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underpass

Who acts: underpass, path, people, We, Cyclists, voices · What happens: be, go, cross, walk, get, use · To what, where: path, road, underpass, busy main road, traffic

«underpass» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: underpass in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An underpass is a road or path that goes under another road or a railway, so people or cars can cross safely.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 underpass	det
2	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 path	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 path	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 path	nsubj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 path	cc
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 path	acl:relcl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 railway	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 railway	det
15	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 road	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cross	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	22 cross	advmod
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 cross	nsubj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 cars	cc
20	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 people	conj
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 cross	aux
22	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 goes	conj
23	safely	safely	ADV	_	22 cross	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 path	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a underpass	path					tree rules
2	go	present	path			another road or a railway			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under road=Location
3	cross	can	people or cars					safely property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «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.

Example 1

We walked through the underpass to get to the park.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 underpass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 underpass	det
5	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 walked	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 park	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 park	det
10	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	We			the underpass			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through underpass=Trajectory
2	get	to-infinitive	We not said here					to the park result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to park=Result

Example 2

The underpass goes under the busy main road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 underpass	det
2	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	8 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
7	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the underpass			the busy main road			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under road=Location

Example 3

Cyclists use the underpass to avoid the traffic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cyclists	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 underpass	det
4	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traffic	det
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Cyclists	the underpass					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent underpass=Patient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	Cyclists not said here	the traffic					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent traffic=Location

Example 4

The underpass was painted with colourful murals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 underpass	det
2	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 murals	case
6	colourful	colourful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 murals	amod
7	murals	mural	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive		the underpass				with colourful murals	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with mural=Theme

Example 5

Our voices echoed in the underpass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 voices	nmod:poss
2	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 echoed	nsubj
3	echoed	echo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 underpass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 underpass	det
6	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 echoed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 echoed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	echo	past	Our voices			the underpass			vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in underpass=Location

Example 6

Use the underpass instead of running across the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 underpass	det
3	underpass	underpass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	6 running	mark
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Use	advcl
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 running	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the underpass					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent underpass=Patient
2	run	gerund	you not said here			the road			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory

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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