Who acts: Mayonnaise, you, Milk, Dad · What happens: not mix, spread, base, be, shake, make · To what, where: two liquids, tiny drops, other, emulsion, dressing, oil
«emulsion» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: emulsion in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A mixture of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water, where tiny drops of one are spread through the other.
The tree, 25 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
2
spread
present · passive
tiny drops of one
the other
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme through other=Destination
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: UK — kept apart, not parsed.
Emulsion paint: a water-based paint for walls and ceilings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Emulsion
emulsion
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 paint
compound
2
paint
paint
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
:
:
PUNCT
_
8 paint
punct
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 paint
det
5
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 based
compound
6
-
-
PUNCT
_
5 water
punct
7
based
base
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
8 paint
amod
8
paint
paint
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 paint
conj
9
for
for
ADP
_
10 walls
case
10
walls
wall
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 paint
nmod
11
and
and
CCONJ
_
12 ceilings
cc
12
ceilings
ceiling
NOUN
Number=Plur
10 walls
conj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 paint
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
base
participle
vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3
The light-sensitive coating on old photographic film.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 coating
det
2
light
light
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 sensitive
compound
3
-
-
PUNCT
_
2 light
punct
4
sensitive
sensitive
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 coating
amod
5
coating
coating
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
6
on
on
ADP
_
9 film
case
7
old
old
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 film
amod
8
photographic
photographic
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 film
amod
9
film
film
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 coating
nmod
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 coating
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent ceiling=Destination with emulsion=Theme
Example 6
Old cameras used film with a light-sensitive emulsion.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Old
old
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 cameras
amod
2
cameras
camera
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 film
nsubj
3
used
use
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
4 film
amod
4
film
film
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
5
with
with
ADP
_
10 emulsion
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
10 emulsion
det
7
light
light
NOUN
Number=Sing
9 sensitive
compound
8
-
-
PUNCT
_
7 light
punct
9
sensitive
sensitive
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 emulsion
amod
10
emulsion
emulsion
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 film
nmod
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 film
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
use
participle
vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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.