chandelier

Who acts: chandelier, large light, that, glass · What happens: be, fit, hang, drop, give, sparkle · To what, where: large light, ceiling, sparkle, little leaps, glass chandelier, dancers

«chandelier» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: chandelier in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chandelier	det
2	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 light	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 light	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	fitting	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 light	acl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hangs	nsubj
9	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 light	parataxis
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 ceiling	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ceiling	det
12	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hangs	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 candles	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 candles	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 candles	amod
16	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hangs	obl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 bulbs	cc
18	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 candles	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 drops	cc
20	often	often	ADV	_	22 drops	advmod
21	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 drops	nsubj
22	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hangs	conj
23	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 sparkle	det
24	sparkle	sparkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 drops	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 light	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chandelier	a large light			tree rules
2	fit	gerund	a large light not said here				vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	hang	present	that		a ceiling	with many candles or bulbs	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	drop	present	glass	that sparkle		often property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkle=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

The chandelier gave little leaps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chandelier	det
2	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leaps	amod
5	leaps	leap	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the chandelier	little leaps					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Theme

Example 2

There was a chandelier in the great hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chandelier	det
4	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hall	amod
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chandelier	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a chandelier in the great hall			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The cut-glass chandelier sparkled over the dancers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chandelier	det
2	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chandelier	compound
5	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 chandelier	acl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 dancers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dancers	det
9	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sparkled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chandelier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sparkle	participle		the glass chandelier not said here		the dancers			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dancer=Location

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