cupping Who acts: people, treatment, little good scientific evidence, cupping, careful tasting, She · What happens: hold, curve, cup, hear, place, reduce · To what, where: hands, curved shape, water, ear, therapy, cups · Speech: someone speaks here
«cupping» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: cupping in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: verb form — kept apart, not parsed.
Holding your hands in a curved shape like a cup: «cupping water in her hands», «cupping his ear to hear».
The tree, 20 words nmod:poss obj case det amod obl case det nmod punct punct conj obj case nmod:poss obl punct punct punct conj nmod:poss obj mark advcl punct punct root Holding VERB your PRON hands NOUN in ADP a DET curved VERB shape NOUN like ADP a DET cup NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT cupping VERB water NOUN in ADP her PRON hands NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT « PUNCT cupping VERB his PRON ear NOUN to PART hear VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Holding hold VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 hands nmod:poss 3 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 1 Holding obj 4 in in ADP _ 7 shape case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shape det 6 curved curve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 shape amod 7 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing 1 Holding obl 8 like like ADP _ 10 cup case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 cup det 10 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 7 shape nmod 11 : : PUNCT _ 13 cupping punct 12 « « PUNCT _ 13 cupping punct 13 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Holding conj 14 water water NOUN Number=Sing 13 cupping obj 15 in in ADP _ 17 hands case 16 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 hands nmod:poss 17 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 13 cupping obl 18 » » PUNCT _ 13 cupping punct 19 , , PUNCT _ 21 cupping punct 20 « « PUNCT _ 21 cupping punct 21 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 13 cupping conj 22 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 23 ear nmod:poss 23 ear ear NOUN Number=Sing 21 cupping obj 24 to to PART _ 25 hear mark 25 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 21 cupping advcl 26 » » PUNCT _ 25 hear punct 27 . . PUNCT _ 1 Holding punct
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1 hold gerund your hands a curved shape like a cup vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in shape=Location 2 curve participle vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 3 cup in a quote gerund water her hands vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in hand=Destination 4 cup in a quote gerund his ear vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme 5 hear in a quote to-infinitive vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
Cupping therapy: an old treatment in which cups are placed on the skin and the air in them is reduced so the skin is sucked up, leaving round marks; some people believe it helps aches, but there is little good scientific evidence for it.
The tree, 44 words advcl obj punct det amod nsubj case obl nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl case det obl cc det conj case nmod aux:pass mark det nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl compound:prt punct advcl amod obj punct det nsubj conj nsubj ccomp obj punct cc expl parataxis amod amod amod nsubj case nmod punct root Cupping VERB therapy NOUN : PUNCT an DET old ADJ treatment NOUN in ADP which PRON cups NOUN are AUX placed VERB on ADP the DET skin NOUN and CCONJ the DET air NOUN in ADP them PRON is AUX reduced VERB so SCONJ the DET skin NOUN is AUX sucked VERB up ADP , PUNCT leaving VERB round ADJ marks NOUN ; PUNCT some DET people NOUN believe VERB it PRON helps VERB aches NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ there PRON is VERB little ADJ good ADJ scientific ADJ evidence NOUN for ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 21 reduced advcl 2 therapy therapy NOUN Number=Sing 1 Cupping obj 3 : : PUNCT _ 1 Cupping punct 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 treatment det 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 treatment amod 6 treatment treatment NOUN Number=Sing 21 reduced nsubj 7 in in ADP _ 8 which case 8 which which PRON PronType=Rel 11 placed obl 9 cups cup NOUN Number=Plur 11 placed nsubj:pass 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 placed aux:pass 11 placed place VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 treatment acl:relcl 12 on on ADP _ 14 skin case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 skin det 14 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 11 placed obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 17 air cc 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 air det 17 air air NOUN Number=Sing 14 skin conj 18 in in ADP _ 19 them case 19 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 air nmod 20 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 reduced aux:pass 21 reduced reduce VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 22 so so SCONJ _ 26 sucked mark 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 skin det 24 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 26 sucked nsubj:pass 25 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 26 sucked aux:pass 26 sucked suck VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 21 reduced advcl 27 up up ADP _ 26 sucked compound:prt 28 , , PUNCT _ 29 leaving punct 29 leaving leave VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 26 sucked advcl 30 round round ADJ Degree=Pos 31 marks amod 31 marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 29 leaving obj 32 ; ; PUNCT _ 35 believe punct 33 some some DET PronType=Ind 34 people det 34 people people NOUN Number=Plur 35 believe nsubj 35 believe believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 reduced conj 36 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 37 helps nsubj 37 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 35 believe ccomp 38 aches ache NOUN Number=Plur 37 helps obj 39 , , PUNCT _ 42 is punct 40 but but CCONJ _ 42 is cc 41 there there PRON PronType=Dem 42 is expl 42 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 reduced parataxis 43 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 46 evidence amod 44 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 46 evidence amod 45 scientific scientific ADJ Degree=Pos 46 evidence amod 46 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 42 is nsubj 47 for for ADP _ 48 it case 48 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 46 evidence nmod 49 . . PUNCT _ 21 reduced punct
