waterway Who acts: waterway, other stretch, canal, important waterway, Boats, Mississippi · What happens: be, travel, carry, harm, have, grow up · To what, where: river, important waterway, coal, goods, busy American waterway, fish
«waterway» 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: waterway in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A waterway is a river, canal or other stretch of water that boats can travel along.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj cop det punct conj cc amod conj case nmod nsubj nsubj aux acl:relcl advmod punct root A DET waterway NOUN is AUX a DET river NOUN , PUNCT canal NOUN or CCONJ other ADJ stretch NOUN of ADP water NOUN that PRON boats NOUN can AUX travel VERB along ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 waterway det 2 waterway waterway NOUN Number=Sing 5 river nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 river cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 river det 5 river river NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 canal punct 7 canal canal NOUN Number=Sing 5 river conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 10 stretch cc 9 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 10 stretch amod 10 stretch stretch NOUN Number=Sing 5 river conj 11 of of ADP _ 12 water case 12 water water NOUN Number=Sing 10 stretch nmod 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 16 travel nsubj 14 boats boat NOUN Number=Plur 16 travel nsubj 15 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 travel aux 16 travel travel VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 stretch acl:relcl 17 along along ADV _ 16 travel advmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 river punct
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1 is a present a waterway a river and canal or other stretch of water tree rules 2 travel can other stretch of water along property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP 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.
Example 1 The canal was an important waterway for carrying coal.
det nsubj cop det amod mark acl obj punct root The DET canal NOUN was AUX an DET important ADJ waterway NOUN for SCONJ carrying VERB coal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 canal det 2 canal canal NOUN Number=Sing 6 waterway nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 waterway cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 waterway det 5 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 6 waterway amod 6 waterway waterway NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for SCONJ _ 8 carrying mark 8 carrying carry VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 waterway acl 9 coal coal NOUN Number=Sing 8 carrying obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 waterway punct
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1 is a past the canal a important waterway tree rules 2 carry gerund a important waterway not said here coal vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Theme
Example 2 Boats carry goods along the waterways of Europe.
nsubj obj case det obl case nmod punct root Boats NOUN carry VERB goods NOUN along ADP the DET waterways NOUN of ADP Europe PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Boats boat NOUN Number=Plur 2 carry nsubj 2 carry carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 goods goods NOUN Number=Ptan 2 carry obj 4 along along ADP _ 6 waterways case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 waterways det 6 waterways waterway NOUN Number=Plur 2 carry obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 Europe case 8 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 6 waterways nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 carry punct
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1 carry present Boats goods along the waterways of Europe vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme
Example 3 The Mississippi is a busy American waterway.
det nsubj cop det amod amod punct root The DET Mississippi PROPN is AUX a DET busy ADJ American ADJ waterway NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Mississippi det 2 Mississippi Mississippi PROPN Number=Sing 7 waterway nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 waterway cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 waterway det 5 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 waterway amod 6 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 7 waterway amod 7 waterway waterway NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 waterway punct
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1 is a present the Mississippi a busy American waterway tree rules
Example 4 Rubbish in waterways harms fish and birds.
nsubj case nmod obj cc conj punct root Rubbish NOUN in ADP waterways NOUN harms VERB fish NOUN and CCONJ birds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 4 harms nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 waterways case 3 waterways waterway NOUN Number=Plur 1 Rubbish nmod 4 harms harm VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 fish fish NOUN Number=Plur 4 harms obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 birds cc 7 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 5 fish conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 harms punct
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1 harm present Rubbish in waterways fish and birds vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer
Example 5 Venice has many narrow waterways instead of streets.
nsubj amod amod obj case fixed nmod punct root Venice PROPN has VERB many ADJ narrow ADJ waterways NOUN instead ADV of ADP streets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Venice Venice PROPN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 waterways amod 4 narrow narrow ADJ Degree=Pos 5 waterways amod 5 waterways waterway NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 6 instead instead ADV ExtPos=ADP 8 streets case 7 of of ADP _ 6 instead fixed 8 streets street NOUN Number=Plur 5 waterways nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present Venice many narrow waterways instead streets vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waterway=Patient
Example 6 The town grew up beside a great waterway.
det nsubj compound:prt case det amod obl punct root The DET town NOUN grew VERB up ADP beside ADP a DET great ADJ waterway NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 town det 2 town town NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew nsubj 3 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 grew compound:prt 5 beside beside ADP _ 8 waterway case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 waterway det 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 8 waterway amod 8 waterway waterway NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 grew punct
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1 grow up past the town a great waterway vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside waterway=Location
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