waterspout

Who acts: waterspout, water, cliff, it, heavy sea, gushing waterspout · What happens: be, shoot up, whirl, pour out, roll, flow out · To what, where: column, spout, roof, water, waterspout, Springs

«waterspout» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: waterspout in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 waterspout	det
2	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 column	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 column	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 column	det
5	column	column	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 column	nmod
8	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 water	acl
9	up	up	ADV	_	8 shooting	advmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 out	cc
11	out	out	ADV	_	9 up	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 spout	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 spout	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 spout	det
16	spout	spout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 column	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 tube	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tube	det
19	whirling	whirl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 tube	amod
20	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spout	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 water	case
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tube	nmod
23	over	over	ADP	_	25 sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spout	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 column	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a waterspout	a column and a spout over the sea or a whirling tube of water	of water	tree rules
2	shoot up	gerund	water not said here			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	whirl	gerund				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

Meaning 2

A waterspout is also a spout on a roof or cliff that pours out water.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 waterspout	det
2	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spout	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spout	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 spout	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spout	det
6	spout	spout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 roof	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 roof	det
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spout	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 cliff	cc
11	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 roof	conj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 pours	nsubj
13	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cliff	acl:relcl
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 pours	compound:prt
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pours	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a waterspout	a spout		a roof or cliff			tree rules
2	pour out	present	cliff	water					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Example 1

Was it a waterspout, or a heavy sea rolling suddenly upon them?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waterspout	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waterspout	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 waterspout	det
4	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sea	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 sea	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sea	det
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sea	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waterspout	appos
10	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sea	acl
11	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	10 rolling	advmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rolling	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 waterspout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a waterspout					tree rules
2	roll	gerund	a heavy sea not said here					upon them = they; suddenly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory

Example 2

Springs of water flowed out of the cliff in thick waterspouts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flowed	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Springs	nmod
4	flowed	flow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 cliff	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cliff	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cliff	det
8	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flowed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 waterspouts	case
10	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 waterspouts	amod
11	waterspouts	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cliff	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow out	participle · passive		Springs of water		the cliff in thick waterspouts			tree rules

Example 3

The gushing waterspout took many strange forms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 waterspout	det
2	gushing	gush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 waterspout	amod
3	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forms	amod
6	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forms	amod
7	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gush	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	past	the gushing waterspout	many strange forms					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme

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