meteoroid

Who acts: small rock, meteoroid, Most meteoroids, bit, Meteoroids · What happens: travel, enter, become, not be, survive, land · To what, where: space, atmosphere, meteor, meteorite, satellites

«meteoroid» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: meteoroid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rock	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rock	amod
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 bit	cc
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rock	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 metal	case
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
8	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rock	acl
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 space	case
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 travelling	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 smaller	punct
12	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 space	amod
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 asteroid	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 asteroid	det
15	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smaller	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	gerund	a small rock or bit of metal not said here			space			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=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.

Example 1

A meteoroid travels very fast through space.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 meteoroid	det
2	meteoroid	meteoroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	nsubj
3	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 travels	advmod
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 space	case
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 travels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	a meteoroid			space		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=Trajectory

Example 2

When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, it becomes a meteor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 enters	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 meteoroid	det
3	meteoroid	meteoroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enters	nsubj
4	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 becomes	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 atmosphere	det
6	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enters	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 enters	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 becomes	nsubj
9	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 meteor	det
11	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 becomes	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 becomes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	present	a meteoroid	the atmosphere					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme atmosphere=Destination
2	become	present	meteoroid	a meteor					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Most meteoroids are no bigger than a grain of sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 meteoroids	amod
2	meteoroids	meteoroid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bigger	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bigger	cop
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 bigger	advmod
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 grain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 grain	det
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bigger	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sand	case
10	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grain	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bigger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Most meteoroids					than a grain of sand; big property	tree rules

Example 4

If a bit survives and lands, it is a meteorite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 survives	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 survives	nsubj
4	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 meteorite	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lands	cc
6	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 survives	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 survives	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 meteorite	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 meteorite	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 meteorite	det
11	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 meteorite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	survive a condition, not said to happen	present	a bit		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	land	present	a bit not said here		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	bit	a meteorite	tree rules

Example 5

Meteoroids can damage satellites.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meteoroids	meteoroid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damage	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 damage	aux
3	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damage	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 damage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	can	Meteoroids	satellites					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satellite=Patient

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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