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crumb

Who acts: Crumbs, fashioned British way, you, Hansel, crumb, I · What happens: amount, be, show, sweep up, peck, drop · To what, where: something, fashioned British way, surprise, crumbs, Birds, way

«crumb» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: crumb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A very small piece of bread, cake or biscuit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 piece	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piece	amod
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bread	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cake	punct
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 biscuit	cc
10	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cake	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 piece	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

A very small amount of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 amount	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 amount	amod
4	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 amount	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount			something					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"a crumb of hope".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 crumb	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crumb	det
3	crumb	crumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hope	case
5	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crumb	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 crumb	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 crumb	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

"Crumbs!" is an old-fashioned British way of showing surprise.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Crumbs	punct
2	Crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 way	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Crumbs	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Crumbs	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fashioned	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 old	punct
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 showing	mark
13	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 way	acl
14	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 showing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Crumbs	a fashioned British way					tree rules
2	show	gerund	a fashioned British way not said here	surprise					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient

Example 1

Please sweep up the crumbs after lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 sweep	discourse
2	sweep	sweep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 sweep	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crumbs	det
5	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sweep	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sweep	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sweep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep up	imperative	you not said here	the crumbs			after lunch		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crumb=Trajectory

Example 2

Birds pecked at the crumbs on the path.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	pecked	peck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Birds	acl
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 crumbs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crumbs	det
5	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pecked	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crumbs	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	participle		Birds not said here				at the crumbs on the path	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at crumb=Patient

Example 3

Hansel dropped crumbs to find the way home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dropped	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	5 find	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Hansel	crumbs					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	Hansel not said here	the way				home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Example 4

There's not a crumb left of the cake!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 's	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crumb	det
5	crumb	crumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 crumb	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be	present	a crumb			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	participle		a crumb not said here				of the cake	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of cake=Initial_Location

Example 5

Crumbs attract ants into the kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attract	nsubj
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attract	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attract	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 attract	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	Crumbs	ants				into the kitchen result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ant=Patient into kitchen=Result

Example 6

The fish was coated in breadcrumbs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 coated	aux:pass
4	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 breadcrumbs	case
6	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	past · passive		the fish				in breadcrumbs	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in breadcrumb=Theme

Example 7

Crumbs! I forgot my homework.

Sentence 1: Crumbs!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Crumbs	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: I forgot my homework.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 homework	nmod:poss
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	I	my homework					tree rules

Example 8

Then he wiped the crumbs from his beard and began:

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 wiped	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wiped	nsubj
3	wiped	wipe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crumbs	det
5	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wiped	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 beard	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 beard	nmod:poss
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wiped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 began	cc
10	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wiped	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	past	he	the crumbs		his beard	then		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme from beard=Trajectory
2	begin	past	he not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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