christmastide
Who acts: days, whole village, Christmastide, brothers · What happens: meet, feast, gather, be, come · To what, where: Christmastide, time
«christmastide» 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: christmastide in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 meet | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 season | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 season | det |
| 5 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 season | compound |
| 6 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 time | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 time | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 days | det |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 meet | nsubj |
| 10 | around | around | ADP | _ | 12 Day | case |
| 11 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Day | compound |
| 12 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 days | nmod |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 meet | mark |
| 14 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 meet | nsubj |
| 15 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 feast | cc |
| 17 | feast | feast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 meet | conj |
| 18 | together | together | ADV | _ | 17 feast | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 meet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | present | the days around Christmas Day | time | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | feast | present | the days around Christmas Day not said here | together property | vn dine-39.5 «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.
Example 1
At Christmastide the whole village gathered for a feast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 Christmastide | case |
| 2 | Christmastide | Christmastide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gathered | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 village | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 village | amod |
| 5 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gathered | nsubj |
| 6 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 feast | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 feast | det |
| 9 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gathered | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gathered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | the whole village | Christmastide | for a feast | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for feast=Beneficiary |
Example 2
Christmastide was a time of song and good food.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmastide | Christmastide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 time | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 song | case |
| 6 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 food | cc |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 food | amod |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Christmastide | a time and good food | of song | tree rules |
Example 3
The brothers came home for Christmastide.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 Christmastide | case |
| 6 | Christmastide | Christmastide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the brothers | for Christmastide; home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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