cereal

Who acts: cereal, seeds, I, Wheat, farmer, We · What happens: make, puff, eat, be, have, grow · To what, where: breakfast food, grains, puffed rice, grass plant, wheat, bowl · Speech: someone speaks here

«cereal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: cereal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A breakfast food made from grains, such as cornflakes, oats or puffed rice, often eaten with milk.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 food	det
2	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 food	compound
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 food	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 grains	case
6	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cornflakes	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 cornflakes	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	cornflakes	cornflake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grains	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 oats	punct
12	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grains	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 rice	cc
14	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 rice	amod
15	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 oats	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 eaten	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 eaten	advmod
18	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 rice	acl
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 milk	case
20	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 eaten	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 food	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	participle	a breakfast food not said here	grains and cornflakes and oats or puffed rice		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from grain=Material
2	puff	participle				vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	eat	participle	puffed rice not said here		with milk; often property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

A cereal is a grass plant whose seeds (grains) we eat, like wheat, rice, maize (corn), oats, barley and rye.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cereal	det
2	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plant	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	compound
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 seeds	nmod:poss
8	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 eat	nsubj
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 grains	punct
10	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 seeds	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 grains	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 eat	nsubj
13	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wheat	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	16 wheat	case
16	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eat	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rice	punct
18	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wheat	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 maize	punct
20	maize	maize	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wheat	conj
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 corn	punct
22	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 maize	appos
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 corn	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 oats	punct
25	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 wheat	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 barley	punct
27	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 oats	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 rye	cc
29	rye	rye	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 barley	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cereal	a grass plant					tree rules
2	eat	present	seeds	wheat and rice and maize and oats and barley and rye					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient

Example 1

I have a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bowl	det
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cereal	case
6	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowl	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 breakfast	case
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cereal	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	a bowl of cereal for breakfast					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient

Example 2

Wheat and rice are cereals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cereals	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 rice	cc
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wheat	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cereals	cop
5	cereals	cereal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cereals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wheat and rice	cereals					tree rules

Example 3

This cereal is very sugary, so I only have it on Saturdays.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cereal	det
2	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sugary	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sugary	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 sugary	advmod
5	sugary	sugary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sugary	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 Saturdays	case
13	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 have	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sugary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this cereal					sugary property	tree rules
2	have	present	I	cereal			saturday		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 4

The farmer grows cereal crops like barley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crops	compound
5	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grows	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 barley	case
7	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crops	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the farmer	cereal crops				like barley	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme

Example 5

We made a net of a cereal box in maths.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 net	det
4	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 box	det
7	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	compound
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 net	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 maths	case
10	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 box	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	We	a net of a cereal box in maths					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product

Example 6

Pour the milk on your cereal.

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 milk	det
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cereal	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cereal	nmod:poss
6	cereal	cereal	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 milk		your cereal			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient

Example 7

Oats are a cereal used to make porridge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cereal	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cereal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cereal	det
4	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cereal	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl
8	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cereal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Oats	a cereal	tree rules
2	use	participle		a cereal not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive		porridge	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset porridge=Product

Example 8

The cereal box says 30 g is one serving.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 box	compound
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 g	nummod
6	g	G	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 serving	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 serving	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 serving	nummod
9	serving	serving	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the cereal box						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	30 g	one serving					tree rules

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