paved Who acts: people, it, Workers, path, many tiles, They · What happens: pave, mean, cover, walk, drive, be · To what, where: asphalt, way, 3 kilometres, 20 metres, many tiles, yard · Speech: someone speaks here
«paved» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: paved in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Paved means covered with a hard flat surface such as stones, bricks or asphalt, so people can walk or drive on it.
The tree, 22 words nsubj ccomp case det amod amod obl case fixed nmod punct conj cc conj punct advmod nsubj aux parataxis cc conj case obl punct root Paved VERB means VERB covered VERB with ADP a DET hard ADJ flat ADJ surface NOUN such ADJ as ADP stones NOUN , PUNCT bricks NOUN or CCONJ asphalt NOUN , PUNCT so ADV people NOUN can AUX walk VERB or CCONJ drive VERB on ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means ccomp 4 with with ADP _ 8 surface case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 surface det 6 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 8 surface amod 7 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 8 surface amod 8 surface surface NOUN Number=Sing 3 covered obl 9 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 11 stones case 10 as as ADP _ 9 such fixed 11 stones stone NOUN Number=Plur 8 surface nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 bricks punct 13 bricks brick NOUN Number=Plur 11 stones conj 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 asphalt cc 15 asphalt asphalt NOUN Number=Sing 11 stones conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 walk punct 17 so so ADV _ 20 walk advmod 18 people people NOUN Number=Plur 20 walk nsubj 19 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 20 walk aux 20 walk walk VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means parataxis 21 or or CCONJ _ 22 drive cc 22 drive drive VERB VerbForm=Inf 20 walk conj 23 on on ADP _ 24 it case 24 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 drive obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 pave participle vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 cover participle with a hard flat surface such stones and bricks or asphalt vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with surface=Theme 4 walk can people vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 drive infinitive people not said here asphalt vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
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 pave the way for something is to make it easier for it to happen later.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl det obj case obl cop mark obj xcomp mark nsubj mark advcl advmod punct root To PART pave VERB the DET way NOUN for ADP something PRON is AUX to PART make VERB it PRON easier ADJ for SCONJ it PRON to PART happen VERB later ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pave mark 2 pave pave VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 make advcl 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 way det 4 way way NOUN Number=Sing 2 pave obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 something case 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 pave obl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 make cop 8 to to PART _ 9 make mark 9 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 make obj 11 easier easy ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 make xcomp 12 for for SCONJ _ 15 happen mark 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 happen nsubj 14 to to PART _ 15 happen mark 15 happen happen VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 easier advcl 16 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 15 happen advmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 make punct
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1 pave to-infinitive the way for something vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination 2 is present easy, make property tree rules 3 happen to-infinitive it late property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Workers paved 3 kilometres of road on Monday.
nsubj nummod obj case nmod case obl punct root Workers NOUN paved VERB 3 NUM kilometres NOUN of ADP road NOUN on ADP Monday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 2 paved nsubj 2 paved pave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 kilometres nummod 4 kilometres kilometre NOUN Number=Plur 2 paved obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 road case 6 road road NOUN Number=Sing 4 kilometres nmod 7 on on ADP _ 8 Monday case 8 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 2 paved obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 paved punct
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1 pave past Workers 3 kilometres of road monday vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Destination
Example 2 The path is 50 metres long and 20 metres are paved.
det nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked cc nummod nsubj:pass aux:pass conj punct root The DET path NOUN is AUX 50 NUM metres NOUN long ADJ and CCONJ 20 NUM metres NOUN are AUX paved VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 path det 2 path path NOUN Number=Sing 6 long nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 long cop 4 50 50 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 metres nummod 5 metres metre NOUN Number=Plur 6 long obl:unmarked 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 11 paved cc 8 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 metres nummod 9 metres metre NOUN Number=Plur 11 paved nsubj:pass 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 paved aux:pass 11 paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 long conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 long punct
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1 is present the path 50 metres obl:unmarked ; long property tree rules 2 pave present · passive 20 metres vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
Example 3 How many tiles are needed to pave the yard?
