longitude

Who acts: globe, Lines, Greenwich, you, London, Sailors · What happens: measure, go, run, be, find, use · To what, where: imaginary line, degrees, South Pole, North Pole, pole, 0 ° longitude

«longitude» 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: longitude in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: geography — kept apart, not parsed.

The distance east or west of an imaginary line through Greenwich, London, measured in degrees from 0° to 180°.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 distance	det
2	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	east	east	ADV	_	2 distance	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 west	cc
5	west	west	ADV	_	3 east	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 line	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 line	det
8	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 line	amod
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 west	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	11 Greenwich	case
11	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 line	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 London	punct
13	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Greenwich	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 measured	punct
15	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 line	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 degrees	case
17	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 measured	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 °	case
19	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 °	nummod
20	°	°	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 measured	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 180	case
22	180	180	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 measured	obl
23	°	°	SYM	_	22 180	flat
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 distance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	participle		a imaginary line through Greenwich and London not said here		degrees		from 0 °; to 180	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: 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

Lines of longitude: imaginary lines on a map or globe going from the North Pole to the South Pole.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lines	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 longitude	case
3	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lines	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 lines	punct
5	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lines	amod
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lines	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 globe	cc
11	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 map	conj
12	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 globe	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 Pole	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Pole	det
15	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Pole	compound
16	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 going	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 Pole	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Pole	det
19	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Pole	compound
20	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 going	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lines	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	globe not said here		the South Pole	the North Pole			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from pole=Initial_Location to pole=Destination

Example 1

Lines of longitude run from pole to pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 run	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 longitude	case
3	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lines	nmod
4	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 pole	case
6	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 pole	case
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Lines of longitude			pole		to pole result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to pole=Result

Example 2

Greenwich is at 0° longitude.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greenwich	greenwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 longitude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 longitude	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 longitude	case
4	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 longitude	nummod
5	°	°	SYM	_	6 longitude	compound
6	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 longitude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Greenwich			0 ° longitude			tree rules

Example 3

Find the latitude and longitude of your town.

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	3 latitude	det
3	latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 longitude	cc
5	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 latitude	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 town	nmod:poss
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 longitude	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	the latitude and longitude of your town					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latitude=Topic

Example 4

London and Accra are at almost the same longitude.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 longitude	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Accra	cc
3	Accra	Accra	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 London	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 longitude	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 longitude	case
6	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 longitude	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 longitude	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 longitude	amod
9	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 longitude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	London and Accra			the same longitude		almost property	tree rules

Example 5

Sailors used clocks to work out longitude at sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 work	compound:prt
7	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Sailors	clocks					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient
2	work out	to-infinitive	Sailors not said here	longitude		sea			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longitude=Topic

Example 6

Each 15° of longitude is about one hour's time difference.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 longitude	nsubj
2	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 longitude	nummod
3	°	°	SYM	_	5 longitude	compound
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 longitude	case
5	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difference	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 difference	cop
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hour	nummod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difference	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 hour	case
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difference	compound
12	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 difference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	15 ° longitude	one hour's time difference			hour		tree rules

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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