roughness

Who acts: roughness, surface, She, Sand paper · What happens: be, feel, run, find, scratch, have · To what, where: opposite, hand, cloth, roughness, more roughness

«roughness» 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: roughness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The roughness of something is how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of smoothness.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 roughness	det
2	roughness	roughness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 uneven	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 roughness	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 uneven	cop
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 uneven	advmod
7	uneven	uneven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 harsh	cc
9	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 uneven	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 surface	nmod:poss
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feels	nsubj
12	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 uneven	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 opposite	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 opposite	det
15	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feels	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 smoothness	case
17	smoothness	smoothness	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 opposite	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 uneven	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the roughness of something		uneven property	tree rules
2	be		the roughness of something not said here			tree rules
3	feel	present	roughness's surface	the opposite of smoothness		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opposite=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

She ran her hand over the cloth and found no roughness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloth	det
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 found	cc
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 roughness	det
11	roughness	roughness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	She	her hand		the cloth			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over cloth=Trajectory
2	find	past	She not said here	no roughness					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roughness=Topic

Example 2

The roughness of the bark scratched my hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 roughness	det
2	roughness	roughness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bark	det
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roughness	nmod
6	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 scratched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	the roughness of the bark	my hand					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Example 3

Sand paper has more roughness than silk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paper	compound
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 roughness	amod
5	roughness	roughness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 silk	case
7	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roughness	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Sand paper	more roughness				than silk	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roughness=Patient

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