narrowness

Who acts: narrowness, bus, gap, bridge, us · What happens: be, have, mean, not get through, surprise, make · To what, where: little width, side, range, We, gap, new food · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Being narrow; having little width from side to side.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 narrow	cop
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 having	punct
4	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 narrow	advcl
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 width	amod
6	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 side	case
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 side	case
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 narrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						narrow property	tree rules
2	have	gerund		little width		side		to side	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent width=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

Being limited or small in range, as in "narrowness of mind" (not open to other ideas).

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 limited	cop
2	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 small	cc
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 limited	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 range	case
6	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 limited	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 narrowness	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 narrowness	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 narrowness	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 narrowness	punct
11	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 range	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 mind	case
13	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 narrowness	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 narrowness	punct
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 open	punct
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 open	advmod
17	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 narrowness	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 ideas	case
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 ideas	amod
20	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 open	obl
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 open	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 limited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				range		limited property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Example 1

The narrowness of the lane meant the bus could not get through.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrowness	det
2	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 lane	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lane	det
5	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narrowness	nmod
6	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	ccomp
12	through	through	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	the narrowness of the lane						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not get through	could	the bus					through property	vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We were surprised by the narrowness of the old staircase.

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	3 surprised	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 surprised	aux:pass
3	surprised	surprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 narrowness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrowness	det
6	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surprised	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 staircase	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 staircase	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 staircase	amod
10	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 narrowness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past · passive	the narrowness of the old staircase	We					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Example 3

The narrowness of the gap made it hard to squeeze through.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrowness	det
2	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gap	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gap	det
5	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narrowness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 squeeze	mark
10	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp
11	through	through	ADV	_	10 squeeze	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the narrowness of the gap	gap				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	squeeze	to-infinitive	gap not said here					through property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Because of the river's narrowness, a bridge was easy to build.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 narrowness	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 narrowness	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 river	case
6	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 easy	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrowness	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bridge	det
9	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 easy	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 easy	cop
11	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 build	mark
13	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 easy	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a bridge					because the river's narrowness; easy property	tree rules
2	build	to-infinitive	a bridge not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 5

Her narrowness of mind meant she never tried new food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 narrowness	nmod:poss
2	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meant	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 mind	case
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narrowness	nmod
5	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tried	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 tried	advmod
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	ccomp
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 food	amod
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tried	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	Her narrowness of mind						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not try	past	narrowness	new food					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Eventuality

Example 6

The narrowness of the win surprised everyone; it was only one point.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrowness	det
2	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surprised	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 win	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 win	det
5	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narrowness	nmod
6	surprised	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 surprised	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 point	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 point	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 point	cop
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 point	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 point	nummod
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surprised	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past	the narrowness of the win	everyone					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer
2	is a	past	narrowness	one point					tree rules

Example 7

The cave's narrowness made us crawl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cave	det
2	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrowness	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cave	case
4	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	crawl	crawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the cave's narrowness	us					tree rules
2	crawl	infinitive	us not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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