widen Who acts: eyes, They, river, he, Reading, police · What happens: widen, mean, make, become, open, reach · To what, where: something, it, road, river, range, vocabulary · Speech: someone speaks here
«widen» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: widen in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To widen something means to make it wider, like widening a road or a path.
The tree, 15 words mark csubj obj mark xcomp obj xcomp punct mark advcl det obj cc det conj punct root To PART widen VERB something PRON means VERB to PART make VERB it PRON wider ADJ , PUNCT like SCONJ widening VERB a DET road NOUN or CCONJ a DET path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 widen mark 2 widen widen VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 widen obj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 wider wide ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 make xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 widening punct 10 like like SCONJ _ 11 widening mark 11 widening widen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 make advcl 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 road det 13 road road NOUN Number=Sing 11 widening obj 14 or or CCONJ _ 16 path cc 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 path det 16 path path NOUN Number=Sing 13 road conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen to-infinitive something vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make not said to happen to-infinitive it wide property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product 4 widen gerund a road or a path vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent road=Patient
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 To widen means to become wider, as in «the river widens near the sea».
The tree, 14 words mark csubj mark xcomp advmod punct mark case punct det obl parataxis case det obl punct punct root To PART widen VERB means VERB to PART become VERB wider ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT the DET river NOUN widens VERB near ADP the DET sea NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 widen mark 2 widen widen VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 become mark 5 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 wider wide ADV Degree=Cmp 5 become advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 widens punct 8 as as SCONJ _ 13 widens mark 9 in in ADP _ 12 river case 10 « « PUNCT _ 12 river punct 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 river det 12 river river NOUN Number=Sing 13 widens obl 13 widens widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 means parataxis 14 near near ADP _ 16 sea case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 sea det 16 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 13 widens obl 17 » » PUNCT _ 13 widens punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen to-infinitive vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 become not said to happen to-infinitive wide property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 4 widen in a quote present the river near the sea vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Meaning 3 To widen can mean to make something bigger in range, as in «widen your vocabulary» or «widen the search».
The tree, 19 words mark csubj aux mark xcomp obj amod case obl punct mark fixed punct conj nmod:poss obj punct cc punct conj det obj punct punct root To PART widen VERB can AUX mean VERB to PART make VERB something PRON bigger ADJ in ADP range NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT widen VERB your PRON vocabulary NOUN » PUNCT or CCONJ « PUNCT widen VERB the DET search NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 widen mark 2 widen widen VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 mean csubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 mean xcomp 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 make obj 8 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 something amod 9 in in ADP _ 10 range case 10 range range NOUN Number=Sing 6 make obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 widen punct 12 as as SCONJ _ 15 widen mark 13 in in ADP _ 12 as fixed 14 « « PUNCT _ 15 widen punct 15 widen widen VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make conj 16 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 vocabulary nmod:poss 17 vocabulary vocabulary NOUN Number=Sing 15 widen obj 18 » » PUNCT _ 15 widen punct 19 or or CCONJ _ 21 widen cc 20 « « PUNCT _ 21 widen punct 21 widen widen VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 widen conj 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 search det 23 search search NOUN Number=Sing 21 widen obj 24 » » PUNCT _ 21 widen punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen to-infinitive vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make not said to happen to-infinitive something range vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product 4 widen in a quote infinitive your vocabulary vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vocabulary=Patient 5 widen in a quote infinitive the search vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent search=Patient
Meaning 4 If eyes widen, they open more because of surprise or fear.
mark nsubj advcl punct nsubj obj case fixed obl cc conj punct root If SCONJ eyes NOUN widen VERB , PUNCT they PRON open VERB more ADJ because ADP of ADP surprise NOUN or CCONJ fear NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 widen mark 2 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 3 widen nsubj 3 widen widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 open advcl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 widen punct 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 open nsubj 6 open open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 open obj 8 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 10 surprise case 9 of of ADP _ 8 because fixed 10 surprise surprise NOUN Number=Sing 6 open obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 fear cc 12 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 10 surprise conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 open punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen a condition, not said to happen present eyes vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 open present eyes = eye more because surprise or fear vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme
Example 1 They are widening the road outside our school.
nsubj aux det obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root They PRON are AUX widening VERB the DET road NOUN outside ADP our PRON school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 widening nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 widening aux 3 widening widen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 road det 5 road road NOUN Number=Sing 3 widening obj 6 outside outside ADP _ 8 school case 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 school nmod:poss 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 road nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 widening punct
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1 widen present · progressive They the road outside our school vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent road=Patient
Example 2 The river widens as it reaches the sea.
