char Who acts: outside, cleaning woman, trout, you, skins, forest fire · What happens: burn, go, pay, clean, live, char · To what, where: something, houses, cold lakes, peppers, hundreds, charred wood
«char» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: char in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To burn something a little so the outside goes black.
mark obj det amod mark det nsubj advcl xcomp punct root To PART burn VERB something PRON a DET little ADJ so SCONJ the DET outside NOUN goes VERB black ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 burn mark 2 burn burn VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 burn obj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 little det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 something amod 6 so so SCONJ _ 9 goes mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 outside det 8 outside outside NOUN Number=Sing 9 goes nsubj 9 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 burn advcl 10 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 9 goes xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 burn punct
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1 burn to-infinitive something vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 go present the outside black property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Usage: UK, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.
A cleaning woman paid to clean houses or offices (short for charwoman).
The tree, 12 words det compound nsubj mark xcomp obj cc conj punct amod case obl punct punct root A DET cleaning NOUN woman NOUN paid VERB to PART clean VERB houses NOUN or CCONJ offices NOUN ( PUNCT short ADJ for ADP charwoman NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 woman det 2 cleaning cleaning NOUN Number=Sing 3 woman compound 3 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 4 paid nsubj 4 paid pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 clean mark 6 clean clean VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 paid xcomp 7 houses house NOUN Number=Plur 6 clean obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 offices cc 9 offices office NOUN Number=Plur 7 houses conj 10 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 short punct 11 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 9 offices amod 12 for for ADP _ 13 charwoman case 13 charwoman charwoman NOUN Number=Sing 11 short obl 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 short punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 paid punct
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1 pay past a cleaning woman tree rules 2 clean to-infinitive a cleaning woman not said here houses or offices vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient
Meaning 3 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Tea, as in «a cup of char».
punct case case punct det conj case nmod punct punct root Tea NOUN , PUNCT as ADP in ADP « PUNCT a DET cup NOUN of ADP char NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tea tea NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 cup punct 3 as as ADP _ 7 cup case 4 in in ADP _ 7 cup case 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 cup punct 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 cup det 7 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tea conj 8 of of ADP _ 9 char case 9 char char NOUN Number=Sing 7 cup nmod 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 char punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Tea punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 4 A kind of fish related to trout and salmon that lives in cold lakes and seas (the Arctic char).
The tree, 19 words det case nmod amod case obl cc conj nsubj acl:relcl case amod obl cc conj punct det amod appos punct punct root A DET kind NOUN of ADP fish NOUN related ADJ to ADP trout NOUN and CCONJ salmon NOUN that PRON lives VERB in ADP cold ADJ lakes NOUN and CCONJ seas NOUN ( PUNCT the DET Arctic ADJ char NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kind det 2 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 fish case 4 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 2 kind nmod 5 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 2 kind amod 6 to to ADP _ 7 trout case 7 trout trout NOUN Number=Sing 5 related obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 salmon cc 9 salmon salmon NOUN Number=Sing 7 trout conj 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 lives nsubj 11 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 trout acl:relcl 12 in in ADP _ 14 lakes case 13 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 14 lakes amod 14 lakes lake NOUN Number=Plur 11 lives obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 seas cc 16 seas sea NOUN Number=Plur 14 lakes conj 17 ( ( PUNCT _ 20 char punct 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 char det 19 Arctic arctic ADJ Degree=Pos 20 char amod 20 char char NOUN Number=Sing 16 seas appos 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 20 char punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 kind punct
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1 live present trout and salmon cold lakes and seas vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location
Example 1 Char the peppers on the grill until the skins go black.
det obj case det obl mark det nsubj advcl xcomp punct root Char VERB the DET peppers NOUN on ADP the DET grill NOUN until SCONJ the DET skins NOUN go VERB black ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Char char VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 peppers det 3 peppers pepper NOUN Number=Plur 1 Char obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 grill case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 grill det 6 grill grill NOUN Number=Sing 1 Char obl 7 until until SCONJ _ 10 go mark 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 skins det 9 skins skin NOUN Number=Plur 10 go nsubj 10 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Char advcl 11 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 10 go xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Char punct
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1 char imperative you not said here the peppers on the grill vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pepper=Patient on grill=Instrument 2 go present the skins black property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The forest fire charred hundreds of trees.
det compound acl obj case nmod punct root The DET forest NOUN fire NOUN charred VERB hundreds NOUN of ADP trees NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 fire det 2 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 3 fire compound 3 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 charred char VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 fire acl 5 hundreds hundred NOUN Number=Plur 4 charred obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 trees case 7 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 5 hundreds nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 fire punct
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1 char participle the forest fire not said here hundreds of trees vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hundred=Patient
Example 3 We found charred wood in the old fireplace.
nsubj amod obj case det amod obl punct root We PRON found VERB charred VERB wood NOUN in ADP the DET old ADJ fireplace NOUN . PUNCT 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 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 charred char VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 wood amod 4 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 fireplace case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 fireplace det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 fireplace amod 8 fireplace fireplace NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past We charred wood the old fireplace vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Topic 2 char participle vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 4 Grandad asked for "a cup of char" with two sugars.
nsubj case punct det obl case nmod punct case nummod obl punct root Grandad PROPN asked VERB for ADP " PUNCT a DET cup NOUN of ADP char NOUN " PUNCT with ADP two NUM sugars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 asked nsubj 2 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 6 cup case 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 cup punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 cup det 6 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 2 asked obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 char case 8 char char NOUN Number=Sing 6 cup nmod 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 char punct 10 with with ADP _ 12 sugars case 11 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 sugars nummod 12 sugars sugar NOUN Number=Plur 2 asked obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 asked punct
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1 ask speech: ask past Grandad for a cup of char; with two sugars vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 In the old story, the char scrubbed the floors every morning.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj det obj det obl:unmarked punct root In ADP the DET old ADJ story NOUN , PUNCT the DET char NOUN scrubbed VERB the DET floors NOUN every DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 story det 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 story amod 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing 8 scrubbed obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 story punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 char det 7 char char NOUN Number=Sing 8 scrubbed nsubj 8 scrubbed scrub VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 floors det 10 floors floor NOUN Number=Plur 8 scrubbed obj 11 every every DET PronType=Tot 12 morning det 12 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 8 scrubbed obl:unmarked 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 scrubbed punct
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1 scrub past the char the floors the old story morning vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source
Example 6 Arctic char live in very cold lakes.
amod nsubj case advmod amod obl punct root Arctic ADJ char NOUN live VERB in ADP very ADV cold ADJ lakes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Arctic arctic ADJ Degree=Pos 2 char amod 2 char char NOUN Number=Sing 3 live nsubj 3 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 7 lakes case 5 very very ADV _ 6 cold advmod 6 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 7 lakes amod 7 lakes lake NOUN Number=Plur 3 live obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 live punct
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1 live present Arctic char cold lakes vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location
Example 7 The burnt toast was charred at the edges.
det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct root The DET burnt ADJ toast NOUN was AUX charred VERB at ADP the DET edges NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 toast det 2 burnt burnt ADJ Degree=Pos 3 toast amod 3 toast toast NOUN Number=Sing 5 charred nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 charred aux:pass 5 charred char VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 at at ADP _ 8 edges case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 edges det 8 edges edge NOUN Number=Plur 5 charred obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 charred punct
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1 char past · passive the burnt toast the edges vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
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