verandah
Who acts: verandah, Helga, she · What happens: be, roof, use, sit, stand, stand together · To what, where: verandah
«verandah» 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: verandah in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A verandah is the same as a veranda: a roofed floor along the outside of a house, used for sitting outdoors.
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 verandah | det |
| 2 | verandah | verandah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 veranda | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 veranda | det |
| 8 | veranda | veranda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | obl |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 floor | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 floor | det |
| 11 | roofed | roof | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 floor | amod |
| 12 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 veranda | appos |
| 13 | along | along | ADP | _ | 15 outside | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 outside | det |
| 15 | outside | outside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 floor | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 house | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 outside | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 used | punct |
| 20 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 same | parataxis |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 sitting | mark |
| 22 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 used | advcl |
| 23 | outdoors | outdoors | ADV | _ | 22 sitting | advmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 same | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a verandah | as a veranda; same property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | roof | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | sit | gerund | outdoors property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Then Helga stood again in the verandah.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 stood | advmod |
| 2 | Helga | Helga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 stood | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 verandah | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 verandah | det |
| 7 | verandah | verandah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | Helga | the verandah | then; again | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in verandah=Location |
Example 2
In the verandah, among the flowers, she and George stood together.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 verandah | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 verandah | det |
| 3 | verandah | verandah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 verandah | punct |
| 5 | among | among | ADP | _ | 7 flowers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flowers | det |
| 7 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 stood | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 flowers | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stood | nsubj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 George | cc |
| 11 | George | George | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 she | conj |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | together | together | ADV | _ | 12 stood | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand together | past | she | the verandah | among the flowers; together property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in verandah=Location |
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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