seesaw

Who acts: two children, We, Dad, he, seesaw, score · What happens: balance, sit, go up, move up, keep, change · To what, where: long board, middle, seesaw, kind, game, mood

«seesaw» 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: seesaw in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long board balanced in the middle on which two children sit at opposite ends and go up and down.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 board	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 board	amod
3	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 board	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 balanced	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 sit	obl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 children	nummod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sit	nsubj
12	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 middle	acl:relcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 ends	case
14	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ends	amod
15	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sit	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 go	cc
17	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 sit	conj
18	up	up	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 down	cc
20	down	down	ADV	_	18 up	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 board	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	balance	participle		a long board not said here	the middle		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location
2	sit	present	two children		the middle	at opposite ends	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location
3	go up	infinitive	two children not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To move up and down or back and forth again and again, or to keep changing between two states.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADV	_	5 down	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 down	cc
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 back	cc
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 down	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forth	cc
9	forth	forth	ADV	_	5 down	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 again	cc
12	again	again	ADV	_	10 again	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 keep	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 move	conj
17	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 keep	xcomp
18	between	between	ADP	_	20 states	case
19	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 states	nummod
20	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 changing	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	when	other	roles by
1	move up	to-infinitive	again	down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
3	change	gerund		between two states	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

We went up and down on the seesaw at the park.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 down	cc
5	down	down	ADV	_	3 up	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 seesaw	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seesaw	det
8	seesaw	seesaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 park	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	We			the seesaw		at the park	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 2

Dad is heavier, so he sat nearer the middle of the seesaw to balance it.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heavier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heavier	cop
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sat	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 sat	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heavier	advcl
8	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 sat	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 seesaw	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 seesaw	det
13	seesaw	seesaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 balance	mark
15	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sat	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 balance	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heavier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad		heavy property	tree rules
2	sit	past	he	the middle of the seesaw	near property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	balance	to-infinitive	he not said here	seesaw		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Example 3

A seesaw is a kind of lever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 seesaw	det
2	seesaw	seesaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 lever	case
7	lever	lever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a seesaw	a kind				of lever	tree rules

Example 4

The score seesawed all game until the last goal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 score	det
2	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	seesawed	seesaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 score	acl
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seesawed	obj
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 goal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goal	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 goal	amod
9	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seesawed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 score	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seesaw	participle	the score not said here	all game			until the last goal		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location game=Theme

Example 5

My mood seesawed between happy and nervous before the concert.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mood	nmod:poss
2	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	seesawed	seesaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mood	acl
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 happy	case
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seesawed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 nervous	cc
7	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 happy	conj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 concert	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 concert	det
10	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nervous	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seesaw	participle		My mood not said here		happy			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between happy=Trajectory

Example 6

Hold on tight on the seesaw and don't jump off suddenly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	tight	tight	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 seesaw	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seesaw	det
6	seesaw	seesaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 jump	cc
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 jump	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 jump	advmod
10	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 jump	compound:prt
12	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	10 jump	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	imperative	you not said here			the seesaw		tight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on seesaw=Location
2	not jump off	infinitive · do-support	you not said here					suddenly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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