candlelight
Who acts: We, People, church, They, Mum · What happens: do, use, read, look, hold, have · To what, where: homework, candlelight vigil, candlelight dinner
«candlelight» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: candlelight in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The soft light from a candle or candles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 light | det |
| 2 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 light | amod |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 candle | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 candle | det |
| 6 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 light | nmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 candles | cc |
| 8 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 candle | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 light | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
We did our homework by candlelight during the power cut.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 homework | nmod:poss |
| 4 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 candlelight | case |
| 6 | candlelight | candlelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 7 | during | during | ADP | _ | 10 cut | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cut | det |
| 9 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cut | compound |
| 10 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | We | our homework | during the power cut | by candlelight | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
Example 2
People used to read by candlelight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 used | nsubj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 read | mark |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 used | advcl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 candlelight | case |
| 6 | candlelight | candlelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | People | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | People not said here | by candlelight | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The church looked lovely in the candlelight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 church | det |
| 2 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looked | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 candlelight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 candlelight | det |
| 7 | candlelight | candlelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the church | in the candlelight; lovely property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in candlelight=Theme |
Example 4
They held a candlelight vigil for the victims.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 held | nsubj |
| 2 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vigil | det |
| 4 | candlelight | candlelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vigil | compound |
| 5 | vigil | vigil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 held | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 victims | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 victims | det |
| 8 | victims | victim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 held | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | They | a candlelight vigil | for the victims | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vigil=Theme |
Example 5
Mum and Dad had a candlelight dinner.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Dad | cc |
| 3 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dinner | det |
| 6 | candlelight | candlelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dinner | compound |
| 7 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Mum and Dad | a candlelight dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |
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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