neap Who acts: neap tide, tide, Sun, Neap tides, Spring tides, fishermen · What happens: be, happen, pull, not go out, wait, launch · To what, where: tide, neap tide, boat, rock pools · Speech: someone speaks here
«neap» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: neap in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other.
The tree, 32 words det amod nsubj cop det case det amod nmod case amod cc conj nmod punct nsubj conj advmod det obl:unmarked advmod det nsubj cc conj advcl case amod obl case obl fixed punct root A DET neap ADJ tide NOUN is AUX a DET tide NOUN with ADP the DET smallest ADJ difference NOUN between ADP high ADJ and CCONJ low ADJ water NOUN , PUNCT which PRON happens VERB twice ADV a DET month NOUN when ADV the DET Sun PROPN and CCONJ Moon PROPN pull VERB at ADP right ADJ angles NOUN to ADP each DET other ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 tide det 2 neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tide amod 3 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 6 tide nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tide cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 tide det 6 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 10 difference case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 difference det 9 smallest small ADJ Degree=Sup 10 difference amod 10 difference difference NOUN Number=Sing 6 tide nmod 11 between between ADP _ 15 water case 12 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 15 water amod 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 low cc 14 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 12 high conj 15 water water NOUN Number=Sing 10 difference nmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 18 happens punct 17 which which PRON PronType=Rel 18 happens nsubj 18 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tide conj 19 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 18 happens advmod 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 month det 21 month month NOUN Number=Sing 18 happens obl:unmarked 22 when when ADV PronType=Int 27 pull advmod 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 Sun det 24 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 27 pull nsubj 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 Moon cc 26 Moon Moon PROPN Number=Sing 24 Sun conj 27 pull pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 happens advcl 28 at at ADP _ 30 angles case 29 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 30 angles amod 30 angles angle NOUN Number=Plur 27 pull obl 31 to to ADP _ 32 each case 32 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 27 pull obl 33 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 32 each fixed 34 . . PUNCT _ 6 tide punct
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1 is a present a neap tide a tide with the smallest difference between high water tree rules 2 happen present a tide month twice property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 pull present the Sun and Moon to each; at right angles vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at angle=Theme
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.
Example 1 At neap tide the sea does not go out very far.
case amod obl det nmod:unmarked aux advmod advmod advmod advmod punct root At ADP neap ADJ tide NOUN the DET sea NOUN does AUX not PART go VERB out ADV very ADV far ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 tide case 2 neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tide amod 3 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 8 go obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 tide nmod:unmarked 6 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 go aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 go advmod 8 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 9 out out ADV _ 8 go advmod 10 very very ADV _ 11 far advmod 11 far far ADV Degree=Pos 8 go advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 go punct
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1 not go out present · do-support neap tide the sea far, out property vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Neap tides happen about twice a month.
amod nsubj advmod advmod det obl:unmarked punct root Neap ADJ tides NOUN happen VERB about ADV twice ADV a DET month NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 2 tides amod 2 tides tide NOUN Number=Plur 3 happen nsubj 3 happen happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADV _ 5 twice advmod 5 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 3 happen advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 month det 7 month month NOUN Number=Sing 3 happen obl:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 happen punct
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1 happen present Neap tides month twice property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Spring tides are bigger than neap tides.
compound nsubj cop case amod obl punct root Spring NOUN tides NOUN are AUX bigger ADJ than ADP neap ADJ tides NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 2 tides compound 2 tides tide NOUN Number=Plur 4 bigger nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 bigger cop 4 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 7 tides case 6 neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tides amod 7 tides tide NOUN Number=Plur 4 bigger obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 bigger punct
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1 is present Spring tides than neap tides; big property tree rules
Example 4 The fishermen waited for the neap tide to launch the boat.
det nsubj case det amod obl mark advcl det obj punct root The DET fishermen NOUN waited VERB for ADP the DET neap ADJ tide NOUN to PART launch VERB the DET boat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fishermen det 2 fishermen fisherman NOUN Number=Plur 3 waited nsubj 3 waited wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 for for ADP _ 7 tide case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tide det 6 neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tide amod 7 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 3 waited obl 8 to to PART _ 9 launch mark 9 launch launch VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 waited advcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 boat det 11 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 9 launch obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 waited punct
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1 wait past the fishermen for the neap tide vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 launch to-infinitive the fishermen not said here the boat vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
Example 5 During neaps, the rock pools stay covered.
case obl punct det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root During ADP neaps NOUN , PUNCT the DET rock NOUN pools NOUN stay VERB covered VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 During during ADP _ 2 neaps case 2 neaps neap NOUN Number=Plur 8 covered obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 neaps punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 pools det 5 rock rock NOUN Number=Sing 6 pools compound 6 pools pool NOUN Number=Plur 8 covered nsubj:pass 7 stay stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 covered aux:pass 8 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 covered punct
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1 cover present · passive the rock pools during neaps vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
Example 6 The Moon at half full means a neap tide is near.
det nsubj case det:predet nmod det amod nsubj cop ccomp punct root The DET Moon PROPN at ADP half DET full ADJ means VERB a DET neap ADJ tide NOUN is AUX near ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Moon det 2 Moon Moon PROPN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 3 at at ADP _ 5 full case 4 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 5 full det:predet 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Moon nmod 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 tide det 8 neap neap ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tide amod 9 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 11 near nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 near cop 11 near near ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means ccomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present the Moon at half full vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present a neap tide near property tree rules
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