carafe
Who acts: waiter, carafe, you, Mum, glass carafe · What happens: use, serve, bring, hold, pour, put · To what, where: glass jug, water, table, carafe, one litre, juice
«carafe» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: carafe in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A glass jug with a narrow neck and no lid, used for serving water or wine at the table.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jug | det |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jug | compound |
| 3 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 neck | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 neck | det |
| 6 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 neck | amod |
| 7 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jug | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lid | cc |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 lid | det |
| 10 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 neck | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 jug | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 serving | mark |
| 14 | serving | serve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 used | advcl |
| 15 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 serving | obj |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 wine | cc |
| 17 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 water | conj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 table | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 table | det |
| 20 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 serving | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 jug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | a glass jug with a narrow neck and no lid not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | serve | gerund | water or wine | the table | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Attribute |
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 waiter brought a carafe of water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 waiter | det |
| 2 | waiter | waiter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 carafe | det |
| 5 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carafe | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the waiter | a carafe of water | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent carafe=Theme |
Example 2
The carafe holds one litre.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 carafe | det |
| 2 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holds | nsubj |
| 3 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 litre | nummod |
| 5 | litre | litre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holds | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 holds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | the carafe | one litre | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme |
Example 3
Pour the juice from the carafe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 juice | det |
| 3 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 carafe | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 carafe | det |
| 6 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Pour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | the juice | the carafe | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent juice=Theme from carafe=Initial_Location |
Example 4
Mum put a carafe of water on the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | nsubj |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 carafe | det |
| 4 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carafe | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 table | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 table | det |
| 9 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | Mum | a carafe of water | the table | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent carafe=Theme on table=Destination |
Example 5
How many 250 ml glasses can a 1 litre carafe fill?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 glasses | amod |
| 3 | 250 | 250 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 ml | nummod |
| 4 | ml | ml | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 glasses | compound |
| 5 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fill | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 fill | aux |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fill | det |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 litre | nummod |
| 9 | litre | litre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carafe | compound |
| 10 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fill | compound |
| 11 | fill | fill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 fill | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 6
The glass carafe broke on the floor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 carafe | det |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carafe | compound |
| 3 | carafe | carafe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the glass carafe | the floor | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |
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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