wreckage
Who acts: wreckage, Divers, Fishermen · What happens: break, leave, destroy, lie, find, gather · To what, where: broken pieces, rocks, pieces, sea bed, wreckage, shore
«wreckage» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: wreckage in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The broken pieces left after a ship, plane, car or building has been destroyed.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pieces | det |
| 2 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pieces | amod |
| 3 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pieces | acl |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 ship | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ship | det |
| 7 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plane | punct |
| 9 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ship | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 car | punct |
| 11 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ship | conj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 building | cc |
| 13 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ship | conj |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 destroyed | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 destroyed | aux:pass |
| 16 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 destroyed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | leave | participle | the broken pieces not said here | after a ship and plane and car or building | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | destroy | present · perfect · passive | the broken pieces | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Example 1
The wreckage of the ship lay on the rocks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wreckage | det |
| 2 | wreckage | wreckage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lay | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ship | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ship | det |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wreckage | nmod |
| 6 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 rocks | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rocks | det |
| 9 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lay | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | the wreckage of the ship | the rocks | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location |
Example 2
Divers found pieces of wreckage on the sea bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divers | diver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 wreckage | case |
| 5 | wreckage | wreckage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pieces | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bed | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bed | compound |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Divers | pieces of wreckage | the sea bed | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic |
Example 3
Fishermen gathered wreckage from the shore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishermen | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gathered | nsubj |
| 2 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wreckage | wreckage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gathered | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 shore | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shore | det |
| 6 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gathered | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gathered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | Fishermen | wreckage | the shore | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wreckage=Theme from shore=Source |
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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