morass

Who acts: morass, wet ground, confused mess one, horse, They, He · What happens: be, sink, mean, wade · To what, where: feet, morass · Speech: someone speaks here

«morass» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: morass in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A morass is soft, wet ground that sinks under your feet, a bog.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 morass	det
2	morass	morass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soft	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soft	cop
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ground	punct
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ground	amod
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soft	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sinks	nsubj
9	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ground	acl:relcl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 feet	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sinks	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bog	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bog	det
15	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feet	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a morass					wet ground obl; soft property	tree rules
2	sink	present	wet ground			your feet and a bog			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: 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

A morass can also mean a confused mess one is stuck in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 morass	det
2	morass	morass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
7	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
8	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	compound
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stuck	cop
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mean	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 stuck	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a morass						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a confused mess one					stuck property	tree rules

Example 1

The horse sank into the morass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 morass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 morass	det
6	morass	morass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the horse			the morass			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

They waded through a morass of mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waded	nsubj
2	waded	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 morass	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 morass	det
5	morass	morass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waded	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mud	case
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 morass	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade	past	They			a morass of mud			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through morass=Trajectory

Example 3

He was stuck in a morass of debts and worry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stuck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stuck	cop
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 morass	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 morass	det
6	morass	morass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 debts	case
8	debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 morass	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worry	cc
10	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 morass	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			a morass of debts and worry		stuck property	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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