brimstone

Who acts: Brimstone, yellow stone, Old tales, yellow lumps · What happens: be, burn, say, smell, cry · To what, where: old word, angry cry, wicked place smells, angry old man · Speech: someone speaks here

«brimstone» 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: brimstone in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 sulphur	case
7	sulphur	sulphur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stone	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stone	det
10	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stone	amod
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 burns	nsubj
13	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stone	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 smell	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 smell	det
16	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 smell	amod
17	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burns	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Brimstone	a old word				for sulphur	tree rules
2	burn	present	a yellow stone					with a bad smell	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with smell=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 use, in exclamations — kept apart, not parsed.

«Brimstone and gall!» is an angry cry, like a curse.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
2	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cry	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 gall	cc
4	gall	gall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Brimstone	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cry	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cry	det
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cry	amod
10	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 curse	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 curse	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 curse	det
14	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cry	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Brimstone and gall	a angry cry and a curse					tree rules

Example 1

Old tales say the wicked place smells of brimstone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tales	amod
2	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smells	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smells	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smells	compound
7	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 brimstone	case
9	brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smells	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Old tales	the wicked place smells of brimstone					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent smell=Topic
2	smell		brimstone						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

The yellow lumps of brimstone burned blue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lumps	det
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lumps	amod
3	lumps	lump	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 burned	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 brimstone	case
5	brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lumps	nmod
6	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 burned	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 burned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	the yellow lumps of brimstone					blue property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

«Brimstone and gall!» cried the angry old man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
2	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cried	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 gall	cc
4	gall	gall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Brimstone	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Brimstone	punct
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cried	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Brimstone and gall	the angry old man					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic

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