Who acts: narrow tube, liquid, you, Dad, Firefighters · What happens: control, come out, turn, make, put, block · To what, where: nozzle, fine spray, petrol nozzle, car, ketchup nozzle, star nozzle
«nozzle» 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: nozzle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A narrow tube or spout at the end of a hose, pipe or can that controls how a liquid or gas comes out.
The tree, 23 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
a narrow tube at the end of a hose and pipe or spout
vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2
come out
present
a liquid or gas
vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: 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.
Example 1
Turn the nozzle to make a fine spray.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Turn
turn
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 nozzle
det
3
nozzle
nozzle
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Turn
obj
4
to
to
PART
_
5 make
mark
5
make
make
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
1 Turn
advcl
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 spray
det
7
fine
fine
ADJ
Degree=Pos
8 spray
amod
8
spray
spray
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 make
obj
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Turn
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
turn
imperative
you not said here
the nozzle
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nozzle=Theme
2
make
to-infinitive
you not said here
a fine spray
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spray=Product
vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nozzle=Patient
Example 7
Squeeze the trigger on the nozzle to water the plants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Squeeze
squeeze
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 trigger
det
3
trigger
trigger
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Squeeze
obj
4
on
on
ADP
_
6 nozzle
case
5
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
6 nozzle
det
6
nozzle
nozzle
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Squeeze
obl
7
to
to
PART
_
8 water
mark
8
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Squeeze
advcl
9
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
10 plants
det
10
plants
plant
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Squeeze
obj
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Squeeze
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
squeeze
imperative
you not said here
the trigger
the nozzle
vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent trigger=Theme plant=Result
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.