sweeping Who acts: Sweepings, Sweeping, door, She, Something, king · What happens: be, gather up, mean, reach, sweep, pile · To what, where: dirt, rubbish, sweepings, bin, sweeping changes · Speech: someone speaks here
«sweeping» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: sweeping in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det punct conj cc conj case nmod acl compound:prt case det obl punct root Sweepings NOUN are AUX the DET dirt NOUN , PUNCT dust NOUN and CCONJ bits NOUN of ADP rubbish NOUN gathered VERB up ADP by ADP a DET broom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sweepings sweeping NOUN Number=Plur 4 dirt nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 dirt cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dirt det 4 dirt dirt NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 dust punct 6 dust dust NOUN Number=Sing 4 dirt conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 bits cc 8 bits bit NOUN Number=Plur 4 dirt conj 9 of of ADP _ 10 rubbish case 10 rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 8 bits nmod 11 gathered gather VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 rubbish acl 12 up up ADP _ 11 gathered compound:prt 13 by by ADP _ 15 broom case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 broom det 15 broom broom NOUN Number=Sing 11 gathered obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 dirt punct
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1 is a present Sweepings the dirt and dust and bits of rubbish tree rules 2 gather up participle rubbish not said here by a broom vn herd-47.5.2 «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.
Meaning 2 Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes».
The tree, 10 words nsubj xcomp cc amod punct conj punct case case punct amod parataxis punct punct root Sweeping NOUN means VERB large ADJ or CCONJ wide ADJ - PUNCT reaching VERB , PUNCT as ADP in ADP « PUNCT sweeping VERB changes NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sweeping sweeping NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 7 reaching cc 5 wide wide ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reaching amod 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 wide punct 7 reaching reach VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 large conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 changes punct 9 as as ADP _ 13 changes case 10 in in ADP _ 13 changes case 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 changes punct 12 sweeping sweep VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 changes amod 13 changes change NOUN Number=Plur 2 means parataxis 14 » » PUNCT _ 13 changes punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Sweeping large property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 reach gerund Sweeping not said here vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 sweep in a quote gerund vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The sweepings were piled by the door.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct root The DET sweepings NOUN were AUX piled VERB by ADP the DET door NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sweepings det 2 sweepings sweeping NOUN Number=Plur 4 piled nsubj:pass 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 piled aux:pass 4 piled pile VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 7 door case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 door det 7 door door NOUN Number=Sing 4 piled obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 piled punct
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1 pile past · passive the door the sweepings vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination
Example 2 She threw the sweepings into the bin.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root She PRON threw VERB the DET sweepings NOUN into ADP the DET bin NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 threw nsubj 2 threw throw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sweepings det 4 sweepings sweeping NOUN Number=Plur 2 threw obj 5 into into ADP _ 7 bin case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bin det 7 bin bin NOUN Number=Sing 2 threw obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 threw punct
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1 throw past She the sweepings into the bin result vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer sweeping=Theme into bin=Result
Example 3 Something round lay among the sweepings.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root Something PRON round ADV lay VERB among ADP the DET sweepings NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 lay nsubj 2 round round ADV _ 3 lay advmod 3 lay lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 among among ADP _ 6 sweepings case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sweepings det 6 sweepings sweeping NOUN Number=Plur 3 lay obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 lay punct
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1 lie past Something the sweepings round property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among sweeping=Location
Example 4 The king made sweeping changes to the law.
det nsubj amod obj case det obl punct root The DET king NOUN made VERB sweeping ADJ changes NOUN to ADP the DET law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sweeping sweeping ADJ Degree=Pos 5 changes amod 5 changes change NOUN Number=Plur 3 made obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 law case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 law det 8 law law NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the king sweeping changes to the law vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Product
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