bushel

Who acts: bushel, farmer, you, reward · What happens: be, use, hold, sell, fill · To what, where: old measure, basket, measure, six bushels, bushel

«bushel» 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: bushel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bushel	det
2	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 measure	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 measure	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 measure	amod
6	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 things	case
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 measure	nmod
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 grain	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 things	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 apples	punct
14	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grain	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 potatoes	cc
16	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grain	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gallons	punct
18	about	about	ADV	_	19 eight	advmod
19	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 gallons	nummod
20	gallons	gallon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grain	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bushel	a old measure				of dry things such grain and apples or potatoes and eight gallons	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

A bushel is the basket or box used to hold that measure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bushel	det
2	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 basket	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 basket	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 basket	det
5	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 box	cc
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 basket	conj
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 basket	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hold	mark
10	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 measure	det
12	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 basket	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a bushel	the basket or box	tree rules
2	use	participle		the basket or box not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hold	to-infinitive		that measure	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme

Example 1

The farmer sold six bushels of apples.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 bushels	nummod
5	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 apples	case
7	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bushels	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the farmer	six bushels of apples					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme

Example 2

Fill the bushel with wheat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bushel	det
3	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fill	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 wheat	case
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fill	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	imperative	you not said here	the bushel				with wheat	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bushel=Patient with wheat=Instrument

Example 3

The reward was a bushel of gold coins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reward	det
2	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bushel	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bushel	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bushel	det
5	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 coins	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coins	compound
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bushel	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bushel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the reward	a bushel				of gold coins	tree rules

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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