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paragraph

Who acts: paragraph, you, first paragraph, reader, someone, story · What happens: be, start, indent, grab, attend, read · To what, where: group, new line, new paragraph, attention, second paragraph, five paragraphs · Speech: someone speaks here

«paragraph» 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: paragraph in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented.

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 paragraph	det
2	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 group	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 group	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sentences	case
7	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 group	nmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 idea	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 idea	nummod
10	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 idea	amod
11	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sentences	nmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 starts	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 starts	nsubj
14	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 group	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 line	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 line	det
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 line	amod
18	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 starts	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 indented	punct
20	often	often	ADV	_	21 indented	advmod
21	indented	indent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 line	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a paragraph	a group				of sentences about one main idea	tree rules
2	start	present	paragraph			a new line			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	indent	participle		a new line not said here				often property	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

Start a new paragraph for each new idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 paragraph	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 paragraph	amod
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Start	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 idea	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 idea	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paragraph	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here	a new paragraph				for each new idea	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Eventuality

Example 2

The first paragraph should grab the reader's attention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paragraph	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 paragraph	amod
3	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grab	aux
5	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reader	det
7	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attention	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 reader	case
9	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grab	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	should	the first paragraph	the reader's attention					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme
2	attend		the reader						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Read the second paragraph again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paragraph	det
3	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 paragraph	amod
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the second paragraph			again		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Topic

Example 4

When someone new speaks, start a new paragraph.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 speaks	advmod
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 speaks	nsubj
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 someone	amod
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 start	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 speaks	punct
6	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 paragraph	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paragraph	amod
9	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	someone						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	start	imperative	you not said here	a new paragraph					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Eventuality

Example 5

My story has five paragraphs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 story	nmod:poss
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 paragraphs	nummod
5	paragraphs	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	My story	five paragraphs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Patient

Example 6

Underline the topic sentence of the paragraph.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Underline	underline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sentence	det
3	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sentence	compound
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Underline	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 paragraph	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paragraph	det
7	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sentence	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Underline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	underline	imperative	you not said here	the topic sentence of the paragraph					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
2	sentence			the paragraph					nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 7

He read the paragraph to them, and added, ‘I wonder, now, whether that could be your bull-calf Peter?’

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paragraph	det
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 read	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 added	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 added	cc
9	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 read	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wonder	punct
11	‘	'	PUNCT	_	13 wonder	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 wonder	nsubj
13	wonder	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 added	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 now	punct
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 wonder	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 calf	punct
17	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	24 calf	mark
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 calf	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 calf	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 calf	cop
21	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 calf	nmod:poss
22	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 calf	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 bull	punct
24	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wonder	parataxis
25	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 calf	appos
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 Peter	punct
27	’	'	PUNCT	_	24 calf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	He	the paragraph	them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent paragraph=Topic to they=Recipient
2	add speech: assert	past	He not said here						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wonder speech: ask	present	I				now		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	could	that	your bull calf					tree rules

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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