contain Who acts: box, food, bag, jar, many pencils, cake · What happens: contain, mean, have, make, include, be · To what, where: something, toys, it, food, sugar, control · Speech: someone speaks here
«contain» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: contain in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To contain means to have something inside. A box that contains toys has toys in it.
Sentence 1: To contain means to have something inside.
mark csubj mark xcomp obj advmod punct root To PART contain VERB means VERB to PART have VERB something PRON inside ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 contain mark 2 contain contain VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 have mark 5 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 have obj 7 inside inside ADV _ 5 have advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain to-infinitive vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 have not said to happen to-infinitive something inside property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.
Sentence 2: A box that contains toys has toys in it.
det nsubj nsubj acl:relcl obj obj case nmod punct root A DET box NOUN that PRON contains VERB toys NOUN has VERB toys NOUN in ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 box det 2 box box NOUN Number=Sing 6 has nsubj 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 contains nsubj 4 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 box acl:relcl 5 toys toy NOUN Number=Plur 4 contains obj 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 toys toy NOUN Number=Plur 6 has obj 8 in in ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 toys nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain present a box toys vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot toy=Theme 2 have present a box toys it vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient
Meaning 2 To contain also means to be made of or to include: food that contains sugar.
The tree, 15 words mark csubj advmod mark aux:pass ccomp obl cc mark conj punct obj nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root To PART contain VERB also ADV means VERB to PART be AUX made VERB of ADP or CCONJ to PART include VERB : PUNCT food NOUN that PRON contains VERB sugar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 contain mark 2 contain contain VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 also also ADV _ 2 contain advmod 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 7 made mark 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 made aux:pass 7 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 means ccomp 8 of of ADP _ 7 made obl 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 include cc 10 to to PART _ 11 include mark 11 include include VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 made conj 12 : : PUNCT _ 13 food punct 13 food food NOUN Number=Sing 11 include obj 14 that that PRON PronType=Rel 15 contains nsubj 15 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 food acl:relcl 16 sugar sugar NOUN Number=Sing 15 contains obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain to-infinitive vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make not said to happen to-infinitive · passive vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» 4 include to-infinitive food vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme 5 contain present food sugar vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme
Meaning 3 To contain something is to keep it under control, like containing a fire.
The tree, 13 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj case obl punct mark advcl det obj punct root To PART contain VERB something PRON is AUX to PART keep VERB it PRON under ADP control NOUN , PUNCT like SCONJ containing VERB a DET fire NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 contain mark 2 contain contain VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 keep advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 contain obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 keep cop 5 to to PART _ 6 keep mark 6 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 keep obj 8 under under ADP _ 9 control case 9 control control NOUN Number=Sing 6 keep obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 containing punct 11 like like SCONJ _ 12 containing mark 12 containing contain VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 keep advcl 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 fire det 14 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 12 containing obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain to-infinitive something vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Theme 2 is present control keep property tree rules 3 contain gerund a fire vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fire=Theme
Example 1 Each box contains 12 crayons.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root Each DET box NOUN contains VERB 12 NUM crayons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 box det 2 box box NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains nsubj 3 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 crayons nummod 5 crayons crayon NOUN Number=Plur 3 contains obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 contains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain present each box 12 crayons vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot crayon=Theme
Example 2 A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue marbles.
det nsubj nummod obj cc nummod amod conj punct root A DET bag NOUN contains VERB 5 NUM red NOUN and CCONJ 3 NUM blue ADJ marbles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bag det 2 bag bag NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains nsubj 3 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 red nummod 5 red red NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 marbles cc 7 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 marbles nummod 8 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 9 marbles amod 9 marbles marble NOUN Number=Plur 5 red conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 contains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain present a bag 5 red and 3 blue marbles vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot red=Theme
Example 3 The jar contained 40 cookies.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root The DET jar NOUN contained VERB 40 NUM cookies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 jar det 2 jar jar NOUN Number=Sing 3 contained nsubj 3 contained contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 40 40 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 cookies nummod 5 cookies cookie NOUN Number=Plur 3 contained obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 contained punct
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1 contain past the jar 40 cookies vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cookie=Theme
Example 4 How many pencils do 4 packs contain?
advmod amod nsubj aux nummod nsubj punct root How ADV many ADJ pencils NOUN do AUX 4 NUM packs NOUN contain VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pencils amod 3 pencils pencil NOUN Number=Plur 7 contain nsubj 4 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 contain aux 5 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 packs nummod 6 packs pack NOUN Number=Plur 7 contain nsubj 7 contain contain VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 contain punct
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1 contain present · do-support many pencils vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
Example 5 This cake contains nuts.
det nsubj obj punct root This DET cake NOUN contains VERB nuts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 cake det 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains nsubj 3 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 nuts nut NOUN Number=Plur 3 contains obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 contains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain present this cake nuts vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nut=Theme
Example 6 Fruit contains vitamins.
nsubj obj punct root Fruit NOUN contains VERB vitamins NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 2 contains nsubj 2 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 vitamins vitamin NOUN Number=Plur 2 contains obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 contains punct
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1 contain present Fruit vitamins vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vitamin=Theme
Example 7 The firefighters contained the fire.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET firefighters NOUN contained VERB the DET fire NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 firefighters det 2 firefighters firefighter NOUN Number=Plur 3 contained nsubj 3 contained contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 fire det 5 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 3 contained obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 contained punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain past the firefighters the fire vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fire=Theme
Example 8 The book contains 20 stories.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root The DET book NOUN contains VERB 20 NUM stories NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains nsubj 3 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 stories nummod 5 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 3 contains obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 contains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contain present the book 20 stories vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot story=Theme
Example 9 Before her stood a glass bowl containing four gold-fish.
mark nsubj det compound obj acl nummod compound punct obj punct root Before SCONJ her PRON stood VERB a DET glass NOUN bowl NOUN containing VERB four NUM gold NOUN - PUNCT fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Before before SCONJ _ 3 stood mark 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 stood nsubj 3 stood stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bowl det 5 glass glass NOUN Number=Sing 6 bowl compound 6 bowl bowl NOUN Number=Sing 3 stood obj 7 containing contain VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 bowl acl 8 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 fish nummod 9 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 11 fish compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 gold punct 11 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 7 containing obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 stood punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stand past her = she a glass bowl vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bowl=Stimulus 2 contain gerund a glass bowl not said here four gold fish vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme
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