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oncoming

Who acts: you, headlights, pavement, cyclist, sailors, oncoming train · What happens: come, move, oncom, watch out, cross, dazzle · To what, where: traffic, us, oncoming storm, whistle

«oncoming» 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: oncoming in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic», «an oncoming storm».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	3 you	case
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Coming	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 moving	cc
5	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Coming	conj
6	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 moving	xcomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 oncoming	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 oncoming	punct
9	oncoming	oncom	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Coming	conj
10	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oncoming	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 oncoming	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 storm	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 storm	punct
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 storm	det
15	oncoming	oncom	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 storm	amod
16	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oncoming	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 storm	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund						towards you	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards you=Initial_Location
2	move	gerund						near property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	oncom in a quote	gerund		traffic					tree rules
4	oncom in a quote	gerund							tree rules

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

Watch out for oncoming traffic when you cross.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Watch	compound:prt
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 oncoming	mark
4	oncoming	oncom	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Watch	advcl
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oncoming	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cross	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 cross	nsubj
8	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 oncoming	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch out	imperative	you not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	oncom	gerund	you not said here	traffic					tree rules
3	cross	present	you						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The headlights of an oncoming car dazzled us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headlights	det
2	headlights	headlight	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dazzled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 car	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
5	oncoming	oncom	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 car	amod
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 headlights	nmod
7	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 dazzled	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dazzled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oncom	gerund							tree rules
2	dazzle	participle	the headlights of a oncoming car	us					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer

Example 3

Walk facing oncoming traffic when there is no pavement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Walk	xcomp
3	oncoming	oncom	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 facing	xcomp
4	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oncoming	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 is	advmod
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 is	expl
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 oncoming	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 pavement	det
9	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 is	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	face	gerund	you not said here						tree rules
3	oncom	gerund	you not said here	traffic					tree rules
4	be	present	no pavement			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The cyclist moved over for an oncoming bus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cyclist	det
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bus	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bus	det
7	oncoming	oncoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bus	compound
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move over	past	the cyclist					for a oncoming bus; over property	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

The sailors saw the oncoming storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailors	det
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 storm	det
5	oncoming	oncoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 storm	amod
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	the sailors	the oncoming storm					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer storm=Stimulus

Example 6

The oncoming train blew its whistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 train	det
2	oncoming	oncoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 train	amod
3	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 whistle	nmod:poss
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the oncoming train	train's whistle					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient
2	whistle		train						nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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.

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