dram
Who acts: old man, He, you · What happens: measure, ask, pour, not drink · To what, where: weight, dram, glass, many drams
«dram» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: dram in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Meaning 2
a small drink of strong spirit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 drink | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drink | amod |
| 3 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 spirit | case |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spirit | amod |
| 6 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drink | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
a tiny measure of weight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 measure | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 measure | amod |
| 3 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 weight | case |
| 5 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 measure | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 measure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | weight | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |
Example 1
The old man asked for one more dram.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 dram | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 dram | nummod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 dram | amod |
| 8 | dram | dram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the old man | for one more dram | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
He poured a dram of whisky into his glass.
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 poured | nsubj |
| 2 | poured | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dram | det |
| 4 | dram | dram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poured | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 whisky | case |
| 6 | whisky | whisky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dram | nmod |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 glass | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 glass | nmod:poss |
| 9 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poured | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 poured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | past | He | a dram of whisky | his glass | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent dram=Theme into glass=Destination |
Example 3
Don't drink too many drams, lad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 drink | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 drink | advmod |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 drams | amod |
| 6 | drams | dram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lad | punct |
| 8 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drams | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not drink | imperative · do-support | you not said here | many drams and lad | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dram=Patient |
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