irrigation

Who acts: plants, Irrigation, Drip irrigation, Ancient Egyptians, farm, crops · What happens: supply, grow, wash out, bring, save, use · To what, where: water, land, pipes, wound, river, Nile

«irrigation» 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: irrigation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Supplying water to land and crops through pipes, channels or sprinklers so plants can grow.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supplying	supply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Supplying	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 land	case
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Supplying	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 crops	cc
6	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 land	conj
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 pipes	case
8	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Supplying	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 channels	punct
10	channels	channel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pipes	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 sprinklers	cc
12	sprinklers	sprinkler	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pipes	conj
13	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 grow	mark
14	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grow	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 grow	aux
16	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Supplying	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Supplying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	gerund		water	land and crops	pipes and channels or sprinklers			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Theme to land=Recipient
2	grow	can	plants						vn appear-48.1.1 «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.

Meaning 2

Usage: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.

Washing out a wound or part of the body with liquid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Washing	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wound	det
4	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Washing	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 part	cc
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wound	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 liquid	case
11	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Washing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash out	gerund		a wound or part of the body with liquid					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

Example 1

Irrigation brings water from the river to the fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fields	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fields	det
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brings	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 brings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Irrigation	water		the river		to the fields	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from river=Initial_Location to field=Destination

Example 2

Drip irrigation saves water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drip	drip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 irrigation	compound
2	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saves	nsubj
3	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saves	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	Drip irrigation	water					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Example 3

Ancient Egyptians used the Nile for irrigation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Egyptians	amod
2	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Nile	det
5	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 irrigation	case
7	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Ancient Egyptians	the Nile				for irrigation	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent nile=Theme for irrigation=Eventuality

Example 4

The farm has a big irrigation system.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farm	det
2	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 system	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 system	amod
6	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 system	compound
7	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the farm	a big irrigation system					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent system=Patient

Example 5

Without irrigation, the crops would dry up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 irrigation	case
2	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dry	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 irrigation	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crops	det
5	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dry	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 dry	aux
7	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 dry	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry up	would	the crops					without irrigation	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The nurse used saline for wound irrigation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saline	compound
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saline	amod
4	saline	saline	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 irrigation	case
6	wound	wound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 irrigation	amod
7	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saline	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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