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loess

Who acts: It, Yellow River, Farmers, heavy rain, geography teacher · What happens: make, blow, wear away, be, carry, grow · To what, where: fine brown soil, dust, fertile farmland, Loess soil, good crops, loess

«loess» 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: loess in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: geography — kept apart, not parsed.

A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by the wind, often after the Ice Age.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 soil	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 fine	advmod
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soil	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fine	punct
5	yellowish	yellowish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brown	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 yellowish	punct
7	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soil	amod
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 soil	acl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dust	case
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
12	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 dust	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 wind	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blown	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Age	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	21 Age	advmod
18	after	after	ADP	_	21 Age	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Age	det
20	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Age	compound
21	Age	Age	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 soil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a fine brown soil not said here			after the Ice Age	of dust	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	blow	participle		dust not said here				by the wind	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

It makes very fertile farmland but wears away easily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 fertile	advmod
4	fertile	fertile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 farmland	amod
5	farmland	farmland	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 wears	cc
7	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 wears	advmod
9	easily	easily	ADV	_	7 wears	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	fertile farmland					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material farmland=Product
2	wear away	present						away, easily property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Loess is soil carried by the wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soil	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 soil	cop
3	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soil	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 soil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Loess soil					tree rules
2	carry	participle		Loess soil not said here				by the wind	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The Yellow River is yellow because of loess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 River	det
2	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 River	amod
3	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 yellow	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 yellow	cop
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 loess	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yellow	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 yellow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Yellow River					because loess; yellow property	tree rules

Example 3

Farmers grow good crops on loess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crops	amod
4	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 loess	case
6	loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Farmers	good crops		loess			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme

Example 4

The Loess Plateau in China is covered with deep loess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Plateau	det
2	Loess	Loess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Plateau	compound
3	Plateau	Plateau	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 covered	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 China	case
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Plateau	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 covered	aux:pass
7	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 loess	case
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 loess	amod
10	loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covered	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the Loess Plateau in China				with deep loess	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with loess=Theme

Example 5

Loess can be washed away quickly by heavy rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rain	amod
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 washed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	can · passive	heavy rain	Loess				away, quickly property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Example 6

Our geography teacher showed us a jar of fine loess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	nsubj
4	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 showed	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jar	det
7	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 loess	case
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 loess	amod
10	loess	loess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jar	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	Our geography teacher	a jar of fine loess	us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient jar=Topic

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