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title: lengthwise — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lengthwise» in the school dictionary: Along the longest side of something: from one end to the other. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lengthwise

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**Who acts:** you, He · **What happens:** lay, lie, cut · **To what, where:** stick, table, bed, paper

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«lengthwise» 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: [lengthwise in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lengthwise.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Along the longest side of something: from one end to the other.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lengthwise:m1:1
# text = Along the longest side of something: from one end to the other.
1	Along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Lay the stick lengthwise on the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lengthwise:x1:1
# text = Lay the stick lengthwise on the table.
1	Lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	lengthwise	lengthwise	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stick |  | the table |  | lengthwise *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme on table=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He lay lengthwise on the bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lengthwise:x2:1
# text = He lay lengthwise on the bed.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lengthwise	lengthwise	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | He |  |  | the bed |  | lengthwise *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Cut the paper lengthwise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lengthwise:x3:1
# text = Cut the paper lengthwise.
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	lengthwise	lengthwise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | the paper |  |  |  | lengthwise *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset paper=Product |

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**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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