methane Who acts: Methane, smell, Cows, Rotting, gas cooker, methane molecule · What happens: be, burn, use, burp out, rot, make · To what, where: gas, main part, natural gas, methane, greenhouse gas, rubbish
«methane» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: methane in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Methane is a gas with no colour or smell that burns easily; it is the main part of natural gas used for cooking and heating.
The tree, 25 words nsubj cop det case det nmod cc conj nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct nsubj cop det amod parataxis case amod nmod acl case obl cc conj punct root Methane NOUN is AUX a DET gas NOUN with ADP no DET colour NOUN or CCONJ smell NOUN that PRON burns VERB easily ADV ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX the DET main ADJ part NOUN of ADP natural ADJ gas NOUN used VERB for ADP cooking NOUN and CCONJ heating NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 4 gas nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 gas cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 gas det 4 gas gas NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 colour case 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 colour det 7 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 4 gas nmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 smell cc 9 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing 7 colour conj 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 burns nsubj 11 burns burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 smell acl:relcl 12 easily easily ADV _ 11 burns advmod 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 part punct 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 part nsubj 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 part cop 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 part det 17 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 18 part amod 18 part part NOUN Number=Sing 4 gas parataxis 19 of of ADP _ 21 gas case 20 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 21 gas amod 21 gas gas NOUN Number=Sing 18 part nmod 22 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 21 gas acl 23 for for ADP _ 24 cooking case 24 cooking cooking NOUN Number=Sing 22 used obl 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 heating cc 26 heating heating NOUN Number=Sing 24 cooking conj 27 . . PUNCT _ 4 gas punct
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1 is a present Methane a gas with no colour or smell tree rules 2 burn present smell easily property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 is a present Methane the main part of natural gas tree rules 4 use participle natural gas not said here for cooking and heating vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Methane is the main part of natural gas.
nsubj cop det amod case amod nmod punct root Methane NOUN is AUX the DET main ADJ part NOUN of ADP natural ADJ gas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 5 part nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 part cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 part det 4 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 5 part amod 5 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 gas case 7 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 8 gas amod 8 gas gas NOUN Number=Sing 5 part nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 part punct
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1 is a present Methane the main part of natural gas tree rules
Example 2 Cows burp out methane.
nsubj compound:prt obj punct root Cows NOUN burp VERB out ADP methane NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 2 burp nsubj 2 burp burp VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADP _ 2 burp compound:prt 4 methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 2 burp obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 burp punct
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1 burp out present Cows methane tree rules
Example 3 Methane is a greenhouse gas.
nsubj cop det compound punct root Methane NOUN is AUX a DET greenhouse NOUN gas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 5 gas nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 gas cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 gas det 4 greenhouse greenhouse NOUN Number=Sing 5 gas compound 5 gas gas NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 gas punct
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1 is a present Methane a greenhouse gas tree rules
Example 4 Rotting rubbish in landfills makes methane.
csubj obj case obl obj punct root Rotting VERB rubbish NOUN in ADP landfills NOUN makes VERB methane NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rotting rot VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 makes csubj 2 rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 1 Rotting obj 3 in in ADP _ 4 landfills case 4 landfills landfill NOUN Number=Plur 1 Rotting obl 5 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 5 makes obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 makes punct
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1 rot gerund rubbish landfills tree rules 2 make present Rotting methane vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset methane=Product
Example 5 The gas cooker burns methane.
det compound nsubj obj punct root The DET gas NOUN cooker NOUN burns VERB methane NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cooker det 2 gas gas NOUN Number=Sing 3 cooker compound 3 cooker cooker NOUN Number=Sing 4 burns nsubj 4 burns burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 4 burns obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 burns punct
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1 burn present the gas cooker methane vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent methane=Theme
Example 6 A methane molecule has 1 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms; how many atoms in all?
The tree, 15 words det compound nsubj nummod obj cc nummod compound conj punct advmod amod parataxis case nmod punct root A DET methane NOUN molecule NOUN has VERB 1 NUM carbon NOUN and CCONJ 4 NUM hydrogen NOUN atoms NOUN ; PUNCT how ADV many ADJ atoms NOUN in ADP all DET ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 molecule det 2 methane methane NOUN Number=Sing 3 molecule compound 3 molecule molecule NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 carbon nummod 6 carbon carbon NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 atoms cc 8 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 atoms nummod 9 hydrogen hydrogen NOUN Number=Sing 10 atoms compound 10 atoms atom NOUN Number=Plur 6 carbon conj 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 atoms punct 12 how how ADV PronType=Int 13 many advmod 13 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 14 atoms amod 14 atoms atom NOUN Number=Plur 4 has parataxis 15 in in ADP _ 16 all case 16 all all DET PronType=Tot 14 atoms nmod 17 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present a methane molecule 1 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carbon=Patient
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