landslide

Who acts: large mass, landslide, Tree roots, She, Earthquakes, Rescue teams · What happens: slide, block, help, stop, evacuate, win · To what, where: hill, mountain road, landslides, steep hills, village, class election

«landslide» 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: landslide in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mass	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mass	amod
3	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 earth	case
5	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mass	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rocks	punct
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 earth	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mud	cc
9	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earth	conj
10	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	11 sliding	advmod
11	sliding	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mass	acl
12	down	down	ADP	_	14 hill	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hill	det
14	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sliding	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 mountain	cc
16	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hill	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	gerund	a large mass of earth and rocks and mud not said here			a hill or mountain		suddenly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down hill=Trajectory

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: politics — kept apart, not parsed.

A huge win in an election, by far more votes than the others.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 win	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 win	amod
3	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 election	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 election	det
6	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 votes	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 votes	case
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 votes	amod
11	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 win	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 others	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 others	det
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 votes	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 win	punct

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

Example 1

After days of rain, a landslide blocked the mountain road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 days	case
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 blocked	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rain	case
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 days	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 days	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 landslide	det
7	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blocked	nsubj
8	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 road	compound
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blocked	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 blocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	past	a landslide	the mountain road			day		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer road=Theme

Example 2

Tree roots help to stop landslides on steep hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roots	compound
2	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	landslides	landslide	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 hills	case
8	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hills	amod
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Tree roots						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	stop	to-infinitive	Tree roots not said here	landslides		steep hills			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality landslide=Eventuality

Example 3

The village was evacuated because of the danger of a landslide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 village	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evacuated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 evacuated	aux:pass
4	evacuated	evacuate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 danger	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 danger	det
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evacuated	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 landslide	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 landslide	det
11	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 danger	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 evacuated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evacuate	past · passive		the village				because the danger of a landslide	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 4

She won the class election by a landslide, with 25 votes out of 28.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 election	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 election	compound
5	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 landslide	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 landslide	det
8	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 votes	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 votes	case
11	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 votes	nummod
12	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 won	parataxis
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 28	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 28	case
15	28	28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 votes	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	She	the class election				by a landslide	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent election=Eventuality

Example 5

Earthquakes can trigger landslides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trigger	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 trigger	aux
3	trigger	trigger	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	landslides	landslide	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trigger	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trigger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trigger	can	Earthquakes	landslides					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition landslide=Patient

Example 6

Rescue teams searched the mud after the landslide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teams	compound
2	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 searched	nsubj
3	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mud	det
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 searched	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 landslide	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 landslide	det
8	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 searched	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 searched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	past	Rescue teams	the mud			after the landslide		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mud=Location

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