ale

Who acts: travellers, Ginger ale, many people, pub, innkeeper, She · What happens: make, malt, drink, be, sell, pour · To what, where: ale, inn, fizzy drink, weak ale, Middle Ages, local ales

«ale» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: ale in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A kind of beer, often darker or stronger, made with malted barley.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 darker	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 beer	case
4	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 darker	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 darker	advmod
7	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 stronger	cc
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 darker	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 darker	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 barley	case
13	malted	malt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 barley	amod
14	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 darker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle						with malted barley	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	malt	participle							tree rules

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

Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

Any beer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 beer	det
2	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beer	punct

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

Example 1

The travellers drank ale at the inn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 travellers	det
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drank	nsubj
3	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 inn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inn	det
7	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	the travellers	ale		the inn			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient

Example 2

Ginger ale is a fizzy drink for children too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ginger	ginger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ale	compound
2	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 drink	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drink	det
5	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drink	amod
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drink	nmod
9	too	too	ADV	_	8 children	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ginger ale	a fizzy drink				for children	tree rules

Example 3

In the Middle Ages, many people drank weak ale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 Ages	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ages	det
3	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ages	flat
4	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 drank	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 drank	punct
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drank	nsubj
8	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ale	amod
10	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	many people	weak ale			in the Middle Ages		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient

Example 4

The pub sells local ales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pub	det
2	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ales	amod
5	ales	ale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	the pub	local ales					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme

Example 5

The innkeeper poured a mug of ale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 innkeeper	det
2	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	nsubj
3	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mug	det
5	mug	mug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ale	case
7	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mug	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 poured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	the innkeeper	a mug of ale					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mug=Patient

Example 6

She ordered a ginger ale with ice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ale	det
4	ginger	ginger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ale	compound
5	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ale	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	She	a ginger ale				with ice	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme

Example 7

Quoth he: "I like a glass of good ale and a well-toasted bannock.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quoth	Quoth	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 like	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Quoth	flat
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 glass	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ale	case
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ale	amod
11	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 glass	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bannock	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bannock	det
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 toasted	advmod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 well	punct
16	toasted	toast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 bannock	amod
17	bannock	bannock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ale	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like in a quote	present	Quoth	a glass of good ale and a toasted bannock					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme
2	toast in a quote	participle						well property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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