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1 cup gerund therapy vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent therapy=Theme 2 place present · passive cups a old treatment on the skin and the air in skin vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on skin=Destination 3 reduce present · passive a old treatment vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 4 suck up present · passive the skin vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source 5 leave gerund round marks vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme 6 believe present some people vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 7 help present treatment aches vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ache=Beneficiary 8 be present little good scientific evidence for treatment there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
In the coffee and tea trade, cupping is a careful tasting of coffee by smelling and slurping it to judge its quality.
The tree, 22 words case det cc compound conj punct nsubj cop det amod conj case nmod mark acl cc conj obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root In ADP the DET coffee NOUN and CCONJ tea NOUN trade NOUN , PUNCT cupping NOUN is AUX a DET careful ADJ tasting NOUN of ADP coffee NOUN by SCONJ smelling VERB and CCONJ slurping VERB it PRON to PART judge VERB its PRON quality NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 coffee case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 coffee det 3 coffee coffee NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 trade cc 5 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 6 trade compound 6 trade trade NOUN Number=Sing 3 coffee conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 tasting punct 8 cupping cupping NOUN Number=Sing 12 tasting nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 tasting cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 tasting det 11 careful careful ADJ Degree=Pos 12 tasting amod 12 tasting tasting NOUN Number=Sing 3 coffee conj 13 of of ADP _ 14 coffee case 14 coffee coffee NOUN Number=Sing 12 tasting nmod 15 by by SCONJ _ 16 smelling mark 16 smelling smell VERB VerbForm=Ger 12 tasting acl 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 slurping cc 18 slurping slurp VERB VerbForm=Ger 16 smelling conj 19 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 slurping obj 20 to to PART _ 21 judge mark 21 judge judge VERB VerbForm=Inf 18 slurping advcl 22 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 23 quality nmod:poss 23 quality quality NOUN Number=Sing 21 judge obj 24 . . PUNCT _ 3 coffee punct
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1 is a present cupping a careful tasting of coffee tree rules 2 smell gerund a careful tasting not said here vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 slurp gerund a careful tasting not said here cupping vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 4 judge to-infinitive a careful tasting not said here cupping's quality vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent quality=Value
Example 1 She was cupping a tiny frog in her hands.
nsubj aux det amod obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root She PRON was AUX cupping VERB a DET tiny ADJ frog NOUN in ADP her PRON hands NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 cupping nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cupping aux 3 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 frog det 5 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 frog amod 6 frog frog NOUN Number=Sing 3 cupping obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 hands case 8 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 hands nmod:poss 9 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 6 frog nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 cupping punct
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1 cup past · progressive She a tiny frog frog's hands vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent frog=Theme in hand=Destination
Example 2 He shouted with his hands cupped around his mouth.
nsubj mark nmod:poss nsubj ccomp case nmod:poss obl punct root He PRON shouted VERB with SCONJ his PRON hands NOUN cupped VERB around ADP his PRON mouth NOUN . PUNCT 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 shouted nsubj 2 shouted shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with SCONJ _ 6 cupped mark 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 hands nmod:poss 5 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 6 cupped nsubj 6 cupped cup VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 shouted ccomp 7 around around ADP _ 9 mouth case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 mouth nmod:poss 9 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 6 cupped obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 shouted punct
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1 shout speech: express past He vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cup past his hands his mouth vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Grandad was cupping his ear because he couldn't hear me.
