crock

Who acts: crock, load, much butter, She, old crock · What happens: be, use, keep, store, mean, take · To what, where: large pot, kitchen, food, things, rubbish, it

«crock» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: crock in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A crock is a large pot of thick brown clay, used in the kitchen to keep food such as butter, or to store things.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crock	det
2	crock	crock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pot	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pot	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pot	amod
6	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 clay	case
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 clay	amod
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 clay	amod
10	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pot	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pot	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	advcl
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 keep	obj
19	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	21 butter	case
20	as	as	ADP	_	19 such	fixed
21	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 food	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 store	punct
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 store	cc
24	to	to	PART	_	25 store	mark
25	store	store	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 keep	advcl
26	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 store	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a crock	a large pot		of thick brown clay	tree rules
2	use	participle			the kitchen		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	to-infinitive		food		such butter	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
4	store	to-infinitive		things			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, British — kept apart, not parsed.

«A load of crock» means rubbish or nonsense.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 load	punct
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 load	det
3	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 crock	case
5	crock	crock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 load	nmod
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 load	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 nonsense	cc
10	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rubbish	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a load of crock	rubbish or nonsense					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Topic

Example 1

«How much butter will it take to fill your crock?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
2	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 much	advmod
3	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 butter	amod
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 take	aux
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	expl
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fill	mark
9	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 take	advcl
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 crock	nmod:poss
11	crock	crock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fill	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	future	much butter	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fill in a quote	to-infinitive	much butter not said here	your crock					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent crock=Patient

Example 2

She put the salted butter into the crock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 butter	det
4	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 butter	amod
5	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 crock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crock	det
8	crock	crock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	the salted butter		the crock			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent butter=Goal
2	salt	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The old crock stood by the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crock	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crock	amod
3	crock	crock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the old crock					by the door	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location

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