watertight

Who acts: Watertight, water, hat, you, boat, story · What happens: mean, make, get, be, check, go out · To what, where: deep tarpaulin, watertight reason

«watertight» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: watertight in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Watertight means so closely made that no water can get in or out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watertight	Watertight	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 get	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	advcl
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 out	cc
13	out	out	ADV	_	11 in	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Watertight		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	participle		closely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	get	can	no water		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 hat was a deep tarpaulin, watertight, with a broad brim.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hat	det
2	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tarpaulin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tarpaulin	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tarpaulin	det
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tarpaulin	amod
6	tarpaulin	tarpaulin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 watertight	punct
8	watertight	watertight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tarpaulin	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 brim	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 brim	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 brim	det
12	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 brim	amod
13	brim	brim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watertight	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tarpaulin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the hat	a deep tarpaulin					tree rules

Example 2

Check the boat is watertight before you go out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boat	det
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watertight	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watertight	cop
5	watertight	watertight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Check	ccomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 go	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watertight	advcl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the boat	watertight property	tree rules
3	go out	present	you	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Our story needs a watertight reason for the bear's escape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 story	nmod:poss
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reason	det
5	watertight	watertight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reason	amod
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 escape	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escape	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bear	case
11	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reason	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Our story	a watertight reason				for the bear's escape	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot reason=Theme
2	escape		the bear						nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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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