symmetry

Who acts: Symmetry, state, two halves, wings, square, She · What happens: be, have, match, balance, mean, show · To what, where: state, two halves, shape, pleasing shape, symmetry, four lines

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

Meaning 1

Symmetry is the state of having two halves that match exactly, or of being balanced in shape or form.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 having	mark
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 state	acl
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 halves	nummod
8	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 having	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 match	nsubj
10	match	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 halves	acl:relcl
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	10 match	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 balanced	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 balanced	cc
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	16 balanced	mark
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 balanced	aux:pass
16	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 state	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 shape	case
18	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 balanced	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 form	cc
20	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shape	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Symmetry	the state			tree rules
2	have	gerund	the state not said here	two halves			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient
3	match	present	two halves			exactly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	balance	gerund · passive		the state not said here	shape or form		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: in shape=Location

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

Symmetry in a person means a pleasing, even shape of the body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 person	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Symmetry	nmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shape	det
7	pleasing	pleasing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shape	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shape	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 shape	advmod
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 body	det
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Symmetry in a person	a pleasing shape of the body					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Topic

Example 1

A butterfly's wings show symmetry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 butterfly	det
2	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wings	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 butterfly	case
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a butterfly's wings	symmetry					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent symmetry=Recipient

Example 2

The square has four lines of symmetry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 square	det
2	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 lines	nummod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 symmetry	case
7	symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lines	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the square	four lines of symmetry					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient

Example 3

She was perfect in her symmetry and proportions.

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	3 perfect	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 perfect	cop
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 symmetry	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 symmetry	nmod:poss
6	symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perfect	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 proportions	cc
8	proportions	proportion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 symmetry	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 perfect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			her symmetry and proportions		perfect 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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