extinguish

Who acts: light, Firefighters, you, fire blanket, bad news, news · What happens: extinguish, be, stop, burn, shine, end · To what, where: fire, something, blaze, candles, small pan fire, water

«extinguish» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: extinguish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To extinguish a fire or light is to put it out so it stops burning or shining.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 extinguish	mark
2	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 put	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguish	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 light	cc
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fire	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 put	cop
8	to	to	PART	_	9 put	mark
9	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 put	compound:prt
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 stops	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stops	nsubj
14	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 put	advcl
15	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 stops	xcomp
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 shining	cc
17	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 burning	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	extinguish	to-infinitive		a fire or light		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient
2	is	present			put property	tree rules
3	stop	present	light			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	burn	gerund	light not said here			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	shine	gerund	light not said here			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To end or destroy something such as hope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 end	mark
2	end	end	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 destroy	cc
4	destroy	destroy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 end	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 destroy	obj
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 hope	case
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	destroy	infinitive		something				such hope	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

Example 1

Firefighters extinguished the blaze in an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extinguished	nsubj
2	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blaze	det
4	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguished	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguished	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 extinguished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	past	Firefighters	the blaze			hour		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blaze=Patient

Example 2

Please extinguish all candles before bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 extinguish	discourse
2	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 candles	det
4	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extinguish	obj
5	before	before	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguish	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 extinguish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	imperative	you not said here	all candles			before bed		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent candle=Patient

Example 3

A fire blanket can extinguish a small pan fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blanket	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blanket	compound
3	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extinguish	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 extinguish	aux
5	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fire	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fire	amod
8	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fire	compound
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extinguish	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 extinguish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	can	a fire blanket	a small pan fire					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

Example 4

Never use water to extinguish an oil fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 use	advmod
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 extinguish	mark
5	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
7	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fire	compound
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extinguish	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	imperative	you not said here	water					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	extinguish	to-infinitive	you not said here	a oil fire					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

Example 5

The bad news extinguished her hopes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 news	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 news	amod
3	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extinguished	nsubj
4	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hopes	nmod:poss
6	hopes	hope	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 extinguished	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 extinguished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	past	the bad news	news's hopes					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hope=Patient
2	hope		news						nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Smokers must extinguish cigarettes here.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smokers	smoker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extinguish	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 extinguish	aux
3	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	cigarettes	cigarette	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extinguish	obj
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 extinguish	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 extinguish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	must	Smokers	cigarettes		here			vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cigarette=Patient

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