porthole
Who acts: porthole, She, grimy porthole, seagull · What happens: be, peer, see through, sit · To what, where: small round window, side, rail
«porthole» 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: porthole in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or boat.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 porthole | det |
| 2 | porthole | porthole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 window | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 window | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 window | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 window | amod |
| 6 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 window | amod |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 side | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 side | det |
| 10 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 window | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 ship | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ship | det |
| 13 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 side | nmod |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 boat | cc |
| 15 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ship | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 window | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a porthole | a small round window | the side of a ship or boat | tree rules |
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
She peered out of the porthole at the grey sea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 peered | nsubj |
| 2 | peered | peer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 porthole | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 porthole | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 porthole | det |
| 6 | porthole | porthole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 peered | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 9 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sea | amod |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 peered | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 peered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peer | past | She | at the grey sea; out the porthole | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent out porthole=Theme |
Example 2
The grimy porthole was hard to see through.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 porthole | det |
| 2 | grimy | grimy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 porthole | amod |
| 3 | porthole | porthole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hard | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | cop |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | xcomp |
| 8 | through | through | ADV | _ | 7 see | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the grimy porthole | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see through | to-infinitive | the grimy porthole not said here | through property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 3
A seagull sat on the rail beside the porthole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 seagull | det |
| 2 | seagull | seagull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rail | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rail | det |
| 6 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 7 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 9 porthole | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 porthole | det |
| 9 | porthole | porthole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | a seagull | the rail | beside the porthole | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rail=Location |
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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