wilderness Who acts: wilderness, that, Bible, Israelites, Jesus, Bears · What happens: be, not change, say, wander, fast, leave out · To what, where: wild area, towns, desert, wilderness, Canadian wilderness, frozen wilderness · Speech: someone speaks here
«wilderness» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: wilderness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A wilderness is a wild area of land that people have not changed, with no towns, farms or roads.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod nsubj nsubj aux advmod parataxis punct case det obj punct conj cc conj punct root A DET wilderness NOUN is AUX a DET wild ADJ area NOUN of ADP land NOUN that PRON people NOUN have AUX not PART changed VERB , PUNCT with ADP no DET towns NOUN , PUNCT farms NOUN or CCONJ roads NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 wilderness det 2 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 6 area nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 area cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 area det 5 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 6 area amod 6 area area NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 land case 8 land land NOUN Number=Sing 6 area nmod 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 13 changed nsubj 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 changed nsubj 11 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 changed aux 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 changed advmod 13 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 area parataxis 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 towns punct 15 with with ADP _ 17 towns case 16 no no DET PronType=Neg 17 towns det 17 towns town NOUN Number=Plur 13 changed obj 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 farms punct 19 farms farm NOUN Number=Plur 17 towns conj 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 roads cc 21 roads road NOUN Number=Plur 19 farms conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 area punct
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1 is a present a wilderness a wild area of land tree rules 2 not change present · perfect that no towns and farms or roads vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=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 Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.
The wilderness is the desert where, the Bible says, the Israelites wandered for forty years and Jesus fasted for forty days.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det advmod punct det nsubj acl:relcl punct det nsubj ccomp case nummod obl cc nsubj conj case nummod obl punct root The DET wilderness NOUN is AUX the DET desert NOUN where ADV , PUNCT the DET Bible PROPN says VERB , PUNCT the DET Israelites PROPN wandered VERB for ADP forty NUM years NOUN and CCONJ Jesus PROPN fasted VERB for ADP forty NUM days NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 wilderness det 2 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 5 desert nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 desert cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 desert det 5 desert desert NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 says advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 where punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Bible det 9 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 10 says nsubj 10 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 desert acl:relcl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 wandered punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 Israelites det 13 Israelites Israelite PROPN Number=Plur 14 wandered nsubj 14 wandered wander VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 says ccomp 15 for for ADP _ 17 years case 16 forty forty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 17 years nummod 17 years year NOUN Number=Plur 14 wandered obl 18 and and CCONJ _ 20 fasted cc 19 Jesus Jesus PROPN Number=Sing 20 fasted nsubj 20 fasted fast VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 wandered conj 21 for for ADP _ 23 days case 22 forty forty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 23 days nummod 23 days day NOUN Number=Plur 20 fasted obl 24 . . PUNCT _ 5 desert punct
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1 is a present the wilderness the desert tree rules 2 say speech: assert present the Bible vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 wander past the Israelites year vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 fast past Jesus day tree rules
Meaning 3 In the wilderness (idiom): left out, without power or importance for a time.
The tree, 13 words case det punct appos punct punct acl compound:prt punct case obl cc conj case det obl punct root In ADP the DET wilderness NOUN ( PUNCT idiom NOUN ) PUNCT : PUNCT left VERB out ADP , PUNCT without ADP power NOUN or CCONJ importance NOUN for ADP a DET time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 wilderness case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 wilderness det 3 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 idiom punct 5 idiom idiom NOUN Number=Sing 3 wilderness appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 idiom punct 7 : : PUNCT _ 8 left punct 8 left leave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 wilderness acl 9 out out ADP _ 8 left compound:prt 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 power punct 11 without without ADP _ 12 power case 12 power power NOUN Number=Sing 8 left obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 importance cc 14 importance importance NOUN Number=Sing 12 power conj 15 for for ADP _ 17 time case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 time det 17 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 left obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 wilderness punct
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1 leave out participle the wilderness not said here time without power or importance vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Bears live deep in the Canadian wilderness.
