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stopwatch

Who acts: something, coach, my, you, stopwatch, Ali · What happens: start, stop, press, measure, take, time · To what, where: watch, button, sprint, stopwatch, ball, 10.3

«stopwatch» 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: stopwatch in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 watch	det
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 timer	cc
4	timer	timer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watch	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 started	obj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 started	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 started	aux:pass
8	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 watch	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stopped	cc
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 started	conj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 pressing	mark
12	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 stopped	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 button	det
14	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pressing	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 measure	punct
16	to	to	PART	_	17 measure	mark
17	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 started	parataxis
18	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	19 how	advmod
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 long	advmod
20	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 takes	advmod
21	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	22 takes	nsubj
22	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 measure	ccomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	can · passive		a watch or timer					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality
2	stop	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	press	gerund		a button					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
4	measure	to-infinitive							tree rules
5	take	present	something					long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 coach timed my sprint with a stopwatch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 timed	nsubj
3	timed	time	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sprint	nmod:poss
5	sprint	sprint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 timed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 stopwatch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stopwatch	det
8	stopwatch	stopwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 timed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 timed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	time	past	the coach	my sprint				with a stopwatch	vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprint=Theme
2	sprint		my						nom sprint «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Start the stopwatch when the ball is dropped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stopwatch	det
3	stopwatch	stopwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Start	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 dropped	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dropped	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dropped	aux:pass
8	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Start	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here	the stopwatch					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stopwatch=Eventuality
2	drop	present · passive		the ball					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

The stopwatch showed 12.45 seconds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stopwatch	det
2	stopwatch	stopwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	12.45	12.45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 seconds	nummod
5	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 showed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the stopwatch				second		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Ali ran in 9.8 seconds and Ben in 10.3, so Ali was 0.5 seconds faster.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 seconds	case
4	9.8	9.8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 seconds	nummod
5	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Ben	cc
7	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 seconds	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 10.3	case
9	10.3	10.3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 ran	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 faster	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 faster	advmod
12	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 faster	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 faster	cop
14	0.5	0.5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 seconds	nummod
15	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 faster	obl:unmarked
16	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 ran	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Ali			10.3	second		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 10.3=Trajectory
2	is	past	Ali				second	fast property	tree rules

Example 5

Most phones have a stopwatch app.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 phones	amod
2	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 app	det
5	stopwatch	stopwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 app	compound
6	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Most phones	a stopwatch app					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent app=Patient

Example 6

Repeat the timing three times and find the average.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 timing	det
3	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repeat	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Repeat	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 find	cc
7	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Repeat	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 average	det
9	average	average	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Repeat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	imperative	you not said here	the timing			time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timing=Eventuality
2	find	infinitive	you not said here	the average					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Topic

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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