weir Who acts: low wall, water, river, Salmon, you, current · What happens: build, control, raise, pour, flow, rush · To what, where: low wall, river, flow, level, top, weir
«weir» 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: weir in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A low wall or dam built across a river to control the flow of water or raise its level; water pours over the top.
The tree, 24 words det amod nsubj cc conj acl case det obl mark advcl det obj case nmod cc conj nmod:poss obj punct nsubj case det obl punct root A DET low ADJ wall NOUN or CCONJ dam NOUN built VERB across ADP a DET river NOUN to PART control VERB the DET flow NOUN of ADP water NOUN or CCONJ raise VERB its PRON level NOUN ; PUNCT water NOUN pours VERB over ADP the DET top NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 wall det 2 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wall amod 3 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 22 pours nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 dam cc 5 dam dam NOUN Number=Sing 3 wall conj 6 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 wall acl 7 across across ADP _ 9 river case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 river det 9 river river NOUN Number=Sing 6 built obl 10 to to PART _ 11 control mark 11 control control VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 built advcl 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 flow det 13 flow flow NOUN Number=Sing 11 control obj 14 of of ADP _ 15 water case 15 water water NOUN Number=Sing 13 flow nmod 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 raise cc 17 raise raise VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 control conj 18 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 level nmod:poss 19 level level NOUN Number=Sing 17 raise obj 20 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 pours punct 21 water water NOUN Number=Sing 22 pours nsubj 22 pours pour VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 23 over over ADP _ 25 top case 24 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 25 top det 25 top top NOUN Number=Sing 22 pours obl 26 . . PUNCT _ 22 pours punct
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1 build participle a low wall or dam not said here a river vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 control to-infinitive the flow of water vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flow=Theme 3 raise infinitive water's level vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent level=Theme 4 pour present a low wall or dam the top vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over top=Location 5 flow water nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent
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 river rushes over the weir after heavy rain.
det nsubj case det obl case amod obl punct root The DET river NOUN rushes VERB over ADP the DET weir NOUN after ADP heavy ADJ rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 river det 2 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 rushes nsubj 3 rushes rush VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADP _ 6 weir case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 weir det 6 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 3 rushes obl 7 after after ADP _ 9 rain case 8 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 9 rain amod 9 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 3 rushes obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 rushes punct
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1 rush present the river the weir after heavy rain vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over weir=Trajectory
Example 2 Salmon leap up the fish ladder beside the weir.
nsubj compound:prt det compound obj case det nmod punct root Salmon NOUN leap VERB up ADP the DET fish NOUN ladder NOUN beside ADP the DET weir NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Salmon salmon NOUN Number=Plur 2 leap nsubj 2 leap leap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 leap compound:prt 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 ladder det 5 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 6 ladder compound 6 ladder ladder NOUN Number=Sing 2 leap obj 7 beside beside ADP _ 9 weir case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 weir det 9 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 6 ladder nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 leap punct
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1 leap up present Salmon the fish ladder the weir vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ladder=Trajectory
Example 3 Never swim near a weir; the current can pull you under.
advmod case det obl punct det nsubj aux conj obj compound:prt punct root Never ADV swim VERB near ADP a DET weir NOUN ; PUNCT the DET current NOUN can AUX pull VERB you PRON under ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 swim advmod 2 swim swim VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 near near ADP _ 5 weir case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 weir det 5 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 2 swim obl 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 pull punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 current det 8 current current NOUN Number=Sing 10 pull nsubj 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 pull aux 10 pull pull VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 swim conj 11 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 pull obj 12 under under ADP _ 10 pull compound:prt 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 swim punct
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1 not swim imperative you not said here a weir vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near weir=Trajectory 2 pull under can the current you vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result
Example 4 The old mill used water from the weir.
det amod acl obj case det obl punct root The DET old ADJ mill NOUN used VERB water NOUN from ADP the DET weir NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mill det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mill amod 3 mill mill NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 mill acl 5 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 used obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 weir case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 weir det 8 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 4 used obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 mill punct
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1 use participle the old mill not said here water the weir vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
Example 5 We watched the ducks above the weir.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root We PRON watched VERB the DET ducks NOUN above ADP the DET weir NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ducks det 4 ducks duck NOUN Number=Plur 2 watched obj 5 above above ADP _ 7 weir case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 weir det 7 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We the ducks the weir vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Theme
Example 6 The canoeists carried their boats around the weir.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root The DET canoeists NOUN carried VERB their PRON boats NOUN around ADP the DET weir NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 canoeists det 2 canoeists canoeist NOUN Number=Plur 3 carried nsubj 3 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 boats nmod:poss 5 boats boat NOUN Number=Plur 3 carried obj 6 around around ADP _ 8 weir case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 weir det 8 weir weir NOUN Number=Sing 3 carried obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 carried punct
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1 carry past the canoeists canoeists's boats the weir vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
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