wayside
Who acts: wayside, Hare, I · What happens: be, mean, gush up, lie down, fall, wait · To what, where: edge, side, violets, wayside
«wayside» 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: wayside in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The wayside is the edge of a road or path.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wayside | det |
| 2 | wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 edge | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 edge | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 edge | det |
| 5 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 edge | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 path | cc |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 road | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 edge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wayside | the edge | of a road or path | 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.
Meaning 2
Wayside means at the side of a road or path (as in «wayside flowers»).
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 side | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 side | det |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 side | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 path | cc |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 road | conj |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 flowers | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 flowers | case |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 flowers | case |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 flowers | punct |
| 15 | wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 flowers | compound |
| 16 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 path | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 flowers | punct |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 flowers | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Wayside | the side of a road or path | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The violets gushed up along the wayside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 violets | det |
| 2 | violets | violet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | gushed | gush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 violets | acl |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 gushed | compound:prt |
| 5 | along | along | ADP | _ | 7 wayside | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wayside | det |
| 7 | wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gushed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 violets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gush up | participle | the violets not said here | the wayside | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wayside=Location |
Example 2
The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hare | det |
| 2 | Hare | Hare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hare | punct |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Hare | acl |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 lying | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 wayside | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wayside | det |
| 8 | wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hare | punct |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 fell | advmod |
| 12 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fell | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | gerund | the Hare not said here | by the wayside; down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wayside=Location | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | the Hare | asleep, fast property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
I will wait for you here by the wayside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 you | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wait | obl |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 wait | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 wayside | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wayside | det |
| 9 | wayside | wayside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | future | I | here | for you; by the wayside | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wayside=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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