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carful

Who acts: many people, carful, We, Two carfuls, Mum, team · What happens: hold, arrive, take, drive, come back, need · To what, where: carful, charity shop, five people, match, four carfuls

«carful» 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: carful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

As many people or things as a car can hold, as in «a carful of children».

The tree, 16 words
markamodnsubjccconjcasedetnmodauxpunctcasecasepunctdetobjcasenmodpunctpunctrootAsSCONJmanyADJpeopleNOUNorCCONJthingsNOUNasADPaDETcarNOUNcanAUXholdVERB,PUNCTasADPinADP«PUNCTaDETcarfulNOUNofADPchildrenNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasSCONJ_10 holdmark
2manymanyADJDegree=Pos3 peopleamod
3peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur10 holdnsubj
4ororCCONJ_5 thingscc
5thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur3 peopleconj
6asasADP_8 carcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 cardet
8carcarNOUNNumber=Sing3 peoplenmod
9cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 holdaux
10holdholdVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
11,,PUNCT_16 carfulpunct
12asasADP_16 carfulcase
13ininADP_16 carfulcase
14««PUNCT_16 carfulpunct
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 carfuldet
16carfulcarfulNOUNNumber=Sing10 holdobj
17ofofADP_18 childrencase
18childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur16 carfulnmod
19»»PUNCT_16 carfulpunct
20..PUNCT_10 holdpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdcanmany people as a car or thingsa carful of childrenvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carful=Theme

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

A carful of cousins arrived for Sunday lunch.

detnsubjcasenmodcasecompoundoblpunctrootADETcarfulNOUNofADPcousinsNOUNarrivedVERBforADPSundayPROPNlunchNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 carfuldet
2carfulcarfulNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrivednsubj
3ofofADP_4 cousinscase
4cousinscousinNOUNNumber=Plur2 carfulnmod
5arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6forforADP_8 lunchcase
7SundaySundayPROPNNumber=Sing8 lunchcompound
8lunchlunchNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrivedobl
9..PUNCT_5 arrivedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivepasta carful of cousinsfor Sunday lunchvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

We took a carful of old toys to the charity shop.

nsubjdetobjcaseamodnmodcasedetcompoundoblpunctrootWePRONtookVERBaDETcarfulNOUNofADPoldADJtoysNOUNtoADPtheDETcharityNOUNshopNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs2 tooknsubj
2tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 carfuldet
4carfulcarfulNOUNNumber=Sing2 tookobj
5ofofADP_7 toyscase
6oldoldADJDegree=Pos7 toysamod
7toystoyNOUNNumber=Plur4 carfulnmod
8totoADP_11 shopcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 shopdet
10charitycharityNOUNNumber=Sing11 shopcompound
11shopshopNOUNNumber=Sing2 tookobl
12..PUNCT_2 tookpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastWea carful of old toysthe charity shopvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent carful=Theme to shop=Destination

Example 3

Each carful can hold five people.

detnsubjauxnummodobjpunctrootEachDETcarfulNOUNcanAUXholdVERBfiveNUMpeopleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EacheachDETPronType=Tot2 carfuldet
2carfulcarfulNOUNNumber=Sing4 holdnsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 holdaux
4holdholdVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 peoplenummod
6peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 holdobj
7..PUNCT_4 holdpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdcaneach carfulfive peoplevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme

Example 4

Two carfuls of football fans drove to the match.

nummodnsubjcasecompoundnmodcasedetoblpunctrootTwoNUMcarfulsNOUNofADPfootballNOUNfansNOUNdroveVERBtoADPtheDETmatchNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 carfulsnummod
2carfulscarfulNOUNNumber=Plur6 drovensubj
3ofofADP_5 fanscase
4footballfootballNOUNNumber=Sing5 fanscompound
5fansfanNOUNNumber=Plur2 carfulsnmod
6drovedriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7totoADP_9 matchcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 matchdet
9matchmatchNOUNNumber=Sing6 droveobl
10..PUNCT_6 drovepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drivepastTwo carfuls of football fansthe matchvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to match=Trajectory

Example 5

Mum came back with a carful of shopping.

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblcasenmodpunctrootMumNOUNcameVERBbackADVwithADPaDETcarfulNOUNofADPshoppingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing2 camensubj
2camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3backbackADV_2 cameadvmod
4withwithADP_6 carfulcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 carfuldet
6carfulcarfulNOUNNumber=Sing2 cameobl
7ofofADP_8 shoppingcase
8shoppingshoppingNOUNNumber=Sing6 carfulnmod
9..PUNCT_2 camepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come backpastMumwith a carful of shoppingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The team needed four carfuls to get to the game.

detnsubjnummodobjmarkadvclcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETteamNOUNneededVERBfourNUMcarfulsNOUNtoPARTgetVERBtoADPtheDETgameNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 teamdet
2teamteamNOUNNumber=Sing3 needednsubj
3neededneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 carfulsnummod
5carfulscarfulNOUNNumber=Plur3 neededobj
6totoPART_7 getmark
7getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf3 neededadvcl
8totoADP_10 gamecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 gamedet
10gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing7 getobl
11..PUNCT_3 neededpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpastthe teamfour carfulsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot carful=Theme
2getto-infinitivethe team not said hereto the game resultvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to game=Result

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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