tempest
Who acts: tempest, sea · What happens: be, strike, blow · To what, where: violent storm, ship, trees
«tempest» 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: tempest in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tempest | det |
| 2 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 storm | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 storm | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 storm | det |
| 5 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 storm | amod |
| 6 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 wind | case |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wind | amod |
| 9 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 storm | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 rain | cc |
| 11 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rain | amod |
| 12 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wind | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 storm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a tempest | a violent storm | with strong wind and heavy rain | tree rules |
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
A tempest struck the ship.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tempest | det |
| 2 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ship | det |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | a tempest | the ship | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |
Example 2
The tempest blew the trees flat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tempest | det |
| 2 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | nsubj |
| 3 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trees | det |
| 5 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 blew | obj |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blew | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | the tempest | the trees | flat property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
Example 3
After the tempest the sea was calm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 tempest | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tempest | det |
| 3 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 calm | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 calm | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 calm | cop |
| 7 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 calm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sea | after the tempest | calm 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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