cornflour Who acts: Cornflour, corn flour, whole corn, you, We, oobleck · What happens: be, make, use, mean, mix, add · To what, where: fine white powder, maize, cooking, sauces, flour ground, whole corn · Speech: someone speaks here
«cornflour» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: cornflour in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Cornflour is a fine white powder made from maize (corn), used in cooking to make sauces, soups and gravy thicker.
The tree, 20 words nsubj cop det amod amod acl case obl punct appos punct punct parataxis case obl mark advcl obj punct conj cc conj conj punct root Cornflour NOUN is AUX a DET fine ADJ white ADJ powder NOUN made VERB from ADP maize NOUN ( PUNCT corn NOUN ) PUNCT , PUNCT used VERB in ADP cooking NOUN to PART make VERB sauces NOUN , PUNCT soups NOUN and CCONJ gravy NOUN thicker ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 6 powder nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 powder cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 powder det 4 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 6 powder amod 5 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 6 powder amod 6 powder powder NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 powder acl 8 from from ADP _ 9 maize case 9 maize maize NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obl 10 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 corn punct 11 corn corn NOUN Number=Sing 9 maize appos 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 corn punct 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 used punct 14 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 powder parataxis 15 in in ADP _ 16 cooking case 16 cooking cooking NOUN Number=Sing 14 used obl 17 to to PART _ 18 make mark 18 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 used advcl 19 sauces sauce NOUN Number=Plur 18 make obj 20 , , PUNCT _ 21 soups punct 21 soups soup NOUN Number=Plur 19 sauces conj 22 and and CCONJ _ 23 gravy cc 23 gravy gravy NOUN Number=Sing 19 sauces conj 24 thicker thick ADJ Degree=Cmp 19 sauces conj 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 powder punct
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1 is a present Cornflour a fine white powder tree rules 2 make participle a fine white powder not said here maize vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from maize=Material 3 use participle cooking vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 make to-infinitive sauces and soups and gravy vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sauce=Product
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 In the US, «corn flour» can also mean flour ground from whole corn, which is different.
The tree, 16 words case det obl punct punct compound nsubj punct aux advmod compound obj case amod obl punct nsubj cop acl:relcl punct root In ADP the DET US PROPN , PUNCT « PUNCT corn NOUN flour NOUN » PUNCT can AUX also ADV mean VERB flour NOUN ground NOUN from ADP whole ADJ corn NOUN , PUNCT which PRON is AUX different ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 US case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 US det 3 US US PROPN Number=Sing 11 mean obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 US punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 flour punct 6 corn corn NOUN Number=Sing 7 flour compound 7 flour flour NOUN Number=Sing 11 mean nsubj 8 » » PUNCT _ 7 flour punct 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 mean aux 10 also also ADV _ 11 mean advmod 11 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 12 flour flour NOUN Number=Sing 13 ground compound 13 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 11 mean obj 14 from from ADP _ 16 corn case 15 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 16 corn amod 16 corn corn NOUN Number=Sing 11 mean obl 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 different punct 18 which which PRON PronType=Rel 20 different nsubj 19 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 different cop 20 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 16 corn acl:relcl 21 . . PUNCT _ 11 mean punct
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1 mean can corn flour flour ground whole corn in the US vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot ground=Theme in us=Attribute 2 is present whole corn different property tree rules
Example 1 Mix the cornflour with cold water before adding it to the gravy.
det obj case amod obl mark advcl obj case det obl punct root Mix VERB the DET cornflour NOUN with ADP cold ADJ water NOUN before SCONJ adding VERB it PRON to ADP the DET gravy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mix mix VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cornflour det 3 cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mix obj 4 with with ADP _ 6 water case 5 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 6 water amod 6 water water NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mix obl 7 before before SCONJ _ 8 adding mark 8 adding add VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Mix advcl 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 adding obj 10 to to ADP _ 12 gravy case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 gravy det 12 gravy gravy NOUN Number=Sing 8 adding obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mix punct
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1 mix imperative you not said here the cornflour with cold water vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cornflour=Patient with water=Co-Patient 2 add speech: assert gerund you not said here cornflour to the gravy vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to gravy=Co-Patient
Example 2 Cornflour makes the sauce thick and shiny.
nsubj det obj xcomp cc conj punct root Cornflour NOUN makes VERB the DET sauce NOUN thick ADJ and CCONJ shiny ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sauce det 4 sauce sauce NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obj 5 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos 2 makes xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 shiny cc 7 shiny shiny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 thick conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 makes punct
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1 make present Cornflour the sauce thick property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sauce=Product
Example 3 We made slime with cornflour and water.
nsubj obj case obl cc conj punct root We PRON made VERB slime NOUN with ADP cornflour NOUN and CCONJ water 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 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 slime slime NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 4 with with ADP _ 5 cornflour case 5 cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 water cc 7 water water NOUN Number=Sing 5 cornflour conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past We slime with cornflour and water vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slime=Product
Example 4 The oobleck went hard when I punched it.
det nsubj advmod advmod nsubj advcl obj punct root The DET oobleck NOUN went VERB hard ADV when ADV I PRON punched VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 oobleck det 2 oobleck oobleck NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 3 went advmod 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 punched advmod 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 punched nsubj 7 punched punch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 went advcl 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 punched obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past the oobleck hard property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 punch past I oobleck vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 5 US recipes call cornflour «cornstarch».
compound nsubj obj punct appos punct punct root US PROPN recipes NOUN call VERB cornflour NOUN « PUNCT cornstarch NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 US US PROPN Number=Sing 2 recipes compound 2 recipes recipe NOUN Number=Plur 3 call nsubj 3 call call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 3 call obj 5 « « PUNCT _ 6 cornstarch punct 6 cornstarch cornstarch NOUN Number=Sing 4 cornflour appos 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 cornstarch punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 call punct
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1 call present US recipes cornflour vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cornflour=Recipient
Example 6 Cornflour is gluten-free.
nsubj cop compound punct punct root Cornflour NOUN is AUX gluten NOUN - PUNCT free ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 5 free nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 free cop 3 gluten gluten NOUN Number=Sing 5 free compound 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 gluten punct 5 free free ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 free punct
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1 is present Cornflour free property tree rules
Example 7 Dust the table with cornflour so the icing does not stick.
compound det case nmod mark det nsubj aux advmod acl punct root Dust NOUN the DET table NOUN with ADP cornflour NOUN so SCONJ the DET icing NOUN does AUX not PART stick VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dust dust NOUN Number=Sing 3 table compound 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 table det 3 table table NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 cornflour case 5 cornflour cornflour NOUN Number=Sing 3 table nmod 6 so so SCONJ _ 11 stick mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 icing det 8 icing icing NOUN Number=Sing 11 stick nsubj 9 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 stick aux 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 stick advmod 11 stick stick VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 table acl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 table punct
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1 not stick present · do-support the icing the Dust table with cornflour not said here vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent table=Theme
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