candelabra

Who acts: brass candelabra, old candelabra · What happens: branch, make, light, burn, fall · To what, where: branched holder, room, Five candles, candelabra

«candelabra» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: candelabra in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps, often made of brass or silver.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 holder	det
2	branched	branch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 holder	amod
3	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 arms	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 arms	amod
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holder	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 candles	case
8	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 arms	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 lamps	cc
10	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 candles	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 holder	acl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 brass	case
15	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 silver	cc
17	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brass	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 holder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	branch	participle							vn differ-23.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	participle		a branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps not said here				of brass or silver; often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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.

Example 1

The brass candelabra lit the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 candelabra	det
2	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 candelabra	compound
3	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lit	nsubj
4	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lit	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	the brass candelabra	the room					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Product

Example 2

Five candles burned in the candelabra.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 candles	nummod
2	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 candles	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 candelabra	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 candelabra	det
6	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 candles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	participle		Five candles not said here		the candelabra			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in candelabra=Location

Example 3

The old candelabra fell to the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 candelabra	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 candelabra	amod
3	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the old candelabra					to the floor	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme

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