advmod amod nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp det obj punct root How ADV many ADJ tiles NOUN are AUX needed VERB to PART pave VERB the DET yard NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tiles amod 3 tiles tile NOUN Number=Plur 5 needed nsubj:pass 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 needed aux:pass 5 needed need VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 7 pave mark 7 pave pave VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 needed xcomp 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 yard det 9 yard yard NOUN Number=Sing 7 pave obj 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 needed punct
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1 need present · passive many tiles tree rules 2 pave not said to happen to-infinitive many tiles not said here the yard vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Destination
Example 4 They pave 4 metres each hour.
nsubj nummod obj det obl:unmarked punct root They PRON pave VERB 4 NUM metres NOUN each DET hour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 pave nsubj 2 pave pave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 metres nummod 4 metres metre NOUN Number=Plur 2 pave obj 5 each each DET PronType=Tot 6 hour det 6 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 pave obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 pave punct
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1 pave present They 4 metres hour vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme metre=Destination
Example 5 The Romans built paved roads across their empire.
det nsubj amod obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET Romans PROPN built VERB paved VERB roads NOUN across ADP their PRON empire NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Romans det 2 Romans Roman PROPN Number=Plur 3 built nsubj 3 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 roads amod 5 roads road NOUN Number=Plur 3 built obj 6 across across ADP _ 8 empire case 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 empire nmod:poss 8 empire empire NOUN Number=Sing 3 built obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 built punct
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1 build past the Romans paved roads Romans's empire vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Product 2 pave participle vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Example 6 We rode our bikes on the paved path.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det amod obl punct root We PRON rode VERB our PRON bikes NOUN on ADP the DET paved VERB path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 rode nsubj 2 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 bikes nmod:poss 4 bikes bike NOUN Number=Plur 2 rode obj 5 on on ADP _ 8 path case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 path det 7 paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 path amod 8 path path NOUN Number=Sing 2 rode obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 rode punct
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1 ride past We our bikes the paved path vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme 2 pave participle vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Example 7 The old track was muddy, but now it is paved.
det amod nsubj cop punct cc advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass conj punct root The DET old ADJ track NOUN was AUX muddy ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ now ADV it PRON is AUX paved VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 track det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 track amod 3 track track NOUN Number=Sing 5 muddy nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 muddy cop 5 muddy muddy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 paved punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 11 paved cc 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 11 paved advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 paved nsubj:pass 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 paved aux:pass 11 paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 muddy conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 muddy punct
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1 is past the old track muddy property tree rules 2 pave present · passive track now vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
Example 8 Her hard work paved the way for her success.
nmod:poss amod nsubj det obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root Her PRON hard ADJ work NOUN paved VERB the DET way NOUN for ADP her PRON success NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 work nmod:poss 2 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 3 work amod 3 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 paved nsubj 4 paved pave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 way det 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 paved obj 7 for for ADP _ 9 success case 8 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 success nmod:poss 9 success success NOUN Number=Sing 6 way nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 paved punct
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1 pave past Her hard work the way for work's success vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination 2 work Her = she nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 9 At that time the streets were not paved, and there were no sidewalks.
The tree, 13 words case det obl det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct cc expl conj det nsubj punct root At ADP that DET time NOUN the DET streets NOUN were AUX not PART paved VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ there PRON were VERB no DET sidewalks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 time case 2 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 time det 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 paved obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 streets det 5 streets street NOUN Number=Plur 8 paved nsubj:pass 6 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 paved aux:pass 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 paved advmod 8 paved pave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 were punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 were cc 11 there there PRON PronType=Dem 12 were expl 12 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 paved conj 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 sidewalks det 14 sidewalks sidewalk NOUN Number=Plur 12 were nsubj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 paved punct
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1 not pave past · passive the streets time vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination 2 be past no sidewalks there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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