collation

Who acts: collation, we, He · What happens: be, set out, have, serve, eat · To what, where: light meal, snack, light collation, guests, nothing, collation

«collation» 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: collation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A collation is a light meal, a snack set out for guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 collation	det
2	collation	collation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 meal	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	compound
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 snack	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snack	det
9	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	conj
10	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 snack	acl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 set	compound:prt
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 guests	case
13	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 set	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 meal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a collation	a light meal and a snack					tree rules
2	set out	participle		a snack not said here				for guests	vn escape-51.1-1 «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.

Example 1

After the long walk we had a light collation of bread and cheese.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 walk	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 walk	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walk	amod
4	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 collation	det
8	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 collation	amod
9	collation	collation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 bread	case
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 collation	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cheese	cc
13	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bread	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	we	a light collation of bread and cheese			after the long walk		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collation=Patient

Example 2

The guests were served a collation in the garden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 collation	det
6	collation	collation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garden	det
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 served	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past · passive		the guests					tree rules

Example 3

He ate nothing at the collation because he was too excited.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 ate	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 collation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collation	det
6	collation	collation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 excited	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 excited	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 excited	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 excited	advmod
11	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ate	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	nothing		the collation			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	is	past	he					excited property	tree rules

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