tsunami

Who acts: tsunami, earthquake, sea, you, town, signs · What happens: be, cause, mean, arrive, amount, travel · To what, where: huge sea wave, huge amount, something, whole ocean, tsunami, high ground

«tsunami» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: tsunami in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tsunami is a huge sea wave, or series of waves, caused by an earthquake, volcano or landslide under the sea.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wave	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wave	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wave	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	compound
7	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 series	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 series	cc
10	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 waves	case
12	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 series	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 caused	punct
14	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wave	appos
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 earthquake	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 earthquake	det
17	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 caused	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 volcano	punct
19	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 earthquake	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 landslide	cc
21	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 earthquake	conj
22	under	under	ADP	_	24 sea	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sea	det
24	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 landslide	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tsunami	a huge sea wave or series of waves					tree rules
2	cause	participle						by a earthquake and volcano or landslide under the sea	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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

A tsunami can also mean a huge amount of something arriving at once, like a tsunami of emails.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 amount	det
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 amount	amod
8	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 amount	nmod
11	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 something	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 arriving	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tsunami	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 tsunami	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 tsunami	det
17	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arriving	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 emails	case
19	emails	email	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 tsunami	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a tsunami	a huge amount of something		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Topic
2	arrive	gerund			like a tsunami of emails	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	amount			something		nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

A tsunami can travel across the whole ocean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travel	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 travel	aux
4	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 ocean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ocean	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ocean	amod
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travel	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 travel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	can	a tsunami			the whole ocean			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory

Example 2

The earthquake caused a tsunami.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 earthquake	det
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tsunami	det
5	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the earthquake	a tsunami					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tsunami=Patient

Example 3

If the sea suddenly goes far out, go to high ground at once.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 goes	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sea	det
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 go	advcl
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 out	advmod
7	out	out	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ground	amod
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 go	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go a condition, not said to happen	present	the sea					out, suddenly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	imperative	you not said here			high ground			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial_Location

Example 4

The town has signs showing the tsunami evacuation route.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 signs	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 route	det
7	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evacuation	compound
8	evacuation	evacuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 route	compound
9	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the town	signs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient
2	show	gerund	signs not said here	the evacuation route					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent route=Recipient

Example 5

The tsunami flooded the coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flooded	nsubj
3	flooded	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coast	det
5	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flooded	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flooded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flood	past	the tsunami	the coast					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coast=Patient

Example 6

Scientists can send out tsunami warnings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 send	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 send	aux
3	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 send	compound:prt
5	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warnings	compound
6	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 send	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	can	Scientists	tsunami warnings					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme

Example 7

A tsunami is not caused by wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 caused	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 caused	advmod
5	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 wind	case
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cause	present · passive	wind	a tsunami					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

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