Who acts: Crabs, you, She, triangle, car, old lone wolf · What happens: mean, move, walk, turn, squeeze, take · To what, where: side, door, two steps, sideways look, me, ice
«sideways» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: sideways in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Sideways means to the side, or moving with one side first.
vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to side=Attribute
2
move
gerund
with one side; first property
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2
Sideways means from the side, as in a sideways look.
vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory
Example 7
Hold the book sideways to read the map.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Hold
hold
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 book
det
3
book
book
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Hold
obj
4
sideways
sideways
ADV
_
1 Hold
advmod
5
to
to
PART
_
6 read
mark
6
read
read
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
1 Hold
advcl
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 map
det
8
map
map
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 read
obj
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Hold
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
hold
imperative
you not said here
the book
sideways property
vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme
2
read
to-infinitive
you not said here
the map
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic
Example 8
The old, lone wolf leaped sideways, snarling, and slunk away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 wolf
det
2
old
old
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 wolf
amod
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
2 old
punct
4
lone
lone
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 wolf
amod
5
wolf
wolf
NOUN
Number=Sing
9 snarling
nsubj
6
leaped
leap
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
5 wolf
acl
7
sideways
sideways
ADV
_
6 leaped
advmod
8
,
,
PUNCT
_
9 snarling
punct
9
snarling
snarl
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
root
root
10
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 slunk
punct
11
and
and
CCONJ
_
12 slunk
cc
12
slunk
slink
VERB
Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin
9 snarling
conj
13
away
away
ADV
_
12 slunk
advmod
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
9 snarling
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
leap
participle
the old lone wolf not said here
sideways property
vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2
snarl
gerund
the old lone wolf
vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3
slink away
past
the old lone wolf not said here
away property
vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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.