vastness

Who acts: quality, astronaut, vastness, little boat, house, library · What happens: be, stare out, make, seem, amaze, get · To what, where: We, vastness, library

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

Meaning 1

The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 large	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 large	cop
5	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	6 large	advmod
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 quality	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wide	punct
8	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 large	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 huge	cc
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 large	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 quality	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the quality not said here	extremely, large property	tree rules
2	be		the quality not said here		tree rules
3	be		the quality not said here		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.

Meaning 2

A very large, empty area, such as a desert, an ocean or space.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 area	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 large	advmod
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 area	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 large	punct
5	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 area	amod
6	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 desert	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 desert	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 desert	det
11	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 area	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ocean	punct
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ocean	det
14	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 desert	appos
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 space	cc
16	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ocean	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 area	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The astronaut stared out at the vastness of space.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 astronaut	det
2	astronaut	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	nsubj
3	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 stared	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 vastness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vastness	det
7	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 space	case
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vastness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare out	past	the astronaut					at the vastness of space	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at vastness=Theme

Example 2

The vastness of the ocean made the little boat seem tiny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vastness	det
2	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ocean	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ocean	det
5	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vastness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boat	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boat	amod
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seem	nsubj
10	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	ccomp
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seem	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the vastness of the ocean						tree rules
2	seem	present	the little boat					tiny property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Example 3

We were amazed by the vastness of the desert.

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	3 amazed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 amazed	aux:pass
3	amazed	amaze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 vastness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vastness	det
6	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amazed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 desert	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 desert	det
9	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vastness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amaze	past · passive	the vastness of the desert	We					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Example 4

In the vastness of the Australian outback, there was no house for miles.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 vastness	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vastness	det
3	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 was	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 outback	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 outback	det
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 outback	amod
7	outback	outback	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vastness	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 vastness	punct
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 was	expl
10	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 was	nsubj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 miles	case
14	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 house	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	no house for miles			the vastness of the Australian outback; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vastness=Location

Example 5

The vastness of the library made it easy to get lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vastness	det
2	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 library	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 library	det
5	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vastness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 easy	xcomp
11	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 get	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	the vastness of the library	library	easy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	get	to-infinitive	library not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	lose	participle	library not said here			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Scientists still cannot imagine the vastness of the universe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 imagine	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	5 imagine	advmod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 imagine	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 imagine	advmod
5	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vastness	det
7	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imagine	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 universe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 universe	det
10	universe	universe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vastness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 imagine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not imagine	can	Scientists	the vastness of the universe			still		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vastness=Theme

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