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narrowboat

Who acts: long thin boat, We, horse, uncle, narrowboat, Narrowboats · What happens: make, travel, use, float, spend, pull · To what, where: long thin boat, 2 metres, narrow canals, boat, narrowboat, lock

«narrowboat» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: narrowboat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long, thin boat made to travel on the narrow canals of Britain, usually about 2 metres wide and up to 22 metres long.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boat	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boat	amod
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 boat	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 travel	mark
8	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 canals	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 canals	det
11	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 canals	amod
12	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 travel	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Britain	case
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 canals	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 metres	punct
16	usually	usually	ADV	_	19 metres	advmod
17	about	about	ADV	_	18 2	advmod
18	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 metres	nummod
19	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 travel	obl
20	wide	wide	ADV	_	19 metres	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 long	cc
22	up	up	ADV	_	24 22	advmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 22	case
24	22	22	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	25 metres	nummod
25	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 long	obl:unmarked
26	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 wide	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 boat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a long thin boat not said here					tree rules
2	travel	to-infinitive	a long thin boat not said here	2 metres		the narrow canals of Britain			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on canal=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.

Meaning 2

Such a boat used as a floating home or for holidays.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 boat	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boat	det
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 boat	acl
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 home	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 home	det
7	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 home	amod
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 holidays	cc
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 holidays	case
11	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 home	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		such boat not said here				as a floating home or holidays	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	float	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

We spent a week on a narrowboat on the canal.

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 week	det
4	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 narrowboat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 narrowboat	det
7	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 canal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 canal	det
10	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	We				week	on a narrowboat goal; on the canal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on narrowboat=Goal

Example 2

A horse once pulled the narrowboat along the towpath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 pulled	advmod
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrowboat	det
6	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 towpath	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 towpath	det
9	towpath	towpath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	a horse	the narrowboat				along the towpath; once property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrowboat=Theme

Example 3

The narrowboat was painted with roses and castles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrowboat	det
2	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 roses	case
6	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 castles	cc
8	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roses	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive		the narrowboat				with roses and castles	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with rose=Theme

Example 4

My uncle lives on a narrowboat in London.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lives	nsubj
3	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 narrowboat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 narrowboat	det
6	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lives	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 London	case
8	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 narrowboat	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	My uncle			a narrowboat in London			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on narrowboat=Location

Example 5

The narrowboat went slowly through the lock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrowboat	det
2	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 lock	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lock	det
7	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the narrowboat			the lock		slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through lock=Initial_Location

Example 6

Narrowboats are only about two metres wide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Narrowboats	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 metres	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 metres	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 two	advmod
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 two	advmod
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	wide	wide	ADV	_	6 metres	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 metres	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Narrowboats	two metres				wide property	tree rules

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