blot

Who acts: blot, you, fog, He, his, cloud · What happens: be, blot, soak up, blot out, not see, drop · To what, where: spot, wet ink, it, sun., blot, page

«blot» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: blot in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A blot is a spot or stain, especially of ink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 blot	det
2	blot	blot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spot	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spot	det
5	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stain	cc
7	stain	stain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spot	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ink	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 ink	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ink	case
11	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spot	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a blot	a spot or stain and ink					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

To blot is to dry or soak up wet ink with paper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 blot	mark
2	blot	blot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dry	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dry	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dry	mark
5	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 soak	cc
7	soak	soak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dry	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 soak	compound:prt
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ink	amod
10	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soak	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 paper	case
12	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soak	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blot	to-infinitive			vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		dry property	tree rules
3	soak up	infinitive	wet ink	with paper	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ink=Destination with paper=Theme

Meaning 3

To blot out is to hide something completely, so that you cannot see it: the fog blotted out the sun.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 blot	mark
2	blot	blot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hide	advcl
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 blot	compound:prt
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hide	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hide	obj
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	6 hide	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 see	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 see	advmod
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hide	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 see	obj
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 blotted	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fog	det
19	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 blotted	nsubj
20	blotted	blot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hide	parataxis
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 blotted	compound:prt
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sun.	det
23	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 blotted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blot out	to-infinitive				vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			completely, hide property	tree rules
3	not see	can	you	it		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	blot out	participle	the fog	the sun.		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun.=Destination

Example 1

He dropped a blot of ink on his page.

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blot	det
4	blot	blot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 ink	case
6	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blot	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 page	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 page	nmod:poss
9	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	a blot of ink		his page			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blot=Theme on page=Destination
2	page		his = he						nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Blot the page with a tissue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blot	blot	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 page	det
3	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blot	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 tissue	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tissue	det
6	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blot	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Blot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blot	imperative	you not said here	the page				with a tissue	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent page=Destination with tissue=Theme

Example 3

A cloud blotted out the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloud	det
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	blotted	blot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cloud	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 blotted	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun.	det
6	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blotted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blot out	participle	a cloud not said here	the sun.					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun.=Destination

Example 4

The huge bird blotted out the light.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	blotted	blot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bird	acl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 blotted	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blotted	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blot out	participle	the huge bird not said here	the light					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme light=Destination

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