nsubj advmod case det amod obl punct root Bears NOUN live VERB deep ADV in ADP the DET Canadian ADJ wilderness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bears bear NOUN Number=Plur 2 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 deep deep ADV _ 2 live advmod 4 in in ADP _ 7 wilderness case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wilderness det 6 Canadian Canadian ADJ Degree=Pos 7 wilderness amod 7 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 2 live obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 live punct
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1 live present Bears the Canadian wilderness deep property vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wilderness=Location
Example 2 The explorers crossed the frozen wilderness.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET explorers NOUN crossed VERB the DET frozen VERB wilderness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 explorers det 2 explorers explorer NOUN Number=Plur 3 crossed nsubj 3 crossed cross VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wilderness det 5 frozen freeze VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 wilderness amod 6 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 3 crossed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 crossed punct
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1 cross past the explorers the frozen wilderness vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wilderness=Patient 2 freeze participle vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Moses led the people through the wilderness.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Moses PROPN led VERB the DET people NOUN through ADP the DET wilderness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Moses Moses PROPN Number=Sing 2 led nsubj 2 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 people det 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 led obj 5 through through ADP _ 7 wilderness case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wilderness det 7 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 2 led obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 led punct
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1 lead past Moses the people the wilderness vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme through wilderness=Destination
Example 4 Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness.
nsubj nummod obj case det obl punct root Jesus PROPN spent VERB forty NUM days NOUN in ADP the DET wilderness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN Number=Sing 2 spent nsubj 2 spent spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 forty forty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 days nummod 4 days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 spent obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 wilderness case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wilderness det 7 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 spent punct
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1 spend past Jesus the wilderness day vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Our garden became a wilderness when nobody weeded it.
nmod:poss nsubj det xcomp advmod nsubj advcl obj punct root Our PRON garden NOUN became VERB a DET wilderness NOUN when ADV nobody PRON weeded VERB it PRON . PUNCT 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 garden nmod:poss 2 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 wilderness det 5 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 3 became xcomp 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 weeded advmod 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 weeded nsubj 8 weeded weed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 became advcl 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 weeded obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past Our garden a wilderness vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 weed past nobody garden vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source
Example 6 The team spent years in the wilderness before winning again.
det nsubj obj case det obl mark advcl advmod punct root The DET team NOUN spent VERB years NOUN in ADP the DET wilderness NOUN before SCONJ winning VERB again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 team det 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 spent nsubj 3 spent spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 years year NOUN Number=Plur 3 spent obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 wilderness case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wilderness det 7 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 3 spent obl 8 before before SCONJ _ 9 winning mark 9 winning win VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 spent advcl 10 again again ADV _ 9 winning advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 spent punct
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1 spend past the team the wilderness year vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 win gerund the team not said here again vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 A wilderness guide taught us to read a compass.
det compound nsubj obj mark xcomp det obj punct root A DET wilderness NOUN guide NOUN taught VERB us PRON to PART read VERB a DET compass NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 guide det 2 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 3 guide compound 3 guide guide NOUN Number=Sing 4 taught nsubj 4 taught teach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 taught obj 6 to to PART _ 7 read mark 7 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 taught xcomp 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 compass det 9 compass compass NOUN Number=Sing 7 read obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 taught punct
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1 teach speech: other past a wilderness guide us vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic 2 read to-infinitive a wilderness guide not said here a compass vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compass=Topic
Example 8 The way gradually grew thicker of brushwood, as they rode along, till at last it became a trackless wilderness.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj advmod xcomp case obl punct mark nsubj conj advmod punct mark case obl nsubj conj det amod xcomp punct root The DET way NOUN gradually ADV grew VERB thicker ADJ of ADP brushwood NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ they PRON rode VERB along ADV , PUNCT till SCONJ at ADP last ADJ it PRON became VERB a DET trackless ADJ wilderness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 way det 2 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 grew nsubj 3 gradually gradually ADV _ 4 grew advmod 4 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 thicker thick ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 grew xcomp 6 of of ADP _ 7 brushwood case 7 brushwood brushwood NOUN Number=Sing 5 thicker obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 rode punct 9 as as SCONJ _ 11 rode mark 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 rode nsubj 11 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 grew conj 12 along along ADV _ 11 rode advmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 18 became punct 14 till till SCONJ _ 18 became mark 15 at at ADP _ 16 last case 16 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 18 became obl 17 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 became nsubj 18 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 rode conj 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 wilderness det 20 trackless trackless ADJ Degree=Pos 21 wilderness amod 21 wilderness wilderness NOUN Number=Sing 18 became xcomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 4 grew punct
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1 grow past the way gradually, thick property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 ride along past they along property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 3 become past way a trackless wilderness last vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
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