Who acts: long pointed piece, dripping water, Icicles, you, cave, We · What happens: hang down, make, drip, freeze, hang, not stand · To what, where: edge, icicle, sunshine, big icicles, icicles, frozen waterfall
«icicle» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: icicle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long, pointed piece of ice that hangs down, made when dripping water freezes.
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
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
Icicles hung from the edge of the roof.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Icicles
icicle
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 hung
nsubj
2
hung
hang
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part
root
root
3
from
from
ADP
_
5 edge
case
4
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 edge
det
5
edge
edge
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 hung
obl
6
of
of
ADP
_
8 roof
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 roof
det
8
roof
roof
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 edge
nmod
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 hung
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
hang
participle
Icicles
the edge of the roof
vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2
The icicle dripped in the sunshine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 icicle
det
2
icicle
icicle
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
dripped
drip
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 icicle
acl
4
in
in
ADP
_
6 sunshine
case
5
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
6 sunshine
det
6
sunshine
sunshine
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 dripped
obl
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 icicle
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
drip
participle
the icicle not said here
the sunshine
vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 3
Don't stand under big icicles; they can fall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
3 stand
aux
2
n't
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
3 stand
advmod
3
stand
stand
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
4
under
under
ADP
_
6 icicles
case
5
big
big
ADJ
Degree=Pos
6 icicles
amod
6
icicles
icicle
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 stand
obl
7
;
;
PUNCT
_
10 fall
punct
8
they
they
PRON
Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
10 fall
nsubj
9
can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
10 fall
aux
10
fall
fall
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
3 stand
advcl
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 stand
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
notstand
imperative · do-support
you not said here
big icicles
vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under icicle=Location
vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bush=Stimulus
2
have
past
bush
neither leaf nor flower
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
3
is
past
bush
for the cold winter time
tree rules
4
hang
participle
icicles not said here
the branches
vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location
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.