parallax Who acts: object, you, jump, Astronomers, Video games, backgrounds · What happens: seem, move, look, hold up, close, be · To what, where: way, far background, thumb, one eye, parallax, measuring cylinder
«parallax» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: parallax in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The way an object seems to move against a far background when you look at it from two different places, such as with one eye and then the other.
The tree, 29 words det obl:unmarked det nsubj mark xcomp case det amod obl mark nsubj advcl case obl case nummod amod obl punct case fixed fixed nummod appos cc advmod det conj punct root The DET way NOUN an DET object NOUN seems VERB to PART move VERB against ADP a DET far ADJ background NOUN when SCONJ you PRON look VERB at ADP it PRON from ADP two NUM different ADJ places NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP with ADP one NUM eye NOUN and CCONJ then ADV the DET other ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 way det 2 way way NOUN Number=Sing 5 seems obl:unmarked 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 object det 4 object object NOUN Number=Sing 5 seems nsubj 5 seems seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 7 move mark 7 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 seems xcomp 8 against against ADP _ 11 background case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 background det 10 far far ADJ Degree=Pos 11 background amod 11 background background NOUN Number=Sing 7 move obl 12 when when SCONJ _ 14 look mark 13 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 look nsubj 14 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 move advcl 15 at at ADP _ 16 it case 16 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 look obl 17 from from ADP _ 20 places case 18 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 20 places nummod 19 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 20 places amod 20 places place NOUN Number=Plur 14 look obl 21 , , PUNCT _ 26 eye punct 22 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 26 eye case 23 as as ADP _ 22 such fixed 24 with with ADP _ 22 such fixed 25 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 26 eye nummod 26 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 20 places appos 27 and and CCONJ _ 30 other cc 28 then then ADV PronType=Dem 30 other advmod 29 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 30 other det 30 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 26 eye conj 31 . . PUNCT _ 5 seems punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 seem present a object the way vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 2 move to-infinitive a object not said here a far background vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme against background=Trajectory 3 look present you from two different places; at object vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=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.
Example 1 Hold up your thumb and close one eye, then the other — that jump is parallax.
The tree, 15 words compound:prt nmod:poss obj cc conj nummod obj punct advmod det parataxis punct det nsubj cop obl punct root Hold VERB up ADP your PRON thumb NOUN and CCONJ close VERB one NUM eye NOUN , PUNCT then ADV the DET other ADJ — PUNCT that DET jump NOUN is AUX parallax NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Hold compound:prt 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 thumb nmod:poss 4 thumb thumb NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 close cc 6 close close VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Hold conj 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 eye nummod 8 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 6 close obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 other punct 10 then then ADV PronType=Dem 12 other advmod 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 other det 12 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Hold parataxis 13 — - PUNCT _ 17 parallax punct 14 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 15 jump det 15 jump jump NOUN Number=Sing 17 parallax nsubj 16 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 parallax cop 17 parallax parallax NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Hold punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold up imperative you not said here your thumb vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thumb=Theme 2 close infinitive you not said here one eye vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient 3 is a present that jump parallax tree rules
Example 2 Read the measuring cylinder at eye level to avoid parallax error.
det compound obj case compound obl mark advcl compound obj punct root Read VERB the DET measuring NOUN cylinder NOUN at ADP eye NOUN level NOUN to PART avoid VERB parallax NOUN error NOUN . PUNCT 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 cylinder det 3 measuring measuring NOUN Number=Sing 4 cylinder compound 4 cylinder cylinder NOUN Number=Sing 1 Read obj 5 at at ADP _ 7 level case 6 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 7 level compound 7 level level NOUN Number=Sing 1 Read obl 8 to to PART _ 9 avoid mark 9 avoid avoid VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Read advcl 10 parallax parallax NOUN Number=Sing 11 error compound 11 error error NOUN Number=Sing 9 avoid obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Read punct
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1 read imperative you not said here the measuring cylinder eye level vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent cylinder=Theme at level=Value 2 avoid to-infinitive you not said here parallax error vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent error=Location
Example 3 Astronomers use parallax to measure distances to stars.
nsubj obj mark advcl obj case obl punct root Astronomers NOUN use VERB parallax NOUN to PART measure VERB distances NOUN to ADP stars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Astronomers astronomer NOUN Number=Plur 2 use nsubj 2 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 parallax parallax NOUN Number=Sing 2 use obj 4 to to PART _ 5 measure mark 5 measure measure VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 use advcl 6 distances distance NOUN Number=Plur 5 measure obj 7 to to ADP _ 8 stars case 8 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 5 measure obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 use punct
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1 use present Astronomers parallax vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parallax=Patient 2 measure to-infinitive Astronomers not said here distances to stars vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme distance=Value
Example 4 Video games use parallax to make backgrounds look far away.
compound nsubj obj mark advcl obj xcomp advmod advmod punct root Video NOUN games NOUN use VERB parallax NOUN to PART make VERB backgrounds NOUN look VERB far ADV away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Video video NOUN Number=Sing 2 games compound 2 games game NOUN Number=Plur 3 use nsubj 3 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 parallax parallax NOUN Number=Sing 3 use obj 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 use advcl 7 backgrounds background NOUN Number=Plur 6 make obj 8 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 far far ADV Degree=Pos 10 away advmod 10 away away ADV _ 8 look advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 use punct
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1 use present Video games parallax vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parallax=Patient 2 make to-infinitive Video games not said here backgrounds tree rules 3 look infinitive backgrounds not said here away property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 5 Parallax helps our two eyes judge depth.
nsubj nmod:poss nummod nsubj ccomp obj punct root Parallax NOUN helps VERB our PRON two NUM eyes NOUN judge VERB depth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Parallax parallax NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 eyes nmod:poss 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 eyes nummod 5 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 6 judge nsubj 6 judge judge VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 helps ccomp 7 depth depth NOUN Number=Sing 6 judge obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Parallax vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 judge present our two eyes depth vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent depth=Value
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