Who acts: sprinkle, Sprinkles, tiny coloured sugar pieces, It, sprinkling, you · What happens: be, scatter, decorate, sprinkle, mean, rain · To what, where: small drops, something, small amount, tiny coloured sugar pieces, cakes, cheese · Speech: someone speaks here
«sprinkle» in the English dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: sprinkle in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To sprinkle is to scatter small drops or bits over something, like salt, sugar, water or seeds.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent drop=Theme over something=Destination
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.
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme before lord=Destination
2
is
present
that
priest's left hand
time
priest nmod:poss
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.14.27, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.14.27
punct
2
Torah
Torah
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.14.27
compound
3
LEV.14.27
LEV.14.27
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.14.27
conj
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 JPS
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.14.27
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them. (Torah LEV.8.11, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
The tree, 26 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon altar=Destination
2
anoint
past
the altar and altar's vessels
vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Theme
3
sanctify
to-infinitive
the laver and altar's base
vessels = vessel
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.8.11, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.8.11
punct
2
Torah
Torah
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.8.11
compound
3
LEV.8.11
LEV.8.11
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.8.11
conj
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 JPS
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.8.11
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 11
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling. (Prophets ZEC.13.1, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.
The tree, 25 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
In
in
ADP
_
8 fountain
case
2
that
that
DET
Number=Sing PronType=Dem
3 day
det
3
day
day
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 fountain
nsubj
4
there
there
ADV
PronType=Dem
3 day
advmod
5
shall
shall
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
8 fountain
aux
6
be
be
AUX
VerbForm=Inf
8 fountain
cop
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 fountain
det
8
fountain
fountain
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
9
opened
open
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
8 fountain
acl
10
to
to
ADP
_
12 house
case
11
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
12 house
det
12
house
house
NOUN
Number=Sing
9 opened
obl
13
of
of
ADP
_
14 David
case
14
David
David
PROPN
Number=Sing
12 house
nmod
15
and
and
CCONJ
_
18 inhabitants
cc
16
to
to
ADP
_
18 inhabitants
case
17
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
18 inhabitants
det
18
inhabitants
inhabitant
NOUN
Number=Plur
14 David
conj
19
of
of
ADP
_
20 Jerusalem
case
20
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
PROPN
Number=Sing
18 inhabitants
nmod
21
,
,
PUNCT
_
23 purification
punct
22
for
for
ADP
_
23 purification
case
23
purification
purification
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 fountain
conj
24
and
and
CCONJ
_
26 sprinkling
cc
25
for
for
SCONJ
_
26 sprinkling
mark
26
sprinkling
sprinkle
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
8 fountain
conj
27
.
.
PUNCT
_
8 fountain
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
is
shall
that day
a fountain and purification
purification conj
tree rules
2
open
participle
a fountain and purification not said here
the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to house=Recipient
3
sprinkle
gerund
that day not said here
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets ZEC.13.1, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
ZEC.13.1
ZEC.13.1
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 ZEC.13.1
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 ZEC.13.1
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 12
And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (Prophets EZK.36.25, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
The tree, 26 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme upon you=Destination
2
is
shall
ye
clean property
tree rules
3
cleanse
future
your uncleannesses and your idols
you
I nsubj
vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.36.25, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
EZK.36.25
EZK.36.25
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZK.36.25
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZK.36.25
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 13
And he said: 'Throw her down.' So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and she was trodden under foot. (Prophets 2KI.9.33, JPS 1917)
vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2
sprinkle
past · passive
some of her blood
the wall
on the horses
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on wall=Destination
3
tread
past · passive
she
foot
vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
Sentence 3: (Prophets 2KI.9.33, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
2KI.9.33
2KI.9.33
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Prophets
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 1917
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 1917
nmod:unmarked
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 2KI.9.33
conj
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.