baste

Who acts: meat, baste, officer, people, Dad, She · What happens: be, cook, keep, make, pay, arrest · To what, where: meat, bailiff, people, chicken, roast, door

«baste» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: baste in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To baste is to pour fat or juice over meat while it cooks, to keep it moist.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 baste	mark
2	baste	baste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pour	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pour	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pour	mark
5	pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pour	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 juice	cc
8	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 meat	case
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pour	obl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 cooks	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cooks	nsubj
13	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pour	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 pour	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keep	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			meat	pour property	tree rules
2	cook	present	meat				vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	keep	to-infinitive		meat		moist property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 Irish use — kept apart, not parsed.

A baste is a bailiff, a sheriff's officer who makes people pay or arrests them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 baste	det
2	baste	baste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bailiff	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bailiff	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bailiff	det
5	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 officer	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sheriff	det
8	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 officer	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 sheriff	case
10	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bailiff	appos
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 officer	acl:relcl
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 makes	obj
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 makes	xcomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 arrests	cc
16	arrests	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 makes	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 arrests	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bailiff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a baste	a bailiff	tree rules
2	make	present	a sheriff's officer	people	tree rules
3	pay	infinitive	people not said here		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	arrest	present	a sheriff's officer not said here	people	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 1

Dad basted the chicken with its own juice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	nsubj
2	basted	baste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chicken	det
4	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 juice	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 juice	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 juice	amod
8	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 basted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baste	past	Dad	the chicken				with chicken's own juice	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient with juice=Co-Patient

Example 2

She basted the roast every half hour.

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 basted	nsubj
2	basted	baste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 roast	det
4	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hour	det
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 hour	compound
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 basted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baste	past	She	the roast			hour		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roast=Patient

Example 3

The baste came to the door to take the farmer's cattle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baste	det
2	baste	baste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 take	mark
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cattle	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 farmer	case
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the baste			the door			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location
2	take	to-infinitive	the baste not said here		the farmer's cattle				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cattle=Destination

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