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haltere

Who acts: wings, Flies, halteres, fly, we, Mosquitoes · What happens: shape, help, balance, steer, fly, have · To what, where: wings, halteres, fly, balance, tiny halteres, microscope

«haltere» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: haltere in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

One of the two tiny knob-shaped organs on flies and mosquitoes, in place of a back pair of wings, which help them balance and steer while flying.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 organs	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 organs	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 organs	nummod
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 organs	amod
6	knob	knob	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shaped	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 knob	punct
8	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 organs	amod
9	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 flies	case
11	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 organs	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mosquitoes	cc
13	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 flies	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 place	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flies	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 pair	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 pair	det
19	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 pair	compound
20	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 place	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 wings	case
22	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 pair	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 help	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 help	nsubj
25	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 wings	acl:relcl
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 help	obj
27	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 help	xcomp
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 steer	cc
29	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 balance	conj
30	while	while	SCONJ	_	31 flying	mark
31	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 steer	advcl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	help	present	wings	wings = wing					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	balance	infinitive	wings = wing not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	steer	infinitive	wings = wing not said here						vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	fly	gerund	wings = wing not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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

Flies have halteres instead of a second pair of wings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	halteres	haltere	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 pair	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pair	det
7	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 pair	amod
8	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 wings	case
10	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pair	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Flies	halteres				instead a second pair of wings	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haltere=Patient

Example 2

The halteres help a fly keep its balance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 halteres	det
2	halteres	haltere	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fly	det
5	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obj
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 balance	nmod:poss
8	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the halteres	a fly					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent fly=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	a fly not said here	fly's balance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Theme
3	balance		fly						nom balance «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Under the microscope we saw the tiny halteres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 microscope	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 microscope	det
3	microscope	microscope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obl
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 halteres	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 halteres	amod
8	halteres	haltere	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	we	the tiny halteres		the microscope			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer haltere=Stimulus

Example 4

Mosquitoes have halteres too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	halteres	haltere	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
4	too	too	ADV	_	2 have	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

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

Example 5

Halteres work a bit like a gyroscope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Halteres	haltere	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	nsubj
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 gyroscope	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gyroscope	det
7	gyroscope	gyroscope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Halteres	a bit				like a gyroscope	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bit=Material

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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