castor

Who acts: Castor, Greek myths, office chair, One castor, trolley, you · What happens: fix, move, spell, taste, give, use · To what, where: small wheel, chair, furniture, caster, thick tasting oil, children

«castor» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: castor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small wheel fixed under a chair, bed, trolley or piece of furniture so it can be moved easily (also spelled "caster").

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 wheel	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wheel	acl
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bed	punct
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chair	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trolley	punct
11	trolley	trolley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chair	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 piece	cc
13	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trolley	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 furniture	case
15	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 piece	nmod
16	so	so	SCONJ	_	20 moved	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 moved	nsubj:pass
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 moved	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 moved	aux:pass
20	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fixed	advcl
21	easily	easily	ADV	_	20 moved	advmod
22	(	(	PUNCT	_	24 spelled	punct
23	also	also	ADV	_	24 spelled	advmod
24	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 moved	conj
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 caster	punct
26	caster	caster	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 spelled	obj
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 caster	punct
28	)	)	PUNCT	_	24 spelled	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wheel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fix	participle	a small wheel not said here	a chair and bed and trolley or piece of furniture		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	move	can · passive	furniture		easily property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	spell	participle	caster			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent caster=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.

Meaning 2

In "castor oil": a thick, bad-tasting oil from the seeds of the castor oil plant, once given to children as a medicine.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 oil	case
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 oil	punct
3	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oil	compound
4	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 oil	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 oil	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 oil	det
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 oil	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thick	punct
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tasting	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 bad	punct
12	tasting	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 oil	amod
13	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oil	appos
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 seeds	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 seeds	det
16	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 oil	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 plant	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 plant	det
19	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 plant	compound
20	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 plant	compound
21	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 seeds	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 given	punct
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 given	advmod
24	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 oil	acl
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 children	case
26	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 given	obl
27	as	as	ADP	_	29 medicine	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 medicine	det
29	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 given	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 oil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	give	participle		a thick tasting oil from the seeds of the castor oil plant not said here	children			as a medicine; once property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient

Meaning 3

In "castor sugar" (UK, also "caster sugar"): very fine white sugar used in baking.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 sugar	case
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sugar	punct
3	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sugar	compound
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sugar	punct
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 UK	punct
7	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sugar	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sugar	punct
9	also	also	ADV	_	12 sugar	advmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sugar	punct
11	caster	caster	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sugar	compound
12	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 UK	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sugar	punct
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 UK	punct
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 sugar	punct
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 fine	advmod
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sugar	amod
18	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sugar	amod
19	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sugar	conj
20	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 sugar	acl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 baking	case
22	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 used	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 sugar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		fine white sugar not said here		baking			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 4

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Castor is a bright star in the Gemini constellation, named after one of the twins in Greek myths.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 star	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 star	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 star	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 constellation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 constellation	det
8	Gemini	Gemini	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 constellation	compound
9	constellation	constellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 star	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 named	punct
11	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 star	conj
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 one	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 named	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 twins	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 twins	det
16	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 one	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 myths	case
18	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 myths	amod
19	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 twins	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 star	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Castor	a bright star		the Gemini constellation			tree rules
2	name	participle	Castor not said here				after one of the twins in Greek myths		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 5

Castor can also be the name of a twin hero from Greek myths, who was a famous horseman.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 name	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	6 name	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 name	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 hero	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hero	det
9	twin	twin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hero	compound
10	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 myths	case
12	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 myths	amod
13	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hero	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 horseman	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 horseman	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 horseman	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 horseman	det
18	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 horseman	amod
19	horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 myths	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Castor	the name				of a twin hero from Greek myths and a famous horseman	tree rules
2	is a	past	Greek myths and a famous horseman	a famous horseman					tree rules

Example 1

The office chair rolls on five castors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chair	det
2	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chair	compound
3	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rolls	nsubj
4	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 castors	case
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 castors	nummod
7	castors	castor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rolls	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rolls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	the office chair			five castors			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on castor=Trajectory

Example 2

One castor broke, so the trolley wobbles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 castor	nummod
2	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wobbles	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 wobbles	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trolley	det
7	trolley	trolley	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wobbles	nsubj
8	wobbles	wobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	One castor						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	wobble	present	the trolley						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

In old books, children were given a spoon of castor oil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 books	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 books	amod
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 given	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 books	punct
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 given	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 given	aux:pass
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spoon	det
9	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 oil	case
11	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 oil	compound
12	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spoon	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		children		old books			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient spoon=Theme

Example 4

Use castor sugar to make meringues.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sugar	compound
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
6	meringues	meringue	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	castor sugar					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	meringues					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meringue=Product

Example 5

Castor and Pollux are the brightest stars in Gemini.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stars	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Pollux	cc
3	Pollux	Pollux	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Castor	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stars	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stars	det
6	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 stars	amod
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Gemini	case
9	Gemini	Gemini	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stars	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stars	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Castor and Pollux	the brightest stars		Gemini			tree rules

Example 6

Castor oil comes from the seeds of the castor bean plant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oil	compound
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 seeds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seeds	det
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comes	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 castor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castor	det
9	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeds	nmod
10	bean	bean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 comes	parataxis
11	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bean	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Castor oil			the seeds of the castor			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from seed=Initial_Location
2	bean	infinitive		plant					tree rules

Example 7

They were also famous for their physical accomplishments, Castor being the most expert charioteer of his day, and Pollux the first of pugilists.

The tree, 23 words

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	4 famous	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 famous	cop
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 famous	advmod
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 accomplishments	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 accomplishments	nmod:poss
7	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 accomplishments	amod
8	accomplishments	accomplishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 famous	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 charioteer	punct
10	Castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 charioteer	nsubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 charioteer	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 charioteer	det
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 expert	advmod
14	expert	expert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 charioteer	amod
15	charioteer	charioteer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accomplishments	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 day	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 day	nmod:poss
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 charioteer	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Pollux	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Pollux	cc
21	Pollux	Pollux	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 famous	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 first	det
23	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 Pollux	appos
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 pugilists	case
25	pugilists	pugilist	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 first	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			for their physical accomplishments; famous property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund	Castor	the expert charioteer	day		tree rules
3	accomplish		their = they				nom accomplishment «act transitive»: poss=agent

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