parapet

Who acts: parapet, people, monster, fox, you · What happens: be, stop, fall off, rest, learn, smile · To what, where: low wall, people, claw, parapet

«parapet» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: parapet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parapet	det
2	parapet	parapet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wall	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bridge	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bridge	det
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 roof	punct
14	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 tower	cc
16	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roof	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 stop	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 stop	mark
19	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wall	parataxis
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 stop	obj
21	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 people	acl
22	off	off	ADP	_	21 falling	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a parapet	a low wall and roof or tower	along the edge of a bridge	tree rules
2	stop	to-infinitive		people		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality
3	fall off	gerund	people not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

The monster rested a claw on the parapet of the bridge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monster	det
2	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rested	nsubj
3	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 claw	det
5	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rested	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 parapet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parapet	det
8	parapet	parapet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rested	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bridge	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bridge	det
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parapet	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	past	the monster	a claw		the parapet of the bridge			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent claw=Theme on parapet=Location

Example 2

The fox leaned over the parapet and smiled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaned	nsubj
3	leaned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 parapet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parapet	det
6	parapet	parapet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 smiled	cc
8	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 leaned	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leaned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	the fox			the parapet			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	smile	past	the fox not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Stand back from the parapet on the roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 parapet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parapet	det
5	parapet	parapet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	imperative	you not said here			the parapet		on the roof	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location

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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