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nanometre

Who acts: nanometre, human hair, Visible light, viruses, Computer chips, fingernails · What happens: be, have, measure, grow, use · To what, where: wavelengths, 100 nanometres, tiny parts, nanometres, nm

«nanometre» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: nanometre in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m). Symbol: nm.

Sentence 1: A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m).

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 unit	det
2	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 length	case
4	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unit	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 billionth	punct
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 billionth	nummod
7	billionth	billionth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unit	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 metre	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 metre	det
10	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 billionth	nmod
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 m	punct
12	0.000000001	0.000000001	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 m	nummod
13	m	m	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 billionth	appos
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 m	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unit	punct

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

Sentence 2: Symbol: nm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 nm	punct
3	nm	nm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Symbol	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Symbol	punct

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

Example 1

A nanometre is a billion times smaller than a metre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nanometre	det
2	nanometre	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smaller	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 smaller	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 times	det
5	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 smaller	obl:unmarked
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 metre	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 metre	det
10	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smaller	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 smaller	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a nanometre				time	than a metre; small property	tree rules

Example 2

A human hair is about 80,000 nanometres wide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hair	det
2	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hair	amod
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wide	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wide	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 80,000	advmod
6	80,000	80000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 nanometres	nummod
7	nanometres	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wide	obl:unmarked
8	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a human hair					80,000 nanometres obl:unmarked; wide property	tree rules

Example 3

Visible light has wavelengths of about 400 to 700 nanometres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 light	amod
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wavelengths	wavelength	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 nanometres	case
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 400	advmod
7	400	400	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 nanometres	nummod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 700	case
9	700	700	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 400	nmod
10	nanometres	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wavelengths	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Visible light	wavelengths of 400 nanometres					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wavelength=Patient

Example 4

Some viruses are about 100 nanometres across.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 viruses	det
2	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nanometres	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nanometres	cop
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 100	advmod
5	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 nanometres	nummod
6	nanometres	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	across	across	ADV	_	6 nanometres	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nanometres	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	some viruses	100 nanometres				across property	tree rules

Example 5

Computer chips have tiny parts measured in nanometres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chips	compound
2	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 parts	amod
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 parts	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 nanometres	case
8	nanometres	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 measured	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Computer chips	tiny parts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient
2	measure	participle		tiny parts not said here		nanometres			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Your fingernails grow about one nanometre every second.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fingernails	nmod:poss
2	fingernails	fingernail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 nanometre	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 nanometre	nummod
6	nanometre	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 second	det
8	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Your fingernails				second	about one nanometre	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about nanometre=Location

Example 7

We use nm as the symbol for nanometre.

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 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nm	nm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 symbol	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 symbol	det
6	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 nanometre	case
8	nanometre	nanometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 symbol	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	We	nm				as the symbol for nanometre	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent nm=Duration as symbol=Attribute

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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