spang

Who acts: Spang, it, stone, ball, He · What happens: mean, land, spang, fall, hit · To what, where: head, roof, me, middle, pond

«spang» 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: spang in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Spang means exactly, right on, or directly: it landed spang on my head.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spang	Spang	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 on	punct
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 on	advmod
6	on	on	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 directly	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 directly	cc
9	directly	directly	ADV	_	6 on	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 landed	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 landed	nsubj
12	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
13	spang	spang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 landed	xcomp
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 head	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 head	nmod:poss
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spang	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Spang		exactly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	land	past	it			tree rules
3	spang	infinitive		my head		tree rules

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

The stone fell spang on the roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stone	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	spang	spang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fell	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 roof	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spang	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the stone						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	spang	infinitive	the stone not said here			the roof			tree rules

Example 2

The ball hit me spang in the middle of the back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ball	det
2	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hit	nsubj
3	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hit	obj
5	spang	spang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hit	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spang	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 back	det
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	the ball	me					tree rules
2	spang	infinitive	the ball not said here			the middle of the back			tree rules

Example 3

He landed spang in the pond.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spang	spang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 landed	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spang	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 landed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	He						tree rules
2	spang	infinitive	He not said here			the pond			tree rules

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.

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