interstice

Who acts: that, Water, Tiny plants, Air, Light, Small insects · What happens: be, fill, grow, move, come, hide · To what, where: interstices, few pages

«interstice» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: interstice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A very small gap or space between things that are close together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gap	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gap	amod
4	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 space	cc
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gap	conj
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 things	case
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 space	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 close	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 close	cop
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 close	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					close, together property	tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A small gap in time or in a set of ideas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gap	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gap	amod
3	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 time	case
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gap	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 set	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 set	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 set	det
9	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gap	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ideas	case
11	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 set	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gap	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Water fills the interstices between the grains of sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fills	nsubj
2	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interstices	det
4	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fills	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 grains	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grains	det
7	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 interstices	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sand	case
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grains	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fills	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	present	Water	the interstices				between the grains of sand	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent interstice=Patient

Example 2

Tiny plants grew in the interstices of the old wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 plants	amod
2	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 interstices	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 interstices	det
6	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wall	amod
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interstices	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Tiny plants			the interstices of the old wall			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in interstice=Location

Example 3

Air moves through the interstices in the soil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moves	nsubj
2	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 interstices	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interstices	det
5	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moves	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 soil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moves	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Air			the interstices		in the soil	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme through interstice=Source in soil=Trajectory

Example 4

Light came through the interstices of the fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 interstices	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interstices	det
5	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fence	det
8	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interstices	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Light			the interstices of the fence			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through interstice=Initial_Location

Example 5

Small insects hide in the interstices of tree bark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 insects	amod
2	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hide	nsubj
3	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 interstices	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 interstices	det
6	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hide	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bark	case
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bark	compound
9	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interstices	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Small insects			the interstices of tree bark			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in interstice=Location

Example 6

In the interstices of her busy day, she read a few pages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 interstices	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interstices	det
3	interstices	interstice	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 read	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 day	nmod:poss
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interstices	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 interstices	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 read	nsubj
10	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pages	det
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pages	amod
13	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 read	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	she	a few pages		the interstices of her busy day			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic

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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