midpoint

Who acts: midpoint, We, our, she, you, Half term · What happens: be, stop, journey, fold, find · To what, where: 15, midpoint, 6 cm, end, third place, paper

«midpoint» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: midpoint in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

The point exactly halfway between two ends of a line segment, or halfway between two numbers.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 halfway	advmod
4	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	2 point	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 ends	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ends	nummod
7	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 point	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 segment	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 segment	det
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 segment	compound
11	segment	segment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 numbers	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 numbers	cc
14	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	17 numbers	advmod
15	between	between	ADP	_	17 numbers	case
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 numbers	nummod
17	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 point	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 point	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

The middle of a time, journey or event: «at the midpoint of the race».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 journey	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 journey	punct
7	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 event	cc
9	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 journey	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 midpoint	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 midpoint	punct
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 midpoint	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 midpoint	det
14	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 journey	appos
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 race	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 race	det
17	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 midpoint	nmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 midpoint	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 journey	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Mark the midpoint of the line with a dot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mark	Mark	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 midpoint	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midpoint	det
3	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 line	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 line	det
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 midpoint	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 dot	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dot	det
9	dot	dot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 line	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 midpoint	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

The midpoint between 10 and 20 is 15.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 midpoint	det
2	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 15	nsubj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 10	case
4	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 midpoint	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 20	cc
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 10	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 15	cop
8	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the midpoint between 10	15					tree rules

Example 3

We stopped for lunch at the midpoint of our journey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 lunch	case
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 midpoint	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 midpoint	det
7	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 journey	case
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 journey	nmod:poss
10	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 midpoint	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	We			the midpoint of our journey		for lunch	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at midpoint=Location
2	journey		our						nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The midpoint of a 12 cm line is 6 cm from each end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 midpoint	det
2	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cm	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 line	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 line	det
5	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 cm	nummod
6	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 line	compound
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 midpoint	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cm	cop
9	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 cm	nummod
10	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cm	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 cm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the midpoint of a cm line	6 cm			from each end		tree rules

Example 5

At the midpoint of the race she was in third place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 midpoint	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midpoint	det
3	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 race	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 race	det
6	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 midpoint	nmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 place	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 place	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			third place		at the midpoint of the race	tree rules

Example 6

Fold the paper to find its midpoint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fold	fold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paper	det
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fold	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fold	advcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 midpoint	nmod:poss
7	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	imperative	you not said here	the paper					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paper=Patient
2	find	to-infinitive	you not said here	paper's midpoint					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent midpoint=Topic

Example 7

The midpoint of (0, 0) and (8, 4) is (4, 2).

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 midpoint	det
2	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 4	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 0	case
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 0	punct
5	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 midpoint	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 0	punct
7	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 0	flat
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 0	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 8	cc
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 8	punct
11	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 0	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 4	punct
13	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 8	conj
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 8	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 4	cop
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 4	punct
17	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 2	punct
19	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 4	flat
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 2	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 4	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the midpoint of 0	4					tree rules

Example 8

Half-term is around the midpoint of the term.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 term	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Half	punct
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 midpoint	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 midpoint	cop
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 midpoint	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 midpoint	det
7	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 term	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 midpoint	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 midpoint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Half term			the midpoint		of the term	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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