schoolyard Who acts: schoolyard, children, We, schoolyard bully, you, bell · What happens: be, play, cover, take, line up, ring · To what, where: outdoor area, tag, schoolyard, lunch money, 25 m, 1,000 square metres
«schoolyard» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: schoolyard in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A schoolyard is the outdoor area next to a school where children play at break time (UK: playground).
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det amod advmod case det nmod advmod nsubj acl:relcl case compound obl punct appos punct appos punct punct root A DET schoolyard NOUN is AUX the DET outdoor ADJ area NOUN next ADV to ADP a DET school NOUN where ADV children NOUN play VERB at ADP break NOUN time NOUN ( PUNCT UK PROPN : PUNCT playground NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 schoolyard det 2 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 6 area nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 area cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 area det 5 outdoor outdoor ADJ Degree=Pos 6 area amod 6 area area NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 next next ADV _ 10 school advmod 8 to to ADP _ 10 school case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 school det 10 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 area nmod 11 where where ADV PronType=Rel 13 play advmod 12 children child NOUN Number=Plur 13 play nsubj 13 play play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 school acl:relcl 14 at at ADP _ 16 time case 15 break break NOUN Number=Sing 16 time compound 16 time time NOUN Number=Sing 13 play obl 17 ( ( PUNCT _ 18 UK punct 18 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 16 time appos 19 : : PUNCT _ 20 playground punct 20 playground playground NOUN Number=Sing 6 area appos 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 20 playground punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 area punct
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1 is a present a schoolyard the outdoor area to a school tree rules 2 play present children time vn performance-26.7-1 «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 We played tag in the schoolyard.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root We PRON played VERB tag NOUN in ADP the DET schoolyard NOUN . PUNCT 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 played nsubj 2 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 tag tag NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 schoolyard case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 schoolyard det 6 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
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1 play past We tag the schoolyard vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme
Example 2 The schoolyard was covered in snow.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET schoolyard NOUN was AUX covered VERB in ADP snow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 schoolyard det 2 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 4 covered nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 covered aux:pass 4 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 snow case 6 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 4 covered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 covered punct
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1 cover past · passive the schoolyard in snow vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in snow=Theme
Example 3 A schoolyard bully took his lunch money.
det compound nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct root A DET schoolyard NOUN bully NOUN took VERB his PRON lunch NOUN money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 bully det 2 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 3 bully compound 3 bully bully NOUN Number=Sing 4 took nsubj 4 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 money nmod:poss 6 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 7 money compound 7 money money NOUN Number=Sing 4 took obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 took punct
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1 take past a schoolyard bully bully's lunch money vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
Example 4 Line up in the schoolyard when the bell rings.
compound:prt case det obl advmod det nsubj advcl punct root Line VERB up ADP in ADP the DET schoolyard NOUN when ADV the DET bell NOUN rings VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Line line VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Line compound:prt 3 in in ADP _ 5 schoolyard case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 schoolyard det 5 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 1 Line obl 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 rings advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 bell det 8 bell bell NOUN Number=Sing 9 rings nsubj 9 rings ring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Line advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Line punct
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1 line up imperative you not said here in the schoolyard vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in schoolyard=Theme 2 ring present the bell vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The schoolyard is 40 m long and 25 m wide; its area is 1,000 square metres.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked cc nummod obl:unmarked conj punct nmod:poss nsubj cop nummod compound obl punct root The DET schoolyard NOUN is AUX 40 NUM m NOUN long ADJ and CCONJ 25 NUM m NOUN wide ADJ ; PUNCT its PRON area NOUN is AUX 1,000 NUM square NOUN metres NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 schoolyard det 2 schoolyard schoolyard NOUN Number=Sing 6 long nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 long cop 4 40 40 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 m nummod 5 m m NOUN Number=Plur 6 long obl:unmarked 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 wide cc 8 25 25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 m nummod 9 m m NOUN Number=Plur 10 wide obl:unmarked 10 wide wide ADJ Degree=Pos 6 long conj 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 17 metres punct 12 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 area nmod:poss 13 area area NOUN Number=Sing 17 metres nsubj 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 metres cop 15 1,000 1000 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 17 metres nummod 16 square square NOUN Number=Sing 17 metres compound 17 metres metre NOUN Number=Plur 6 long obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 long punct
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1 is present the schoolyard 40 m obl:unmarked ; long property tree rules 2 be the schoolyard not said here 25 m tree rules 3 is a present schoolyard's area 1,000 square metres tree rules
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