ponderous

Who acts: Ponderous, stone door, elephant, ship, fifty men · What happens: mean, be, lift, move, walk, not push · To what, where: ship, water

«ponderous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: ponderous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ponderous means very heavy and large, so that it is hard to lift or move.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ponderous	Ponderous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 heavy	advmod
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 large	cc
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heavy	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hard	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 hard	advmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 hard	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hard	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hard	cop
12	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 lift	mark
14	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 hard	xcomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 move	cc
16	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 lift	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ponderous	heavy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		hard property	tree rules
3	lift	to-infinitive			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	move	infinitive			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Ponderous also means slow and heavy in manner, without any lightness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ponderous	Ponderous	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	3 means	advmod
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 heavy	cc
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slow	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heavy	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lightness	punct
10	without	without	ADP	_	12 lightness	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 lightness	det
12	lightness	lightness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slow	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ponderous					slow property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The stone door was too ponderous to move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	compound
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ponderous	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ponderous	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 ponderous	advmod
6	ponderous	ponderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 move	mark
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ponderous	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ponderous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the stone door					ponderous property	tree rules
2	move	to-infinitive	the stone door not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The elephant walked with ponderous steps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elephant	det
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 steps	case
5	ponderous	ponderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 steps	amod
6	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the elephant					with ponderous steps	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The ship was so ponderous that fifty men could not push it into the water.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ponderous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ponderous	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 ponderous	advmod
5	ponderous	ponderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 push	mark
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 men	nummod
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 push	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 push	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 push	advmod
11	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ponderous	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 push	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 push	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ponderous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ship					ponderous property	tree rules
2	not push	could	fifty men	ship		the water			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into water=Destination

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