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subway

Who acts: people, We, subway station, you, subway · What happens: walk through, take, be, hold, call, use · To what, where: subway, museum, two blocks, hand, busy subway platform, underground railway · Speech: someone speaks here

«subway» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: subway in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In the USA and Canada, an underground railway in a city, like the New York subway.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 USA	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 USA	det
3	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Canada	cc
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 USA	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 railway	punct
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 railway	det
8	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 railway	amod
9	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 USA	appos
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 city	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 railway	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 subway	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	18 subway	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 subway	det
16	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 York	flat
17	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 subway	compound
18	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 railway	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 railway	punct

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

Meaning 2

In the UK, Ireland and Australia, a path or tunnel under a road for people to walk through.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 UK	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 UK	det
3	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Ireland	punct
5	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 UK	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Australia	cc
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 UK	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 path	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 path	det
10	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 UK	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 tunnel	cc
12	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 path	conj
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 path	nmod
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 walk	mark
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 walk	nsubj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 walk	mark
19	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 road	acl
20	through	through	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 path	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk through	to-infinitive	people					through property	vn rehearse-26.8 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Example 1

We took the subway to the museum.

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 subway	det
4	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 museum	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 museum	det
7	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	We	the subway		the museum			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subway=Theme to museum=Destination

Example 2

The subway station is two blocks away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 station	det
2	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 station	compound
3	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blocks	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 blocks	cop
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 blocks	nummod
6	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 blocks	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 blocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the subway station	two blocks				away property	tree rules

Example 3

Hold an adult's hand on a busy subway platform.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hand	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 adult	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	10 platform	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 platform	det
8	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 platform	amod
9	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 platform	compound
10	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	a adult's hand		a busy subway platform			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on platform=Location

Example 4

In London, the underground railway is called the Tube, not the subway.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 London	case
2	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 called	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 London	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 railway	det
5	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 railway	amod
6	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Tube	det
10	Tube	Tube	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 subway	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 subway	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 subway	det
14	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Tube	appos
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		the underground railway		London			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 5

Use the subway to cross the main road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 subway	det
3	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cross	mark
5	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the subway					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subway=Patient
2	cross	to-infinitive	you not said here	the main road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

Example 6

The subway was crowded in the morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 subway	det
2	subway	subway	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crowded	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crowded	cop
4	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crowded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crowded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the subway				morning	crowded property	tree rules

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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