ballpoint

Who acts: tip, you, pen, I, ballpoint pen, my · What happens: roll, spread, write, call, borrow, run · To what, where: ink, ballpoint pen, blue ballpoint, answer, ballpoint, pencil case · Speech: someone speaks here

«ballpoint» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: ballpoint in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pen with a tiny metal ball at its tip that rolls and spreads ink as you write; also called a ballpoint pen.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pen	det
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ball	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ball	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ball	compound
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pen	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 tip	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tip	nmod:poss
10	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ball	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rolls	nsubj
12	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tip	acl:relcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 spreads	cc
14	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 rolls	conj
15	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spreads	obj
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 write	mark
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 write	nsubj
18	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spreads	advcl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 called	punct
20	also	also	ADV	_	21 called	advmod
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pen	acl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 pen	det
23	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 pen	compound
24	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 called	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	roll	present	ball's tip		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spread	present	ball's tip not said here	ink	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ink=Theme
3	write	present	you		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	call	participle	a pen with a tiny metal ball at ball's tip not said here	a ballpoint pen	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Of this kind of pen: «ballpoint ink».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 kind	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 kind	det
3	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 pen	case
5	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kind	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 ink	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 ink	punct
8	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ink	compound
9	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kind	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 ink	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

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

Example 1

Can I borrow a blue ballpoint?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 borrow	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 borrow	nsubj
3	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ballpoint	det
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ballpoint	amod
6	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrow	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 borrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	can	I	a blue ballpoint					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ballpoint=Theme

Example 2

The ballpoint pen ran out of ink in the middle of my test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pen	det
2	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pen	compound
3	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 ink	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ink	case
7	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 test	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 test	nmod:poss
13	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the ballpoint pen			ink		in the middle of my test	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out ink=Trajectory
2	test		my						nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Ballpoint ink dries quickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ink	compound
2	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dries	nsubj
3	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 dries	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	Ballpoint ink					quickly property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

Write your answer in ballpoint, not pencil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 answer	nmod:poss
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 ballpoint	case
5	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pencil	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 pencil	advmod
8	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ballpoint	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	your answer		ballpoint			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme in ballpoint=Destination
2	answer		your						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The tiny ball in a ballpoint rolls as you write.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ball	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ball	amod
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rolls	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ballpoint	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ballpoint	det
6	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ball	nmod
7	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 write	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 write	nsubj
10	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rolls	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rolls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	the tiny ball in a ballpoint						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	write	present	you						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

My ballpoint leaked in my pencil case.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ballpoint	nmod:poss
2	ballpoint	ballpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	leaked	leak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ballpoint	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 case	nmod:poss
6	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	compound
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ballpoint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leak	participle		My ballpoint not said here		my pencil case			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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