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title: waterspout — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «waterspout» in the school dictionary: A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# waterspout

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**Who acts:** waterspout, water, cliff, it, heavy sea, gushing waterspout · **What happens:** be, shoot up, whirl, pour out, roll, flow out · **To what, where:** column, spout, roof, water, waterspout, Springs

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«waterspout» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [waterspout in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waterspout.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waterspout:m1:1
# text = A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	column	column	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	spout	spout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whirling	whirl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	over	over	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a waterspout | a column and a spout over the sea or a whirling tube of water |  |  |  | of water | tree rules |
| 2 | **shoot up** | gerund | water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **whirl** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A waterspout is also a spout on a roof or cliff that pours out water.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waterspout:m2:1
# text = A waterspout is also a spout on a roof or cliff that pours out water.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spout	spout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a waterspout | a spout |  | a roof or cliff |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pour out** | present | cliff | water |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was it a waterspout, or a heavy sea rolling suddenly upon them?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waterspout:x1:1
# text = Was it a waterspout, or a heavy sea rolling suddenly upon them?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a waterspout |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund | a heavy sea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon them *= they*; suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Springs of water flowed out of the cliff in thick waterspouts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waterspout:x2:1
# text = Springs of water flowed out of the cliff in thick waterspouts.
1	Springs	spring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	flowed	flow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	waterspouts	waterspout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow out** | participle · passive |  | Springs of water |  | the cliff in thick waterspouts |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gushing waterspout took many strange forms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waterspout:x3:1
# text = The gushing waterspout took many strange forms.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gushing	gush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	waterspout	waterspout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | the gushing waterspout | many strange forms |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |

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