perpendicularly
Who acts: heroes, oars · What happens: have, hold, let, fall · To what, where: oars, water
«perpendicularly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: perpendicularly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Straight up and down, or at a right angle (a square corner) to a line or surface.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straight | straight | ADV | _ | 2 up | advmod |
| 2 | up | up | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 down | cc |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 up | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 angle | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 angle | cc |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 angle | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 angle | det |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 angle | amod |
| 10 | angle | angle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 up | obl |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 corner | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 corner | det |
| 13 | square | square | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 corner | amod |
| 14 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 angle | appos |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 corner | punct |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 line | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 line | det |
| 18 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 angle | nmod |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 surface | cc |
| 20 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 line | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 up | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The heroes had their oars held perpendicularly, ready to let fall into the water.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 heroes | det |
| 2 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 oars | nmod:poss |
| 5 | oars | oar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 oars | acl |
| 7 | perpendicularly | perpendicularly | ADV | _ | 6 held | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ready | punct |
| 9 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 had | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 let | mark |
| 11 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ready | xcomp |
| 12 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 let | xcomp |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 water | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 water | det |
| 15 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fall | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the heroes | heroes's oars | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hold | participle | heroes's oars not said here | perpendicularly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | let | to-infinitive | heroes's oars not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | fall | infinitive | heroes's oars not said here | into the water result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result |
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