oasis

Who acts: water, plants, camels, Date palms, travellers, park · What happens: be, grow, drink, walk, reach, have · To what, where: oasis, water, ground

«oasis» 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: oasis in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A place in a desert where there is water, so plants and trees such as date palms can grow.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 desert	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 desert	det
5	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	nmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 is	advmod
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 is	expl
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 desert	acl:relcl
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 is	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grow	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	20 grow	advmod
12	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 grow	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 trees	cc
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 plants	conj
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 palms	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 palms	compound
18	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 plants	nmod
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 grow	aux
20	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 place	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	water			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	can	plants such date palms and trees						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.

A calm, pleasant place in the middle of a busy or difficult place.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 calm	punct
4	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 place	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 place	det
11	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 place	amod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 difficult	cc
13	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 busy	conj
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 place	punct

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

Example 1

The camels drank at the oasis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camels	det
2	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drank	nsubj
3	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 oasis	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oasis	det
6	oasis	oasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	the camels			the oasis			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Date palms grow around the oasis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 palms	compound
2	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 oasis	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oasis	det
6	oasis	oasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Date palms			the oasis			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around oasis=Location

Example 3

The travellers walked for days to reach an oasis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 travellers	det
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 days	case
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reach	mark
7	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 walked	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oasis	det
9	oasis	oasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reach	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the travellers				day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reach	to-infinitive	the travellers not said here	a oasis					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent oasis=Theme

Example 4

The park is an oasis of green in the busy city.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 oasis	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 oasis	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oasis	det
5	oasis	oasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 green	case
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 oasis	amod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 city	amod
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 green	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 oasis	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the park	a oasis					tree rules

Example 5

Our library corner is an oasis of calm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 corner	nmod:poss
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 corner	compound
3	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oasis	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 oasis	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oasis	det
6	oasis	oasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 calm	case
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oasis	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 oasis	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Our library corner	a oasis				of calm	tree rules

Example 6

Some oases have water coming up from under the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 oases	det
2	oases	oasis	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 water	acl
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 ground	case
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coming	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	some oases	water					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	come up	gerund	water not said here			the ground			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ground=Initial_Location

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