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steppe

Who acts: Herds, steppes, Few trees, steppe, Nomads, Ukraine · What happens: roam, stretch, grow, be, live, have · To what, where: steppe, tents, wide steppes, south

«steppe» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: steppe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 area	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 area	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 huge	punct
4	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 area	amod
5	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grassland	case
7	grassland	grassland	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 area	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 trees	case
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trees	amod
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 area	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Europe	punct
12	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 Europe	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 Europe	case
14	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Europe	amod
15	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 trees	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Asia	cc
17	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Europe	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 area	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Herds of horses roamed the steppe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 roamed	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 horses	case
3	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Herds	nmod
4	roamed	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steppe	det
6	steppe	steppe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roamed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 roamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roam	past	Herds of horses	the steppe					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme steppe=Trajectory

Example 2

The steppes of Central Asia stretch for thousands of miles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 steppes	det
2	steppes	steppe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stretch	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Asia	case
4	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Asia	flat
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 steppes	nmod
6	stretch	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 thousands	case
8	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stretch	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 miles	case
10	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thousands	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stretch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present	the steppes of Central Asia					for thousands of miles	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Few trees grow on the steppe because it is dry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 steppe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steppe	det
6	steppe	steppe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 dry	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dry	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dry	cop
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grow	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Few trees			the steppe			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on steppe=Location
2	is	present	steppe					dry property	tree rules

Example 4

Nomads lived in tents on the steppe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nomads	nomad	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 tents	case
4	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lived	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 steppe	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 steppe	det
7	steppe	steppe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Nomads			tents		on the steppe	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tent=Location

Example 5

The steppe is like the prairie of North America.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 steppe	det
2	steppe	steppe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prairie	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prairie	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 prairie	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prairie	det
6	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 America	case
8	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 America	compound
9	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 prairie	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 prairie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the steppe					like the prairie; of North America	tree rules

Example 6

Ukraine has wide steppes in the south.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 steppes	amod
4	steppes	steppe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 south	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 south	det
7	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steppes	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ukraine	wide steppes		the south			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steppe=Patient

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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