fritter Who acts: fritter, We, apple fritter, you, He, whitebait fritters · What happens: be, dip, fry, fritter away, sweetcorn, not fritter away · To what, where: piece, meat, unimportant things, fritters, pocket money, sweets
«fritter» 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: fritter in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A fritter is a piece of fruit, vegetable or meat dipped in batter and fried, like an apple fritter or corn fritter.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop det case nmod punct conj cc conj acl case obl cc conj punct case det compound obl cc compound conj punct root A DET fritter NOUN is AUX a DET piece NOUN of ADP fruit NOUN , PUNCT vegetable NOUN or CCONJ meat NOUN dipped VERB in ADP batter NOUN and CCONJ fried VERB , PUNCT like ADP an DET apple NOUN fritter NOUN or CCONJ corn NOUN fritter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 fritter det 2 fritter fritter NOUN Number=Sing 5 piece nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 piece cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 piece det 5 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 fruit case 7 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 5 piece nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 vegetable punct 9 vegetable vegetable NOUN Number=Sing 5 piece conj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 meat cc 11 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 9 vegetable conj 12 dipped dip VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 meat acl 13 in in ADP _ 14 batter case 14 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 12 dipped obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 fried cc 16 fried fry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 dipped conj 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 fritter punct 18 like like ADP _ 21 fritter case 19 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 fritter det 20 apple apple NOUN Number=Sing 21 fritter compound 21 fritter fritter NOUN Number=Sing 16 fried obl 22 or or CCONJ _ 24 fritter cc 23 corn corn NOUN Number=Sing 24 fritter compound 24 fritter fritter NOUN Number=Sing 21 fritter conj 25 . . PUNCT _ 5 piece punct
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1 is a present a fritter a piece and vegetable or meat of fruit tree rules 2 dip participle meat not said here in batter vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in batter=Attribute 3 fry participle like a apple fritter or corn fritter vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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 To fritter away time or money is to waste it little by little on unimportant things.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl advmod obl:unmarked cc conj cop mark nsubj obj case obl case amod obl punct root To PART fritter VERB away ADV time NOUN or CCONJ money NOUN is AUX to PART waste VERB it PRON little ADJ by ADP little ADJ on ADP unimportant ADJ things NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 fritter mark 2 fritter fritter VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 waste advcl 3 away away ADV _ 2 fritter advmod 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 fritter obl:unmarked 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 money cc 6 money money NOUN Number=Sing 4 time conj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 waste cop 8 to to PART _ 9 waste mark 9 waste waste VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 little nsubj 11 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 9 waste obj 12 by by ADP _ 13 little case 13 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 9 waste obl 14 on on ADP _ 16 things case 15 unimportant unimportant ADJ Degree=Pos 16 things amod 16 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 9 waste obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 waste punct
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1 fritter away to-infinitive time away property tree rules 2 is present unimportant things by little; waste property tree rules
Example 1 We had sweetcorn fritters for lunch.
nsubj aux obj case obl punct root We PRON had AUX sweetcorn VERB fritters NOUN for ADP lunch NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 sweetcorn nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sweetcorn aux 3 sweetcorn sweetcorn VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 fritters fritter NOUN Number=Plur 3 sweetcorn obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 lunch case 6 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 3 sweetcorn obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 sweetcorn punct
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1 sweetcorn past · perfect We fritters for lunch tree rules
Example 2 The apple fritter was warm and sugary.
det compound nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET apple NOUN fritter NOUN was AUX warm ADJ and CCONJ sugary ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 fritter det 2 apple apple NOUN Number=Sing 3 fritter compound 3 fritter fritter NOUN Number=Sing 5 warm nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 warm cop 5 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 sugary cc 7 sugary sugary ADJ Degree=Pos 5 warm conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 warm punct
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1 is past the apple fritter warm property tree rules 2 be the apple fritter not said here tree rules
Example 3 Don't fritter away your pocket money on sweets.
aux advmod compound:prt nmod:poss compound obj case obl punct root Do AUX n't PART fritter VERB away ADP your PRON pocket NOUN money NOUN on ADP sweets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 fritter aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 fritter advmod 3 fritter fritter VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 away away ADP _ 3 fritter compound:prt 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 money nmod:poss 6 pocket pocket NOUN Number=Sing 7 money compound 7 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 fritter obj 8 on on ADP _ 9 sweets case 9 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 3 fritter obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 fritter punct
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1 not fritter away imperative · do-support you not said here your pocket money sweets tree rules
Example 4 He frittered away the whole afternoon on his phone.
nsubj advmod det amod obl:unmarked case nmod:poss obl punct root He PRON frittered VERB away ADV the DET whole ADJ afternoon NOUN on ADP his PRON phone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 frittered nsubj 2 frittered fritter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 away away ADV _ 2 frittered advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 afternoon det 5 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 6 afternoon amod 6 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 2 frittered obl:unmarked 7 on on ADP _ 9 phone case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 phone nmod:poss 9 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 2 frittered obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 frittered punct
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1 fritter away past He his phone afternoon away property tree rules
Example 5 In New Zealand, whitebait fritters are a treat.
case flat obl punct compound nsubj cop det punct root In ADP New PROPN Zealand PROPN , PUNCT whitebait NOUN fritters NOUN are AUX a DET treat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 Zealand case 2 New New PROPN Number=Sing 3 Zealand flat 3 Zealand Zealand PROPN Number=Sing 9 treat obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 Zealand punct 5 whitebait whitebait NOUN Number=Sing 6 fritters compound 6 fritters fritter NOUN Number=Plur 9 treat nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 treat cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 treat det 9 treat treat NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 treat punct
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1 is a present whitebait fritters a treat New Zealand tree rules
Example 6 She saved instead of frittering her money away.
nsubj mark fixed advcl nmod:poss obj advmod punct root She PRON saved VERB instead ADV of ADP frittering VERB her PRON money NOUN away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 saved nsubj 2 saved save VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 5 frittering mark 4 of of ADP _ 3 instead fixed 5 frittering fritter VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 saved advcl 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 money nmod:poss 7 money money NOUN Number=Sing 5 frittering obj 8 away away ADV _ 5 frittering advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 saved punct
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1 save past She vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 fritter away gerund She not said here her money away property tree rules
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