precipitous

Who acts: Precipitous, it, path, They · What happens: mean, be, climb, stand · To what, where: precipitous rock, castle, precipitous cliffs

«precipitous» 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: precipitous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Precipitous	Precipitous	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 steep	advmod
4	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	12 up	advmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 up	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 up	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 up	cop
10	almost	almost	ADV	_	12 up	advmod
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 up	advmod
12	up	up	ADV	_	2 means	parataxis
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 down	cc
14	down	down	ADV	_	12 up	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Precipitous					steep property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					almost, straight, up property	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

The path was precipitous and full of loose stones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 path	det
2	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precipitous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 precipitous	cop
4	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 full	cc
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 precipitous	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stones	amod
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 precipitous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the path					precipitous property	tree rules
2	be		the path not said here					of loose stones	tree rules

Example 2

They climbed the precipitous rock very slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rock	det
4	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 slowly	advmod
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 climbed	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	They	the precipitous rock				slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location rock=Theme

Example 3

A castle stood on the precipitous cliffs above the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 castle	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 cliffs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cliffs	det
6	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cliffs	amod
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stood	obl
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 castle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	participle		a castle not said here		the precipitous cliffs		above the sea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cliff=Location

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