prow

Who acts: prow, part, He, sailor · What happens: be, point, tie, stand, look, cut · To what, where: front end, water, rope, prow

«prow» 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: prow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The prow is the front end of a boat or ship, the part that points forward through the water.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prow	det
2	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 end	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
5	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 end	amod
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 boat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boat	det
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 ship	cc
11	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boat	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 part	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 part	det
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	parataxis
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 points	nsubj
16	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 part	acl:relcl
17	forward	forward	ADV	_	16 points	advmod
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 water	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 water	det
20	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 points	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the prow	the front end				of a boat or ship	tree rules
2	point	present	the part			the water		forward property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 tied the rope to the prow of the boat.

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 prow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prow	det
7	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 boat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prow	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	the rope				to the prow of the boat	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to prow=Co-Patient

Example 2

The sailor stood at the prow and looked for land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailor	det
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 prow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prow	det
6	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 looked	cc
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 land	case
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the sailor			the prow			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at prow=Location
2	look	past	the sailor not said here					for land	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for land=Theme

Example 3

The ship's prow cut through the waves.

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	4 prow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 ship	case
4	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 prow	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 waves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 waves	det
8	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	obl:agent
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle		the ship's prow not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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