portico

Who acts: portico, roof, guests, Tall pillars · What happens: be, hold up, form, cover, wait, sleep · To what, where: roof, covered porch, front, portico, bird, branch

«portico» 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: portico in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A portico is a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the front of a grand building.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 portico	det
2	portico	portico	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roof	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 roof	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 roof	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 held	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 columns	case
9	columns	column	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 held	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 forming	punct
11	forming	form	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 roof	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 porch	det
13	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 porch	amod
14	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forming	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 front	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 front	det
17	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forming	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 building	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 building	det
20	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 building	amod
21	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 front	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 roof	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a portico	a roof			tree rules
2	hold up	participle		a roof not said here		by columns	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	form	gerund	a roof not said here	a covered porch	the front of a grand building		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location porch=Theme
4	cover	participle					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

Example 1

The guests waited under the portico.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 portico	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 portico	det
6	portico	portico	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the guests			the portico			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under portico=Location

Example 2

Tall pillars held up the portico.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pillars	amod
2	pillars	pillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pillars	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 held	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 portico	det
6	portico	portico	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pillars	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	participle	Tall pillars not said here	the portico					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot portico=Theme

Example 3

The bird slept on a branch near the portico.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bird	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slept	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 portico	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 portico	det
9	portico	portico	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	participle		the bird not said here		a branch		near the portico	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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