garnish

Who acts: food, Mum, you · What happens: garnish, be, make, look, slice, add · To what, where: food, lemon, throne, fish, lemon slice, cake

«garnish» 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: garnish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To garnish is to decorate food with a small extra bit, such as parsley or a slice of lemon, to make it look nice.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 garnish	mark
2	garnish	garnish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decorate	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decorate	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decorate	mark
5	decorate	decorate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decorate	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 bit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
10	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decorate	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 parsley	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 parsley	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	appos
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 slice	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 slice	det
18	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 lemon	case
20	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 slice	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 make	punct
22	to	to	PART	_	23 make	mark
23	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decorate	conj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 make	obj
25	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 make	xcomp
26	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 look	xcomp
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 decorate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	garnish	to-infinitive				vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			with a small extra bit or a slice of lemon; decorate property	tree rules
3	make	to-infinitive		food		tree rules
4	look	infinitive	food not said here		nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
5	slice			lemon		nom slice «possession transitive»: of=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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To garnish a throne or hall is to decorate it with jewels or ornaments.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 garnish	mark
2	garnish	garnish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 decorate	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 throne	det
4	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 garnish	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 hall	cc
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throne	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 decorate	cop
8	to	to	PART	_	9 decorate	mark
9	decorate	decorate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 decorate	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 jewels	case
12	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 decorate	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 ornaments	cc
14	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 jewels	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 decorate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	garnish	to-infinitive		a throne or hall					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme throne=Destination
2	is	present						with jewels or ornaments; decorate property	tree rules

Example 1

Mum garnished the fish with a sprig of parsley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 garnished	nsubj
2	garnished	garnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 garnished	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 sprig	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sprig	det
7	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 garnished	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 parsley	case
9	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sprig	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 garnished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	garnish	past	Mum		the fish			with a sprig of parsley	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fish=Destination with sprig=Theme

Example 2

Add a lemon slice to garnish 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 slice	det
3	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slice	compound
4	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 garnish	mark
6	garnish	garnish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Add	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 garnish	obj
9	.	.	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 lemon slice					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Patient
2	garnish	to-infinitive	you not said here	the cake					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cake=Destination

Example 3

The throne was garnished with pearls and diamonds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 throne	det
2	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garnished	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 garnished	aux:pass
4	garnished	garnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 pearls	case
6	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 garnished	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 diamonds	cc
8	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pearls	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 garnished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	garnish	past · passive		the throne				with pearls and diamonds	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with pearl=Theme

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