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parsec

Who acts: unit, parsec, nearest star, Astronomers, Han Solo, galaxy · What happens: measure, be, boast, do · To what, where: huge distances, space, 3.26 light years, one parsec, distance, millions

«parsec» 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: parsec in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

A unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres.

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 unit	det
2	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 equal	nsubj
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 measuring	mark
4	measuring	measure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 unit	acl
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 distances	amod
6	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 measuring	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 space	case
8	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measuring	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 equal	punct
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 years	case
12	about	about	ADV	_	13 3.26	advmod
13	3.26	3.26	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 years	compound
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 equal	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 kilometres	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 kilometres	cc
18	about	about	ADV	_	21 million	advmod
19	31	31	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 million	compound
20	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 million	compound
21	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 kilometres	nummod
22	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 equal	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 equal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	gerund	a unit not said here	huge distances		space			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme distance=Value

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

A parsec is about 3.26 light years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parsec	det
2	parsec	parsec	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 years	cop
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 3.26	advmod
5	3.26	3.26	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	compound
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 years	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a parsec	3.26 light years					tree rules

Example 2

The nearest star is a little over one parsec away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 star	det
2	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 star	amod
3	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 little	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 little	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 little	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 parsec	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 parsec	nummod
9	parsec	parsec	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 little	obl
10	away	away	ADV	_	6 little	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 little	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the nearest star			one parsec		away, little property	tree rules

Example 3

Astronomers measure the distance to galaxies in millions of parsecs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astronomers	astronomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measure	nsubj
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 distance	det
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measure	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 galaxies	case
6	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measure	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 millions	case
8	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measure	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 parsecs	case
10	parsecs	parsec	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 millions	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	Astronomers	the distance		millions of parsecs		to galaxies	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme distance=Value

Example 4

In Star Wars, Han Solo boasts about doing the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Wars	case
2	Star	Star	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wars	compound
3	Wars	War	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 boasts	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Wars	punct
5	Han	Han	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Solo	compound
6	Solo	Solo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 boasts	nsubj
7	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 doing	mark
9	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 boasts	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Run	det
11	Kessel	Kessel	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Run	compound
12	Run	Run	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 doing	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 parsecs	case
14	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 parsecs	nummod
15	parsecs	parsec	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 doing	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 boasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	Han Solo			Star Wars			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund	Han Solo not said here	the Kessel Run		twelve parsecs			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent run=Eventuality

Example 5

A parsec is a measure of distance, not time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parsec	det
2	parsec	parsec	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measure	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measure	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 measure	det
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 distance	case
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measure	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 time	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 time	advmod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measure	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a parsec	a measure and time				of distance	tree rules

Example 6

The galaxy is about 30,000 parsecs across.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 galaxy	det
2	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parsecs	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 parsecs	cop
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 30,000	advmod
5	30,000	30,000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 parsecs	nummod
6	parsecs	parsec	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	across	across	ADV	_	6 parsecs	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 parsecs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the galaxy	30,000 parsecs				across property	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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