firelight
Who acts: We, firelight, she · What happens: give off, sit, talk, make, dance, read · To what, where: light, firelight, shadow dance, ceiling, old book, knife
«firelight» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: firelight in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The light given off by a fire, especially a warm glow in a room.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 light | det |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 glow | nsubj |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 light | acl |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 given | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fire | det |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 glow | punct |
| 9 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 12 glow | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 glow | det |
| 11 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 glow | amod |
| 12 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 room | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 room | det |
| 15 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 glow | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 glow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give off | participle | the light not said here | by a fire | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source |
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
We sat talking in the firelight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sat | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 firelight | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 firelight | det |
| 6 | firelight | firelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talking | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | We | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | We not said here | the firelight | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The firelight made her shadow dance on the ceiling.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 firelight | det |
| 2 | firelight | firelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dance | nmod:poss |
| 5 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dance | compound |
| 6 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 ceiling | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ceiling | det |
| 9 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the firelight | firelight's shadow dance | the ceiling | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dance=Product | |||
| 2 | dance | firelight | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
By firelight she read the old book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 firelight | case |
| 2 | firelight | firelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obl |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 read | nsubj |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 book | amod |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past | she | the old book | by firelight | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
Example 4
The knife glittered in the firelight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knife | det |
| 2 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | glittered | glitter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knife | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 firelight | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 firelight | det |
| 6 | firelight | firelight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glittered | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knife | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glitter | participle | the knife not said here | the firelight | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in firelight=Location |
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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