calamine

Who acts: Mum, Calamine, you · What happens: make, use, soothe, dab, calamine, help · To what, where: pink powder, zinc oxide, little iron oxide, lotion, itchy skin, chickenpox spots

«calamine» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: calamine in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pink powder made from zinc oxide with a little iron oxide, used in a lotion to soothe itchy or sore skin.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 powder	det
2	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 powder	amod
3	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 powder	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 oxide	case
6	zinc	zinc	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oxide	compound
7	oxide	oxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 oxide	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 oxide	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 oxide	amod
11	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 oxide	compound
12	oxide	oxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oxide	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 oxide	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 lotion	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lotion	det
17	lotion	lotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 used	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 soothe	mark
19	soothe	soothe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 used	advcl
20	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 skin	amod
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 sore	cc
22	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 itchy	conj
23	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 soothe	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 powder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	participle	a pink powder not said here	zinc oxide with a little iron oxide	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from oxide=Material
2	use	participle	a little iron oxide not said here	a lotion	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	soothe	to-infinitive	itchy skin		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skin=Experiencer

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, science — kept apart, not parsed.

An old name for zinc ores.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 name	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 name	amod
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 ores	case
5	zinc	zinc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ores	compound
6	ores	ore	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 name	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 name	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Mum dabbed calamine lotion on my chickenpox spots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dabbed	nsubj
2	dabbed	dab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calamine	calamine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dabbed	xcomp
4	lotion	lotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calamine	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 spots	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spots	nmod:poss
7	chickenpox	chickenpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spots	compound
8	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calamine	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dab	past	Mum						tree rules
2	calamine	infinitive	Mum not said here	lotion		my chickenpox spots			tree rules

Example 2

Calamine helps stop nettle stings itching.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calamine	calamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
4	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stings	compound
5	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obj
6	itching	itch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	present	Calamine		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	stop	infinitive	Calamine not said here	nettle stings	tree rules
3	itch	gerund	Calamine not said here		vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

The calamine left pink patches all over my legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calamine	det
2	calamine	calamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 patches	amod
5	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obj
6	all	all	ADV	_	9 legs	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 legs	nmod:poss
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 patches	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the calamine	pink patches		my legs			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent patch=Theme over leg=Location

Example 4

Keep calamine lotion in the first-aid kit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calamine	calamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lotion	compound
3	lotion	lotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 kit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kit	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 aid	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 first	punct
8	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kit	compound
9	kit	kit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	calamine lotion		the aid kit			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lotion=Theme in kit=Location

Example 5

Shake the calamine bottle before you use it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bottle	det
3	calamine	calamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bottle	compound
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shake	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 use	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shake	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Shake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	the calamine bottle					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient
2	use	present	you	bottle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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