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chopstick

Who acts: chopstick, I, you, We, little brother, dishes · What happens: be, use, pick up, eat, have, hold · To what, where: one, East Asian countries, food, noodles, pair, one chopstick

«chopstick» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 9 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: chopstick in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chopstick is one of a pair of thin sticks used to pick up and eat food, mainly in East Asian countries like China, Japan and Korea.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chopstick	det
2	chopstick	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 one	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 used	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pair	det
7	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 used	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sticks	case
9	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sticks	amod
10	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pair	nmod
11	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 pick	mark
13	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 used	xcomp
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 pick	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eat	cc
16	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 used	conj
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eat	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 countries	punct
19	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	23 countries	advmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 countries	case
21	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 countries	compound
22	Asian	Asian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 countries	amod
23	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	obl
24	like	like	ADP	_	25 China	case
25	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 countries	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Japan	punct
27	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 China	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 Korea	cc
29	Korea	Korea	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 China	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chopstick	one					tree rules
2	use	past				East Asian countries like China and Japan and Korea		of a pair of thin sticks	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	pick up	to-infinitive							vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	eat	present		food					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

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

I can pick up noodles with chopsticks.

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	3 pick	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pick	aux
3	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 pick	compound:prt
5	noodles	noodle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pick	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 chopsticks	case
7	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pick	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	can	I	noodles				with chopsticks	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noodle=Topic

Example 2

Could I have a pair of chopsticks, please?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pair	det
5	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 chopsticks	case
7	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pair	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct
9	please	please	INTJ	_	3 have	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

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

Example 3

Hold one chopstick still and move the other.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 chopstick	nummod
3	chopstick	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	still	still	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 move	cc
6	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 other	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 move	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	one chopstick			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme
2	move	infinitive	you not said here	the other					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent other=Theme

Example 4

Don't stick your chopsticks upright in your rice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 stick	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 stick	advmod
3	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 chopsticks	nmod:poss
5	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stick	obj
6	upright	upright	ADV	_	3 stick	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rice	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rice	nmod:poss
9	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stick	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stick	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your chopsticks		your rice		upright property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme in rice=Destination

Example 5

We ate sushi with chopsticks.

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 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sushi	sushi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 chopsticks	case
5	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ate	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	We	sushi				with chopsticks	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sushi=Patient

Example 6

Chopsticks can be made of wood, bamboo, metal or plastic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wood	case
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bamboo	punct
8	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 metal	punct
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 plastic	cc
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can · passive		Chopsticks				of wood and bamboo and metal or plastic	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 7

My little brother uses training chopsticks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	nsubj
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chopsticks	compound
6	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 uses	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	My little brother	training chopsticks					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Patient

Example 8

I dropped a chopstick on the floor.

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chopstick	det
4	chopstick	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	I	a chopstick		the floor			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme on floor=Destination

Example 9

The dishes were crystallized lotus leaves and flowers, and the chopsticks were of the rarest ebony.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dishes	det
2	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leaves	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 leaves	cop
4	crystallized	crystallize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 leaves	amod
5	lotus	lotus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	compound
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flowers	cc
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leaves	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ebony	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ebony	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chopsticks	det
12	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 ebony	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ebony	cop
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 ebony	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ebony	det
16	rarest	rare	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 ebony	amod
17	ebony	ebony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crystallize	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	past	the dishes	crystallized lotus leaves and flowers and the rarest ebony					tree rules
3	is	past	the chopsticks					of the rarest ebony	tree rules

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