Who acts: severe weather warning, She, storm, He, they, headmistress · What happens: be, have, cause, go, close, drink · To what, where: severe nut allergy, severe damage, severe pain, tummy, hospital, severe look
«severe» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: severe in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very bad, serious or harmful.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Very
very
ADV
_
2 bad
advmod
2
bad
bad
ADJ
Degree=Pos
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
4 serious
punct
4
serious
serious
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 bad
conj
5
or
or
CCONJ
_
6 harmful
cc
6
harmful
harmful
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 bad
conj
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 bad
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Very strict and harsh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Very
very
ADV
_
2 strict
advmod
2
strict
strict
ADJ
Degree=Pos
root
root
3
and
and
CCONJ
_
4 harsh
cc
4
harsh
harsh
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 strict
conj
5
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 strict
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Very plain, with no decoration.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Very
very
ADV
_
2 plain
advmod
2
plain
plain
ADJ
Degree=Pos
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 decoration
punct
4
with
with
ADP
_
6 decoration
case
5
no
no
DET
PronType=Neg
6 decoration
det
6
decoration
decoration
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 plain
obl
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 plain
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
There is a severe weather warning for snow tonight.
In severe heat, drink lots of water and stay in the shade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
In
in
ADP
_
3 heat
case
2
severe
severe
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 heat
amod
3
heat
heat
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 drink
obl
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
3 heat
punct
5
drink
drink
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
6
lots
lot
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 drink
obj
7
of
of
ADP
_
8 water
case
8
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 lots
nmod
9
and
and
CCONJ
_
10 stay
cc
10
stay
stay
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
5 drink
conj
11
in
in
ADP
_
13 shade
case
12
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
13 shade
det
13
shade
shade
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 stay
obl
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 drink
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
drink
imperative
you not said here
lots of water
severe heat
vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2
stay
infinitive
you not said here
the shade
vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location
Example 9
Once upon a time a severe plague raged among the animals.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Once
once
ADV
NumForm=Word NumType=Mult
root
root
2
upon
upon
ADP
_
4 time
case
3
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
4 time
det
4
time
time
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Once
obl
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 plague
det
6
severe
severe
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 plague
amod
7
plague
plague
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Once
nsubj
8
raged
rage
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
7 plague
acl
9
among
among
ADP
_
11 animals
case
10
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
11 animals
det
11
animals
animal
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 raged
obl
12
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Once
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
rage
participle
a severe plague not said here
among the animals
vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among animal=Location
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.