elixir
Who acts: magic drink, He, wizard, grandma · What happens: say, cure, give, hope, find, pour · To what, where: illness, long life, Elixir, golden elixir, cup, cough elixir · Speech: someone speaks here
«elixir» 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: elixir in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life.
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 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drink | amod |
| 3 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 cure | mark |
| 6 | cure | cure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 illness | det |
| 8 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cure | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 give | cc |
| 10 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cure | conj |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 life | amod |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 give | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | a magic drink | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cure | to-infinitive | all illness | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source | |||||
| 3 | give | present | long life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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
A sweet liquid medicine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 medicine | det |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 medicine | amod |
| 3 | liquid | liquid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 medicine | amod |
| 4 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 medicine | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
He hoped to find the Elixir of Life.
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 hoped | nsubj |
| 2 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 find | mark |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hoped | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Elixir | det |
| 6 | Elixir | Elixir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Life | case |
| 8 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Elixir | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hoped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | He | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the Elixir of Life | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elixir=Topic |
Example 2
The wizard poured a golden elixir into the cup.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wizard | det |
| 2 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poured | nsubj |
| 3 | poured | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 elixir | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 elixir | amod |
| 6 | elixir | elixir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poured | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 cup | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cup | det |
| 9 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poured | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 poured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | past | the wizard | a golden elixir | the cup | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent elixir=Theme into cup=Destination |
Example 3
My grandma takes a cough elixir.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 grandma | nmod:poss |
| 2 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 takes | nsubj |
| 3 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 elixir | det |
| 5 | cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 elixir | compound |
| 6 | elixir | elixir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 takes | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | My grandma | a cough elixir | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elixir=Theme |
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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