rivulet

Who acts: rivulet, We, Clear water · What happens: be, run, paddle, trickle down · To what, where: small stream, old mill, feet, rivulet, stones

«rivulet» 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: rivulet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A rivulet is a small stream of water, smaller than a river or brook.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rivulet	det
2	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stream	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stream	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stream	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stream	amod
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stream	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 smaller	punct
10	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 stream	amod
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smaller	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 brook	cc
15	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 river	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rivulet	a small stream				of water	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

A rivulet ran past the old mill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rivulet	det
2	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 mill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mill	amod
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a rivulet			the old mill			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past mill=Trajectory

Example 2

We paddled our feet in the rivulet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 paddled	nsubj
2	paddled	paddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paddled	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rivulet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rivulet	det
7	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paddled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paddle	past	We	our feet		the rivulet			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent foot=Patient in rivulet=Location

Example 3

Clear water trickled down the rivulet over the stones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	trickled	trickle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 water	acl
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 rivulet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rivulet	det
6	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trickled	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stones	det
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trickled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 water	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trickle down	participle	Clear water not said here	the rivulet		the stones			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rivulet=Source

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