armful Who acts: you, She, Dad, He, children, pupil · What happens: carry, come in, pick, bring, drop, take · To what, where: armful, fire, armfuls
«armful» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: armful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 As much as you can carry in one or both arms.
advmod mark nsubj aux acl case obl cc det conj punct root As ADV much ADJ as SCONJ you PRON can AUX carry VERB in ADP one NUM or CCONJ both DET arms NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 As as ADV _ 2 much advmod 2 much much ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 as as SCONJ _ 6 carry mark 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 carry nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 carry aux 6 carry carry VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 much acl 7 in in ADP _ 8 one case 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 carry obl 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 arms cc 10 both both DET PronType=Tot 11 arms det 11 arms arm NOUN Number=Plur 8 one conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 much punct
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1 carry can you in one or both arms vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in one=Location
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.
Example 1 She came in with an armful of books.
nsubj advmod case det obl case nmod punct root She PRON came VERB in ADV with ADP an DET armful NOUN of ADP books NOUN . PUNCT 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 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADV _ 2 came advmod 4 with with ADP _ 6 armful case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 armful det 6 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 2 came obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 books case 8 books book NOUN Number=Plur 6 armful nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct
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1 come in past She with a armful of books vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Dad carried an armful of logs to the fire.
nsubj det obj case nmod case det obl punct root Dad NOUN carried VERB an DET armful NOUN of ADP logs NOUN to ADP the DET fire NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 carried nsubj 2 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 armful det 4 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 2 carried obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 logs case 6 logs log NOUN Number=Plur 4 armful nmod 7 to to ADP _ 9 fire case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fire det 9 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 2 carried obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 carried punct
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1 carry past Dad a armful of logs the fire vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent armful=Theme to fire=Destination
Example 3 He picked an armful of flowers.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root He PRON picked VERB an DET armful NOUN of ADP flowers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 picked nsubj 2 picked pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 armful det 4 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 2 picked obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 flowers case 6 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 4 armful nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 picked punct
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1 pick past He a armful of flowers vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Patient
Example 4 The children brought armfuls of leaves.
det nsubj obj case nmod punct root The DET children NOUN brought VERB armfuls NOUN of ADP leaves NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 children det 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 brought nsubj 3 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 armfuls armful NOUN Number=Plur 3 brought obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 leaves case 6 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 4 armfuls nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 brought punct
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1 bring past the children armfuls of leaves vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
Example 5 She dropped her armful of shopping.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case nmod punct root She PRON dropped VERB her PRON armful NOUN of ADP shopping NOUN . PUNCT 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 dropped nsubj 2 dropped drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 armful nmod:poss 4 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 2 dropped obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 shopping case 6 shopping shopping NOUN Number=Sing 4 armful nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 dropped punct
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1 drop past She her armful of shopping vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
Example 6 Each pupil carried an armful of chairs.
det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root Each DET pupil NOUN carried VERB an DET armful NOUN of ADP chairs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 pupil det 2 pupil pupil NOUN Number=Sing 3 carried nsubj 3 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 armful det 5 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 3 carried obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 chairs case 7 chairs chair NOUN Number=Plur 5 armful nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 carried punct
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1 carry past each pupil a armful of chairs vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
Example 7 Minnikin, however, took home with him an armful of gold and silver hoops from the Troll’s ship.
The tree, 18 words nsubj punct advmod punct advmod case obl det obj case nmod cc compound conj case det nmod:poss case nmod punct root Minnikin PROPN , PUNCT however ADV , PUNCT took VERB home ADV with ADP him PRON an DET armful NOUN of ADP gold NOUN and CCONJ silver NOUN hoops NOUN from ADP the DET Troll PROPN ’s PART ship NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN Number=Sing 5 took nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Minnikin punct 3 however however ADV _ 5 took advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 however punct 5 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 home home ADV _ 5 took advmod 7 with with ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 took obl 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 armful det 10 armful armful NOUN Number=Sing 5 took obj 11 of of ADP _ 12 gold case 12 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 10 armful nmod 13 and and CCONJ _ 15 hoops cc 14 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 15 hoops compound 15 hoops hoop NOUN Number=Plur 12 gold conj 16 from from ADP _ 20 ship case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 Troll det 18 Troll Troll PROPN Number=Sing 20 ship nmod:poss 19 ’s 's PART _ 18 Troll case 20 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 15 hoops nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 took punct
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1 take past Minnikin a armful of gold and silver hoops from the Troll's ship with him = he ; home, however property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
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