det nsubj mark nsubj advcl det obj punct root The DET river NOUN widens VERB as SCONJ it PRON reaches VERB the DET sea 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 widens nsubj 3 widens widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 reaches mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 reaches nsubj 6 reaches reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 widens advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sea det 8 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 6 reaches obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 widens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen present the river vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 reach present river the sea vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sea=Theme
Example 3 His eyes widened when he saw the birthday cake.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp det compound obj punct root His PRON eyes NOUN widened VERB when ADV he PRON saw VERB the DET birthday NOUN cake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 eyes nmod:poss 2 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 3 widened nsubj 3 widened widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 saw advmod 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 saw nsubj 6 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 widened ccomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 cake det 8 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 9 cake compound 9 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 widened punct
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1 widen past His eyes tree rules 2 see past he the birthday cake vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus
Example 4 Reading lots of books widens your vocabulary.
csubj obj case nmod nmod:poss obj punct root Reading VERB lots NOUN of ADP books NOUN widens VERB your PRON vocabulary NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 widens csubj 2 lots lot NOUN Number=Plur 1 Reading obj 3 of of ADP _ 4 books case 4 books book NOUN Number=Plur 2 lots nmod 5 widens widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 vocabulary nmod:poss 7 vocabulary vocabulary NOUN Number=Sing 5 widens obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 widens punct
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1 read gerund lots of books vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic 2 widen present Reading your vocabulary vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vocabulary=Patient
Example 5 The police widened the search for the lost dog.
det nsubj det obj case det amod nmod punct root The DET police NOUN widened VERB the DET search NOUN for ADP the DET lost VERB dog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 widened nsubj 3 widened widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 search det 5 search search NOUN Number=Sing 3 widened obj 6 for for ADP _ 9 dog case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 dog det 8 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 dog amod 9 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 5 search nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 widened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen past the police the search for the lost dog vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent search=Patient 2 lose participle vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The gap between the two teams widened in the second half.
det case det nummod nmod acl case det amod obl punct root The DET gap NOUN between ADP the DET two NUM teams NOUN widened VERB in ADP the DET second ADJ half NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 gap det 2 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 between between ADP _ 6 teams case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 teams det 5 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 teams nummod 6 teams team NOUN Number=Plur 2 gap nmod 7 widened widen VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 teams acl 8 in in ADP _ 11 half case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 half det 10 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 11 half amod 11 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 7 widened obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 gap punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen participle the two teams not said here the second half vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 7 If we widen the rectangle, its area gets bigger.
mark nsubj advcl det obj punct nmod:poss nsubj xcomp punct root If SCONJ we PRON widen VERB the DET rectangle NOUN , PUNCT its PRON area NOUN gets VERB bigger ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 widen mark 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 widen nsubj 3 widen widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 gets advcl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rectangle det 5 rectangle rectangle NOUN Number=Sing 3 widen obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 3 widen punct 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 area nmod:poss 8 area area NOUN Number=Sing 9 gets nsubj 9 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 gets xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 9 gets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 widen a condition, not said to happen present we the rectangle vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rectangle=Patient 2 get present rectangle's area big property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 8 And he touched the walls, and they widened out, and she saw the organ which was playing; she saw the old pictures of the preachers and the preachers' wives.
The tree, 30 words cc nsubj det obj punct cc nsubj conj compound:prt punct cc nsubj conj det obj nsubj aux acl:relcl punct nsubj conj det amod obj case det nmod cc det nmod:poss case conj punct root And CCONJ he PRON touched VERB the DET walls NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ they PRON widened VERB out ADP , PUNCT and CCONJ she PRON saw VERB the DET organ NOUN which PRON was AUX playing VERB ; PUNCT she PRON saw VERB the DET old ADJ pictures NOUN of ADP the DET preachers NOUN and CCONJ the DET preachers NOUN ' PART wives NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 3 touched cc 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 touched nsubj 3 touched touch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 walls det 5 walls wall NOUN Number=Plur 3 touched obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 widened punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 widened cc 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 widened nsubj 9 widened widen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 touched conj 10 out out ADP _ 9 widened compound:prt 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 saw punct 12 and and CCONJ _ 14 saw cc 13 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 saw nsubj 14 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 widened conj 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 organ det 16 organ organ NOUN Number=Sing 14 saw obj 17 which which PRON PronType=Rel 19 playing nsubj 18 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 19 playing aux 19 playing play VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 16 organ acl:relcl 20 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 saw punct 21 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 saw nsubj 22 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 touched conj 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 25 pictures det 24 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 25 pictures amod 25 pictures picture NOUN Number=Plur 22 saw obj 26 of of ADP _ 28 preachers case 27 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 28 preachers det 28 preachers preacher NOUN Number=Plur 25 pictures nmod 29 and and CCONJ _ 33 wives cc 30 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 31 preachers det 31 preachers preacher NOUN Number=Plur 33 wives nmod:poss 32 ' 's PART _ 31 preachers case 33 wives wife NOUN Number=Plur 28 preachers conj 34 . . PUNCT _ 3 touched punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 touch past he the walls vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme 2 widen out past walls = wall vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 see past she the organ vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer organ=Stimulus 4 play past · progressive the organ vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 see past she the old pictures of the preachers and the preachers's wives vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus
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