porphyry

Who acts: Porphyry, He, statue · What happens: be, use, build, carve, climb, make · To what, where: hard rock, small spots, fine palaces, statues, huge staircase, castle

«porphyry» 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: porphyry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Porphyry is a hard rock, usually dark red or purple with small spots, used to build fine palaces and to carve statues.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Porphyry	porphyry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rock	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rock	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rock	det
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 red	punct
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 red	advmod
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 red	amod
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	acl:relcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 purple	cc
11	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 red	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 spots	case
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spots	amod
14	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 red	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 used	punct
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 spots	acl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 build	mark
18	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 used	xcomp
19	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 palaces	amod
20	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 build	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 carve	cc
22	to	to	PART	_	23 carve	mark
23	carve	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 build	conj
24	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 carve	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 rock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Porphyry	a hard rock	tree rules
2	use	participle		small spots not said here	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	build	to-infinitive		fine palaces	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset palace=Product
4	carve	to-infinitive		statues	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=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.

Example 1

He climbed a huge staircase made of porphyry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 staircase	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 staircase	amod
5	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 staircase	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 porphyry	case
8	porphyry	porphyry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He	a huge staircase					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location staircase=Theme
2	make	participle		a huge staircase not said here				of porphyry	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 2

The castle was built out of porphyry with a golden roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 porphyry	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 porphyry	case
7	porphyry	porphyry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 roof	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 roof	det
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 roof	amod
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 porphyry	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build out	past · passive		the castle		porphyry with a golden roof			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary porphyry=Product

Example 3

The statue stood on a base of polished porphyry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 statue	det
2	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 base	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 base	det
6	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 porphyry	case
8	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 porphyry	amod
9	porphyry	porphyry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 base	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the statue			a base of polished porphyry			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on base=Location
2	polish	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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