suburban

Who acts: Suburban, houses, We, suburban gardens, school · What happens: mean, be, live · To what, where: quiet suburban street, suburban area

«suburban» 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: suburban in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suburban	Suburban	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 parts	case
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 parts	cc
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 parts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parts	det
7	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 parts	amod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parts	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 city	cc
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 town	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 are	punct
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 are	advmod
16	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	17 are	expl
17	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 town	parataxis
18	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 are	nsubj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 gardens	cc
20	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 houses	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 away	punct
22	away	away	ADV	_	18 houses	advmod
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 centre	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 centre	det
25	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 away	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Suburban					of the outer parts of a town or city	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	does	present	houses and gardens			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

We live in a quiet suburban street.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 street	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 street	det
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 street	amod
6	suburban	suburban	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 street	compound
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	We			a quiet suburban street			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Location

Example 2

The suburban gardens were full of flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gardens	det
2	suburban	suburban	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gardens	compound
3	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flowers	case
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the suburban gardens					of flowers; full property	tree rules

Example 3

The school is in a suburban area, not in the centre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 area	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 area	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 area	det
6	suburban	suburban	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	compound
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 centre	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 centre	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 centre	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 centre	det
12	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 area	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the school			a suburban area		in the centre	tree rules

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