broil
Who acts: broil, Mum, you, It, day · What happens: broil, be, let, bring · To what, where: hot flame, noisy quarrel, fish, grill, sausages broil, broils
«broil» 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: broil in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To broil is to cook food over or under a hot flame or fire.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 broil | mark |
| 2 | broil | broil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cook | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cook | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cook | mark |
| 5 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cook | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 flame | case |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 under | cc |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 over | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 flame | det |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 flame | amod |
| 12 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cook | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 fire | cc |
| 14 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flame | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cook | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | broil | to-infinitive | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | a hot flame or fire | cook property | 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
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A broil is a noisy quarrel or fight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 broil | det |
| 2 | broil | broil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quarrel | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 quarrel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 quarrel | det |
| 5 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 quarrel | amod |
| 6 | quarrel | quarrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 fight | cc |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quarrel | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 quarrel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a broil | a noisy quarrel or fight | tree rules |
Example 1
Mum broils the fish under the grill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broils | nsubj |
| 2 | broils | broil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fish | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broils | obj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 grill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grill | det |
| 7 | grill | grill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broils | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 broils | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | broil | present | Mum | the fish | the grill | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
Example 2
Let the sausages broil until brown.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 broil | det |
| 3 | sausages | sausage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broil | compound |
| 4 | broil | broil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 5 | until | until | ADP | _ | 6 brown | case |
| 6 | brown | brown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the sausages broil | until brown | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broil=Theme |
Example 3
It is sad that such a day should bring broils and fights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sad | cop |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 bring | mark |
| 5 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 day | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bring | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 bring | aux |
| 9 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sad | advcl |
| 10 | broils | broil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bring | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fights | cc |
| 12 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 broils | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | sad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | should | such day | broils and fights | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent broil=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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