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watercourse

Who acts: watercourse, channel, small watercourse, Farmers, chemicals, map · What happens: be, flow, brook, ditch, run, not let · To what, where: channel, bottom, chemicals, watercourses, watercourse, banks

«watercourse» 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: watercourse in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A watercourse is any channel that water flows along, like a river, stream, brook, ditch or canal.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 watercourse	det
2	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 channel	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 channel	cop
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 channel	det
5	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 flows	nsubj
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flows	nsubj
8	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 channel	acl:relcl
9	along	along	ADV	_	8 flows	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 river	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 channel	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stream	punct
15	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 river	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 brook	punct
17	brook	brook	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 channel	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ditch	punct
19	ditch	ditch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 brook	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 canal	cc
21	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ditch	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 channel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a watercourse	any channel and a river and stream					tree rules
2	flow	present	any channel and a river and stream					along property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	brook	infinitive							tree rules
4	ditch	infinitive							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.

Example 1

A small watercourse runs along the bottom of the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 watercourse	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 watercourse	amod
3	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 runs	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bottom	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	a small watercourse			the bottom of the field			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bottom=Trajectory

Example 2

Farmers must not let chemicals get into watercourses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 let	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 let	advmod
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 let	obj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 watercourses	case
8	watercourses	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	must	Farmers	chemicals					tree rules
2	get	infinitive	chemicals not said here			watercourses			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into watercourse=Destination

Example 3

The map shows every watercourse as a thin blue line.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 map	det
2	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 watercourse	det
5	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 line	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 line	det
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
9	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the map	every watercourse				as a thin blue line	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent watercourse=Recipient

Example 4

Willows grow along the banks of the watercourse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willows	willow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	along	along	ADP	_	5 banks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 banks	det
5	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 watercourse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watercourse	det
8	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 banks	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Willows			the banks of the watercourse			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Location

Example 5

After heavy rain, the dry watercourse filled with water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 rain	case
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rain	amod
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 watercourse	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 watercourse	det
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 watercourse	amod
7	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rain	conj
8	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 watercourse	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 filled	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	participle		the dry watercourse not said here				with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument

Example 6

Australian creeks can be dry watercourses for much of the year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 creeks	amod
2	creeks	creek	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 watercourses	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 watercourses	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 watercourses	cop
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 watercourses	amod
6	watercourses	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 much	case
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 watercourses	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 much	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 watercourses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Australian creeks	dry watercourses				for much of the year	tree rules

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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