veranda

Who acts: veranda, people, big snake, He, straw, his · What happens: be, sit, turn, see, quicken, draw off · To what, where: open floor, warm, egg, veranda, steps

«veranda» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: veranda in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A veranda is a open floor along the outside of a house, with a roof over it, where people sit in the warm.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 veranda	det
2	veranda	veranda	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 floor	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 floor	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 floor	amod
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 outside	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outside	det
9	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outside	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 roof	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 roof	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 roof	det
16	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	conj
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 roof	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sit	punct
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 sit	advmod
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 sit	nsubj
22	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 roof	parataxis
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 warm	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 warm	det
25	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 sit	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 floor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a veranda	a open floor and a roof over roof				along the outside of a house	tree rules
2	sit	present	people			the warm			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in warm=Location

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

The big snake turned half around, and saw the egg on the veranda.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 snake	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snake	amod
3	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 around	advmod
6	around	around	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 saw	cc
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 egg	det
11	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 veranda	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 veranda	det
14	veranda	veranda	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the big snake					around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	the big snake not said here	the egg		the veranda			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Stimulus

Example 2

He quickened his steps, hastily drew off his straw sandals, and stepped on to the veranda.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 quickened	nsubj
2	quickened	quicken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 steps	nmod:poss
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 quickened	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 drew	punct
6	hastily	hastily	ADV	_	7 drew	advmod
7	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 quickened	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 drew	compound:prt
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 straw	nmod:poss
10	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sandals	nsubj
11	sandals	sandal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drew	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stepped	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stepped	cc
14	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 quickened	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	14 stepped	compound:prt
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 veranda	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 veranda	det
18	veranda	veranda	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stepped	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 quickened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	quicken	past	He	his steps			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent step=Patient
2	draw off	past	He not said here			hastily property	tree rules
3	sandal	present	his straw				tree rules
4	step on	past	He not said here		the veranda		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to veranda=Destination
5	step		his = he				nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

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