Who acts: Turbulence, uneven movement, plane, you, pilot, river rapids · What happens: be, make, move, describe, shake, keep · To what, where: plane shake, air, wild character, seat belt, case, us
«turbulence» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: turbulence in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Turbulence is sudden, uneven movement of air or water that makes a plane shake or a boat rock.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shake=Product
3
move
air or water
nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient
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 time of confusion, trouble or sudden change.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 time
det
2
time
time
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
ADP
_
4 confusion
case
4
confusion
confusion
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 time
nmod
5
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 trouble
punct
6
trouble
trouble
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 time
parataxis
7
or
or
CCONJ
_
9 change
cc
8
sudden
sudden
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 change
amod
9
change
change
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 trouble
conj
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 time
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Turbulence can also describe a wild, stormy or restless character.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Turbulence
turbulence
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 describe
nsubj
2
can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
4 describe
aux
3
also
also
ADV
_
4 describe
advmod
4
describe
describe
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
11 character
det
6
wild
wild
ADJ
Degree=Pos
11 character
amod
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
8 stormy
punct
8
stormy
stormy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
6 wild
conj
9
or
or
CCONJ
_
10 restless
cc
10
restless
restless
ADJ
Degree=Pos
6 wild
conj
11
character
character
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 describe
obj
12
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 describe
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
describe
can
Turbulence
a wild character
vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme
The attitude is that of thoughtful repose, but the short, curly hair, dilated nostrils, and strongly marked features leave no doubt as to the force and turbulence of his character.
The tree, 30 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
of thoughtful repose; the short curly hair and dilated nostrils nmod
tree rules
2
dilate
participle
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3
mark
participle
strongly property
vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4
leave
present
marked features
no doubt
as the force and turbulence of his character
vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme
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.