squall

Who acts: squall, rabbit, Brer Bull frog · What happens: squall, be, squall out, begin · To what, where: sudden strong gust, rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

«squall» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: squall in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To squall is to cry out loudly and harshly, as in fright or anger.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 squall	mark
2	squall	squall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cry	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cry	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cry	mark
5	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 cry	compound:prt
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 cry	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harshly	cc
9	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	7 loudly	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fright	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 fright	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 fright	case
13	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cry	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 anger	cc
15	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fright	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squall speech: other	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be speech: express	present						cry, loudly property	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.

Meaning 2

A squall is a sudden, strong gust of wind, often with rain.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 squall	det
2	squall	squall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gust	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gust	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gust	det
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gust	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sudden	punct
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gust	amod
8	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 wind	case
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gust	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rain	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 rain	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 rain	case
14	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gust	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gust	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a squall	a sudden strong gust and rain				of wind	tree rules

Example 1

The rabbit squalled out, as if he was mad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rabbit	det
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	squalled	squall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rabbit	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 squalled	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mad	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 mad	mark
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 mad	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 mad	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mad	cop
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squalled	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rabbit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squall out speech: other	participle		the rabbit not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	rabbit					mad property	tree rules

Example 2

Brer Bull-frog up and began to squall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 frog	compound
2	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frog	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Bull	punct
4	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 began	nsubj
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 frog	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 up	cc
7	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 squall	mark
9	squall	squall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 began	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Brer Bull frog						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	squall speech: other	to-infinitive	Brer Bull frog not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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