pylon Who acts: pylon, tall metal tower, Huge pylons, you, electricity, sign · What happens: be, hold up, mean, carry, not climb, kill · To what, where: tall metal tower, thick electricity cables, traffic cone, electricity, fields, pylon · Speech: someone speaks here
«pylon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: pylon in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A pylon is a tall metal tower that holds up thick electricity cables high above the ground.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop det amod compound nsubj acl:relcl compound:prt amod compound obj amod case det obl punct root A DET pylon NOUN is AUX a DET tall ADJ metal NOUN tower NOUN that PRON holds VERB up ADP thick ADJ electricity NOUN cables NOUN high ADJ above ADP the DET ground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 pylon det 2 pylon pylon NOUN Number=Sing 7 tower nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 tower cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 tower det 5 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tower amod 6 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 7 tower compound 7 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 holds nsubj 9 holds hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 tower acl:relcl 10 up up ADP _ 9 holds compound:prt 11 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos 13 cables amod 12 electricity electricity NOUN Number=Sing 13 cables compound 13 cables cable NOUN Number=Plur 9 holds obj 14 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 13 cables amod 15 above above ADP _ 17 ground case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 ground det 17 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 14 high obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 tower punct
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1 is a present a pylon a tall metal tower tree rules 2 hold up present a tall metal tower thick electricity cables vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cable=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.
Meaning 2 In some places (US) a pylon also means a traffic cone.
case det obl punct appos punct det nsubj advmod det compound obj punct root In ADP some DET places NOUN ( PUNCT US PROPN ) PUNCT a DET pylon NOUN also ADV means VERB a DET traffic NOUN cone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 places case 2 some some DET PronType=Ind 3 places det 3 places place NOUN Number=Plur 10 means obl 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 US punct 5 US US PROPN Number=Sing 3 places appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 US punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 pylon det 8 pylon pylon NOUN Number=Sing 10 means nsubj 9 also also ADV _ 10 means advmod 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 cone det 12 traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 13 cone compound 13 cone cone NOUN Number=Sing 10 means obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 means punct
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1 mean present a pylon a traffic cone in some places vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot cone=Theme in place=Attribute
Example 1 Huge pylons carry electricity across the fields.
amod nsubj obj case det obl punct root Huge ADJ pylons NOUN carry VERB electricity NOUN across ADP the DET fields NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 2 pylons amod 2 pylons pylon NOUN Number=Plur 3 carry nsubj 3 carry carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 electricity electricity NOUN Number=Sing 3 carry obj 5 across across ADP _ 7 fields case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 fields det 7 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 3 carry obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 carry punct
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1 carry present Huge pylons electricity the fields vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme
Example 2 Never climb a pylon — the electricity can kill you.
advmod det obj punct det nsubj aux conj obj punct root Never ADV climb VERB a DET pylon NOUN — PUNCT the DET electricity NOUN can AUX kill VERB you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 climb advmod 2 climb climb VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 pylon det 4 pylon pylon NOUN Number=Sing 2 climb obj 5 — - PUNCT _ 9 kill punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 electricity det 7 electricity electricity NOUN Number=Sing 9 kill nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 kill aux 9 kill kill VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 climb conj 10 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 kill obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 climb punct
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1 not climb imperative you not said here a pylon vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location pylon=Theme 2 kill can the electricity you vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
Example 3 Don't fly a kite near pylons or power lines.
aux advmod det obj case obl cc compound conj punct root Do AUX n't PART fly VERB a DET kite NOUN near ADP pylons NOUN or CCONJ power NOUN lines NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 fly aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 fly advmod 3 fly fly VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 kite det 5 kite kite NOUN Number=Sing 3 fly obj 6 near near ADP _ 7 pylons case 7 pylons pylon NOUN Number=Plur 3 fly obl 8 or or CCONJ _ 10 lines cc 9 power power NOUN Number=Sing 10 lines compound 10 lines line NOUN Number=Plur 7 pylons conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 fly punct
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1 not fly imperative · do-support you not said here a kite pylons or power lines vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme near pylon=Location
Example 4 The sign on the pylon said «Danger of death».
det nsubj case det nmod punct ccomp case nmod punct punct root The DET sign NOUN on ADP the DET pylon NOUN said VERB « PUNCT Danger PROPN of ADP death NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sign det 2 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 3 on on ADP _ 5 pylon case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 pylon det 5 pylon pylon NOUN Number=Sing 2 sign nmod 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 Danger punct 8 Danger Danger PROPN Number=Sing 6 said ccomp 9 of of ADP _ 10 death case 10 death death NOUN Number=Sing 8 Danger nmod 11 » » PUNCT _ 8 Danger punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the sign on the pylon vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The pylons looked like giant metal people holding hands.
det nsubj case amod compound obl acl obj punct root The DET pylons NOUN looked VERB like ADP giant ADJ metal NOUN people NOUN holding VERB hands NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pylons det 2 pylons pylon NOUN Number=Plur 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 like like ADP _ 7 people case 5 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 6 metal amod 6 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 7 people compound 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 looked obl 8 holding hold VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 people acl 9 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 8 holding obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
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1 look past the pylons like metal people vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 hold gerund metal people not said here hands vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
Example 6 Birds sat on the wires between the pylons.
nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root Birds NOUN sat VERB on ADP the DET wires NOUN between ADP the DET pylons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 2 sat nsubj 2 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 wires case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 wires det 5 wires wire NOUN Number=Plur 2 sat obl 6 between between ADP _ 8 pylons case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 pylons det 8 pylons pylon NOUN Number=Plur 2 sat obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 sat punct
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1 sit past Birds the wires between the pylons vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wire=Location
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