essence

Who acts: thing, essence, you · What happens: make, be, concentrate, use, flavour, add · To what, where: thing, strong concentrated liquid, plant, food, few drops, essence · Speech: someone speaks here

«essence» 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: essence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The most important part or real nature of a thing, which makes it what it is.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 part	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 important	advmod
3	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 part	amod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 nature	cc
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nature	amod
7	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 thing	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nature	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 makes	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 makes	nsubj
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 makes	obj
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 makes	obj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 what	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 what	cop
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a thing	thing					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	is a	present	thing	a thing					tree rules

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 strong, concentrated liquid made from a plant, used to flavour food, such as vanilla essence.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liquid	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 liquid	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 strong	punct
4	concentrated	concentrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 liquid	amod
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 liquid	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 plant	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plant	det
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 liquid	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 flavour	mark
13	flavour	flavour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 used	advcl
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flavour	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 essence	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 essence	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	vanilla	vanilla	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 essence	amod
19	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 food	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 liquid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	concentrate	participle			vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	make	participle	a strong concentrated liquid not said here	a plant	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from plant=Material
3	use	participle	a strong concentrated liquid not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	flavour	to-infinitive	food and vanilla essence		tree rules

Example 1

The essence of the story is that kindness wins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 essence	det
2	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wins	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 story	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 essence	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wins	cop
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wins	mark
8	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wins	nsubj
9	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 wins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the essence of the story					win property	tree rules

Example 2

Add a few drops of vanilla essence to the cake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 drops	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drops	amod
4	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Add	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 essence	case
6	vanilla	vanilla	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 essence	amod
7	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drops	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cake	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cake	det
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a few drops of vanilla essence				to the cake	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent drop=Patient to cake=Co-Patient

Example 3

Tell me the essence of the plot in one sentence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 essence	det
4	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 plot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plot	det
7	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 essence	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sentence	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 sentence	nummod
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plot	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the essence of the plot in one sentence	me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient essence=Topic

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