Who acts: We, Grandma, stew, you, She, real stew · What happens: cook, mean, keep, worry, stew, have · To what, where: vegetables, meal, food, stewed apples, beef stew, Irish stew
«stew» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: stew in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
A meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 meal
det
2
meal
meal
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
ADP
_
4 meat
case
4
meat
meat
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 meal
nmod
5
or
or
CCONJ
_
6 vegetables
cc
6
vegetables
vegetable
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 meat
conj
7
cooked
cook
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
6 vegetables
acl
8
slowly
slowly
ADV
_
7 cooked
advmod
9
in
in
ADP
_
10 liquid
case
10
liquid
liquid
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 cooked
obl
11
in
in
ADP
_
13 pot
case
12
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
13 pot
det
13
pot
pot
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 cooked
obl
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 meal
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
cook
participle
vegetables not said here
in a pot; in liquid; slowly property
vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in liquid=Instrument
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.
Everyday, meaning 2
To cook food slowly in liquid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 cook
mark
2
cook
cook
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 cook
obj
4
slowly
slowly
ADV
_
2 cook
advmod
5
in
in
ADP
_
6 liquid
case
6
liquid
liquid
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 cook
obl
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 cook
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
cook
to-infinitive
food
in liquid; slowly property
vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent food=Patient in liquid=Instrument
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"stewed apples".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
"
"
PUNCT
_
3 apples
punct
2
stewed
stew
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 apples
amod
3
apples
apple
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
4
"
"
PUNCT
_
3 apples
punct
5
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 apples
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
stewin a quote
participle
vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Everyday, meaning 3
Informally, "in a stew" means worried and upset; to "stew" means to keep worrying about something.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.2.7, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.2.7
punct
2
Torah
Torah
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.2.7
compound
3
LEV.2.7
LEV.2.7
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.2.7
conj
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 JPS
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.2.7
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
And every meal-offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the stewing-pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest's that offereth it. (Torah LEV.7.9, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And every meal-offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the stewing-pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in oven=Instrument
2
dress
present · passive
that
the stewing pan
vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3
offer
present
the priest
priest
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.7.9, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.7.9
punct
2
Torah
Torah
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.7.9
compound
3
LEV.7.9
LEV.7.9
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 LEV.7.9
conj
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 JPS
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 LEV.7.9
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.