mineral nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 mineral cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 mineral det 4 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 8 mineral amod 5 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 4 soft conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 grey cc 7 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 4 soft conj 8 mineral mineral NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 mineral acl 10 in in ADP _ 11 rocks case 11 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 9 found obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 used punct 13 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 rocks acl 14 to to PART _ 15 make mark 15 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 used advcl 16 plaster plaster NOUN Number=Sing 15 make obj 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 boards punct 18 chalk chalk NOUN Number=Sing 20 like compound 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 chalk punct 20 like like ADJ Degree=Pos 21 boards amod 21 boards board NOUN Number=Plur 16 plaster conj 22 for for ADP _ 23 walls case 23 walls wall NOUN Number=Plur 21 boards nmod 24 , , PUNCT _ 27 fertilisers punct 25 and and CCONJ _ 27 fertilisers cc 26 some some DET PronType=Ind 27 fertilisers det 27 fertilisers fertiliser NOUN Number=Plur 11 rocks conj 28 . . PUNCT _ 8 mineral punct
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1 is a present Gypsum a soft mineral tree rules 2 find participle a soft mineral not said here rocks and some fertilisers vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 3 use participle rocks and some fertilisers not said here vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 make to-infinitive plaster and like boards for walls vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plaster=Product
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 Gypsum is soft enough to scratch with a fingernail.
nsubj cop advmod mark advcl case det obl punct root Gypsum NOUN is AUX soft ADJ enough ADV to PART scratch VERB with ADP a DET fingernail NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 3 soft nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 soft cop 3 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 enough enough ADV _ 3 soft advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 scratch mark 6 scratch scratch VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 soft advcl 7 with with ADP _ 9 fingernail case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fingernail det 9 fingernail fingernail NOUN Number=Sing 6 scratch obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 soft punct
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1 is present Gypsum enough, soft property tree rules 2 scratch to-infinitive Gypsum not said here with a fingernail vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with fingernail=Instrument
Example 2 Plaster of Paris is made by heating gypsum.
nsubj:pass case nmod aux:pass mark advcl obj punct root Plaster NOUN of ADP Paris PROPN is AUX made VERB by SCONJ heating VERB gypsum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plaster plaster NOUN Number=Sing 5 made nsubj:pass 2 of of ADP _ 3 Paris case 3 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 1 Plaster nmod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 made aux:pass 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 by by SCONJ _ 7 heating mark 7 heating heat VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 made advcl 8 gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 7 heating obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make present · passive Plaster of Paris vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product 2 heat gerund gypsum vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gypsum=Patient
Example 3 The walls of our house are made of gypsum plasterboard.
det nsubj:pass case nmod:poss nmod aux:pass case compound obl punct root The DET walls NOUN of ADP our PRON house NOUN are AUX made VERB of ADP gypsum NOUN plasterboard NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 walls det 2 walls wall NOUN Number=Plur 7 made nsubj:pass 3 of of ADP _ 5 house case 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 house nmod:poss 5 house house NOUN Number=Sing 2 walls nmod 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 made aux:pass 7 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 of of ADP _ 10 plasterboard case 9 gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 10 plasterboard compound 10 plasterboard plasterboard NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 made punct
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1 make present · passive the walls of our house of gypsum plasterboard vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
Example 4 White Sands in New Mexico has dunes of gypsum.
amod nsubj case compound nmod obj case nmod punct root White ADJ Sands NOUN in ADP New PROPN Mexico PROPN has VERB dunes NOUN of ADP gypsum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 White white ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Sands amod 2 Sands sand NOUN Number=Plur 6 has nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 Mexico case 4 New New PROPN Number=Sing 5 Mexico compound 5 Mexico Mexico PROPN Number=Sing 2 Sands nmod 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 dunes dune NOUN Number=Plur 6 has obj 8 of of ADP _ 9 gypsum case 9 gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 7 dunes nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 has punct
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1 have present White Sands in New Mexico dunes of gypsum vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dune=Patient
Example 5 Farmers sometimes spread gypsum on clay soil.
nsubj advmod obj case compound obl punct root Farmers NOUN sometimes ADV spread VERB gypsum NOUN on ADP clay NOUN soil NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 3 spread nsubj 2 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 3 spread advmod 3 spread spread VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 3 spread obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 soil case 6 clay clay NOUN Number=Sing 7 soil compound 7 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing 3 spread obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 spread punct
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1 spread present Farmers gypsum clay soil sometimes property vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gypsum=Theme on soil=Destination
Example 6 We tested the hardness of gypsum and quartz in science.
nsubj det obj case nmod cc conj case nmod punct root We PRON tested VERB the DET hardness NOUN of ADP gypsum NOUN and CCONJ quartz NOUN in ADP science NOUN . PUNCT 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 tested nsubj 2 tested test VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 hardness det 4 hardness hardness NOUN Number=Sing 2 tested obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 gypsum case 6 gypsum gypsum NOUN Number=Sing 4 hardness nmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 quartz cc 8 quartz quartz NOUN Number=Sing 6 gypsum conj 9 in in ADP _ 10 science case 10 science science NOUN Number=Sing 8 quartz nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 tested punct
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1 test past We the hardness of gypsum and quartz in science vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hardness=Theme
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