steeple

Who acts: steeple, church steeple, bell · What happens: be, ring, nest · To what, where: tall pointed tower, top, steeple, Birds

«steeple» 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: steeple in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A steeple is the tall pointed tower on top of a church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 steeple	det
2	steeple	steeple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tower	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tower	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tower	amod
6	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tower	amod
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 top	case
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tower	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 church	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 church	det
12	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 top	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tower	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a steeple	the tall pointed tower		top of a church			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 church steeple is very tall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 steeple	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steeple	compound
3	steeple	steeple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tall	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 tall	advmod
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the church steeple					tall property	tree rules

Example 2

A bell rang from the steeple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bell	det
2	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 steeple	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steeple	det
6	steeple	steeple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	a bell			the steeple			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Birds nested high in the steeple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	nested	nest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Birds	acl
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nested	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 steeple	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steeple	det
6	steeple	steeple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nested	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	participle		Birds not said here		the steeple		high property	vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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