nsubj aux nmod:poss obj mark nsubj aux advmod advcl obj punct root Grandad PROPN was AUX cupping VERB his PRON ear NOUN because SCONJ he PRON could AUX n't PART hear VERB me PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 3 cupping nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cupping aux 3 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 ear nmod:poss 5 ear ear NOUN Number=Sing 3 cupping obj 6 because because SCONJ _ 10 hear mark 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hear nsubj 8 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 hear aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 hear advmod 10 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 cupping advcl 11 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 hear obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 cupping punct
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1 cup past · progressive Grandad Grandad's ear vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme 2 not hear could Grandad me vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
Example 4 The swimmer had round red marks on his back from cupping.
det nsubj:pass aux amod obj case nmod:poss obl case nmod punct root The DET swimmer NOUN had AUX round VERB red ADJ marks NOUN on ADP his PRON back NOUN from ADP cupping NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 swimmer det 2 swimmer swimmer NOUN Number=Sing 4 round nsubj:pass 3 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 round aux 4 round roun VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 6 marks amod 6 marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 4 round obj 7 on on ADP _ 9 back case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 back nmod:poss 9 back back NOUN Number=Sing 4 round obl 10 from from ADP _ 11 cupping case 11 cupping cupping NOUN Number=Sing 9 back nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 round punct
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1 roun past · perfect · passive the swimmer his back from cupping tree rules
Example 5 Scientists say there is not much evidence that cupping therapy works.
nsubj expl ccomp advmod amod nsubj mark compound nsubj acl punct root Scientists NOUN say VERB there PRON is VERB not PART much ADJ evidence NOUN that SCONJ cupping NOUN therapy NOUN works VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 say nsubj 2 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 there there PRON PronType=Dem 4 is expl 4 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say ccomp 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 much advmod 6 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 7 evidence amod 7 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 4 is nsubj 8 that that SCONJ _ 11 works mark 9 cupping cupping NOUN Number=Sing 10 therapy compound 10 therapy therapy NOUN Number=Sing 11 works nsubj 11 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 evidence acl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 say punct
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1 say speech: assert present Scientists vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 be present much evidence there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 work present cupping therapy much evidence not said here vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent evidence=Material
Example 6 We drank from the stream by cupping the water in our hands.
nsubj case det obl mark advcl det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root We PRON drank VERB from ADP the DET stream NOUN by SCONJ cupping VERB the DET water NOUN in ADP our PRON hands 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 drank nsubj 2 drank drink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 stream case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 stream det 5 stream stream NOUN Number=Sing 2 drank obl 6 by by SCONJ _ 7 cupping mark 7 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 drank advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 water det 9 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 cupping obj 10 in in ADP _ 12 hands case 11 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 hands nmod:poss 12 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 7 cupping obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 drank punct
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1 drink past We the stream vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from stream=Source 2 cup gerund We not said here the water our hands vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in hand=Destination
Example 7 At the coffee shop, the staff were cupping new beans to taste them.
The tree, 13 words case det compound obl punct det nsubj aux amod obj mark xcomp obj punct root At ADP the DET coffee NOUN shop NOUN , PUNCT the DET staff NOUN were AUX cupping VERB new ADJ beans NOUN to PART taste VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 4 shop case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 shop det 3 coffee coffee NOUN Number=Sing 4 shop compound 4 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 9 cupping obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 shop punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 staff det 7 staff staff NOUN Number=Sing 9 cupping nsubj 8 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 cupping aux 9 cupping cup VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 10 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 11 beans amod 11 beans bean NOUN Number=Plur 9 cupping obj 12 to to PART _ 13 taste mark 13 taste taste VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 cupping xcomp 14 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 taste obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 cupping punct
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1 cup past · progressive the staff new beans the coffee shop tree rules 2 taste to-infinitive the staff not said here beans = bean vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme they=Attribute
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