lateral Who acts: Lateral, Lateral thinking, square pyramid, Crabs, riddle, you · What happens: mean, do, move, solve, have, need · To what, where: problems, new clever way, four lateral faces, lateral thinking, lateral surface area, lateral line · Speech: someone speaks here
«lateral» 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: lateral in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Lateral means to do with the side or sides; moving sideways.
nsubj mark ccomp case det obl cc conj punct conj advmod punct root Lateral NOUN means VERB to PART do VERB with ADP the DET side NOUN or CCONJ sides NOUN ; PUNCT moving VERB sideways ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lateral lateral NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 do mark 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 5 with with ADP _ 7 side case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 side det 7 side side NOUN Number=Sing 4 do obl 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 sides cc 9 sides side NOUN Number=Plur 7 side conj 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 moving punct 11 moving move VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 means conj 12 sideways sideways ADV _ 11 moving advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Lateral vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do not said to happen to-infinitive with the side or sides vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 move gerund Lateral not said here sideways property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 Lateral thinking means solving problems in a new, clever way instead of the usual step-by-step way.
The tree, 18 words amod nsubj xcomp obj case det amod punct amod obl case fixed det amod obl punct case punct compound conj punct root Lateral ADJ thinking NOUN means VERB solving VERB problems NOUN in ADP a DET new ADJ , PUNCT clever ADJ way NOUN instead ADV of ADP the DET usual ADJ step NOUN - PUNCT by ADP - PUNCT step NOUN way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 2 thinking amod 2 thinking thinking NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 solving solve VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 4 solving obj 6 in in ADP _ 11 way case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 way det 8 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 11 way amod 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 new punct 10 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 11 way amod 11 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 solving obl 12 instead instead ADV ExtPos=ADP 16 step case 13 of of ADP _ 12 instead fixed 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 step det 15 usual usual ADJ Degree=Pos 16 step amod 16 step step NOUN Number=Sing 4 solving obl 17 - - PUNCT _ 21 way punct 18 by by ADP _ 21 way case 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 by punct 20 step step NOUN Number=Sing 21 way compound 21 way way NOUN Number=Sing 16 step conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Lateral thinking vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 solve not said to happen gerund Lateral thinking not said here problems a new clever way instead the usual step and step way vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic
Example 1 A square pyramid has four lateral faces.
det amod nsubj nummod amod obj punct root A DET square ADJ pyramid NOUN has VERB four NUM lateral ADJ faces NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 pyramid det 2 square square ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pyramid amod 3 pyramid pyramid NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 faces nummod 6 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 7 faces amod 7 faces face NOUN Number=Plur 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present a square pyramid four lateral faces vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
Example 2 Crabs move with a lateral walk.
nsubj case det amod obl punct root Crabs NOUN move VERB with ADP a DET lateral ADJ walk NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 2 move nsubj 2 move move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 6 walk case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 walk det 5 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 6 walk amod 6 walk walk NOUN Number=Sing 2 move obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 move punct
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1 move present Crabs with a lateral walk vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 This riddle needs lateral thinking.
det nsubj amod obj punct root This DET riddle NOUN needs VERB lateral ADJ thinking NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 riddle det 2 riddle riddle NOUN Number=Sing 3 needs nsubj 3 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 5 thinking amod 5 thinking thinking NOUN Number=Sing 3 needs obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 needs punct
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1 need present this riddle lateral thinking vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thinking=Theme
Example 4 Find the lateral surface area of the cylinder.
det amod compound obj case det nmod punct root Find VERB the DET lateral ADJ surface NOUN area NOUN of ADP the DET cylinder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Find find VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 area det 3 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 5 area amod 4 surface surface NOUN Number=Sing 5 area compound 5 area area NOUN Number=Sing 1 Find obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 cylinder case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cylinder det 8 cylinder cylinder NOUN Number=Sing 5 area nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Find punct
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1 find imperative you not said here the lateral surface area of the cylinder vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent area=Topic
Example 5 The fish has a lateral line along its side to sense movement.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod:poss nmod mark acl obj punct root The DET fish NOUN has VERB a DET lateral ADJ line NOUN along ADP its PRON side NOUN to PART sense VERB movement NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fish det 2 fish fish 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 6 line det 5 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 6 line amod 6 line line NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 along along ADP _ 9 side case 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 side nmod:poss 9 side side NOUN Number=Sing 6 line nmod 10 to to PART _ 11 sense mark 11 sense sense VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 line acl 12 movement movement NOUN Number=Sing 11 sense obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the fish a lateral line along fish's side vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient 2 sense to-infinitive the fish not said here movement vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer movement=Stimulus
Example 6 The goalkeeper made a quick lateral dive.
det nsubj det amod amod obj punct root The DET goalkeeper NOUN made VERB a DET quick ADJ lateral ADJ dive NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 goalkeeper det 2 goalkeeper goalkeeper NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 dive det 5 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dive amod 6 lateral lateral ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dive amod 7 dive dive NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the goalkeeper a quick lateral dive vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dive=Product
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