Who acts: We, you, children, Ducks, he · What happens: use, move, walk, paddle, hold, wear · To what, where: short pole, canoe, water, boat, shallow water, lake · Speech: someone speaks here
«paddle» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: paddle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe or small boat through water.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 pole
det
2
short
short
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 pole
amod
3
pole
pole
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
with
with
ADP
_
8 end
case
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 end
det
6
flat
flat
ADJ
Degree=Pos
8 end
amod
7
wide
wide
ADJ
Degree=Pos
8 end
amod
8
end
end
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 pole
nmod
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 used
punct
10
used
use
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 pole
acl:relcl
11
to
to
PART
_
12 move
mark
12
move
move
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
10 used
advcl
13
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
14 canoe
det
14
canoe
canoe
NOUN
Number=Sing
12 move
obj
15
or
or
CCONJ
_
17 boat
cc
16
small
small
ADJ
Degree=Pos
17 boat
amod
17
boat
boat
NOUN
Number=Sing
14 canoe
conj
18
through
through
ADP
_
19 water
case
19
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
12 move
obl
20
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 pole
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
use
participle
a short pole with a flat wide end not said here
vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
move
to-infinitive
a canoe or small boat
water
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme through water=Trajectory
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
To move a boat with a paddle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 move
mark
2
move
move
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
4 boat
det
4
boat
boat
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 move
obj
5
with
with
ADP
_
7 paddle
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 paddle
det
7
paddle
paddle
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 move
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 move
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
move
to-infinitive
a boat
with a paddle
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
Meaning 3
To walk in shallow water, such as at the beach or in a stream.
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 walk
mark
2
walk
walk
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
in
in
ADP
_
5 water
case
4
shallow
shallow
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 water
amod
5
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 walk
obl
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
11 beach
punct
7
such
such
ADJ
Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP
11 beach
case
8
as
as
ADP
_
7 such
fixed
9
at
at
ADP
_
11 beach
case
10
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
11 beach
det
11
beach
beach
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 water
nmod
12
or
or
CCONJ
_
15 stream
cc
13
in
in
ADP
_
15 stream
case
14
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
15 stream
det
15
stream
stream
NOUN
Number=Sing
11 beach
conj
16
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 walk
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
walk
to-infinitive
shallow water such the beach or a stream
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory
Meaning 4
A bat for table tennis (mainly American).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 bat
det
2
bat
bat
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
for
for
ADP
_
5 tennis
case
4
table
table
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 tennis
compound
5
tennis
tennis
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 bat
nmod
6
(
(
PUNCT
_
8 American
punct
7
mainly
mainly
ADV
_
8 American
advmod
8
American
American
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 bat
parataxis
9
)
)
PUNCT
_
8 American
punct
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 bat
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mud=Patient
3
shoutspeech: express
past
he
fiercely property
vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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.