filch

Who acts: fox, lion, you · What happens: filch, be, not look, not filch · To what, where: sneaky way, brains, bit, dairy, sweets, jar

«filch» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: filch in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To filch is to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 filch	mark
2	filch	filch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 steal	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 steal	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 steal	mark
5	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 steal	obj
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 way	punct
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	13 way	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 way	det
12	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steal	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 steal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filch	to-infinitive							vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present				a sneaky way		steal property	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.

Example 1

The fox filched the brains when the lion was not looking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filched	nsubj
3	filched	filch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brains	det
5	brains	brain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 filched	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 looking	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looking	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looking	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 looking	advmod
11	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 filched	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filch	past	the fox	the brains					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Theme
2	not look	past · progressive	the lion						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

A bit of cheese was filched from the dairy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filched	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cheese	case
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 filched	aux:pass
6	filched	filch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 dairy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dairy	det
9	dairy	dairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filched	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 filched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filch	past · passive		a bit of cheese		the dairy			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from dairy=Source

Example 3

Do not filch sweets from the jar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 filch	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 filch	advmod
3	filch	filch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 filch	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 jar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jar	det
7	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filch	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not filch	imperative · do-support	you not said here	sweets		the jar			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme from jar=Source

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