gingerbread

Who acts: sweet spicy cake, biscuit, Fancy, We, you, I · What happens: flavour, cut, decorate, carve, bake, run · To what, where: decoration, building, gingerbread men, me, Gingerbread Man, house

«gingerbread» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: gingerbread in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sweet, spicy cake or biscuit flavoured with ginger, often with treacle or golden syrup.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cake	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cake	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
4	spicy	spicy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cake	amod
5	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flavoured	nsubj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 biscuit	cc
7	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cake	conj
8	flavoured	flavour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 ginger	case
10	ginger	ginger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flavoured	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 treacle	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 treacle	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 treacle	case
14	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flavoured	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 syrup	cc
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 syrup	amod
17	syrup	syrup	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 treacle	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 flavoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flavour	participle	a sweet spicy cake or biscuit					with ginger	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.

Meaning 2

A biscuit cut into a shape, especially a person (a gingerbread man), often decorated with icing.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 biscuit	det
2	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 shape	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shape	det
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 person	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 person	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	conj
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 man	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 man	det
13	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 man	compound
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	appos
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 man	punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 decorated	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 decorated	advmod
18	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cut	conj
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 icing	case
20	icing	icing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 decorated	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle	a biscuit					into a shape and a person	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into shape=Patient
2	decorate	participle	a biscuit not said here					with icing; often property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with icing=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Fancy carved decoration on a building, as in a «gingerbread house» style.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fancy	Fancy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carved	nsubj
2	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carved	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 building	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 building	det
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carved	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 style	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	15 style	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	15 style	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 style	det
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 house	punct
12	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	compound
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 style	compound
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 house	punct
15	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carved	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past	Fancy	decoration		a building		as a house style	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent decoration=Theme on building=Destination

Example 1

We baked gingerbread men for the class party.

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 baked	nsubj
2	baked	bake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 men	compound
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 baked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 party	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 party	compound
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 baked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	past	We	gingerbread men				for the class party	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent man=Product for party=Beneficiary

Example 2

«Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!»

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct
2	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct
4	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Run	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fast	punct
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 run	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 can	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 can	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fast	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 catch	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 catch	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 catch	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 catch	advmod
15	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Run	conj
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 catch	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Man	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 Man	nsubj
19	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 Man	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Man	det
21	Gingerbread	Gingerbread	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Man	compound
22	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Run	vocative
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	imperative	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not catch in a quote	can	you	me		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4	is a in a quote	present	I	the Gingerbread Man		tree rules

Example 3

The witch's house was made of gingerbread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 house	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 witch	case
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gingerbread	case
8	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the witch's house				of gingerbread	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 4

The kitchen smelled of warm gingerbread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kitchen	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	nsubj
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gingerbread	case
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gingerbread	amod
6	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	the kitchen					of warm gingerbread	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of gingerbread=Theme

Example 5

We decorated a gingerbread house at Christmas.

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 decorated	nsubj
2	decorated	decorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 house	det
4	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	compound
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decorated	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Christmas	case
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 decorated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 decorated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	past	We	a gingerbread house		Christmas			vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Destination

Example 6

If 12 gingerbread men are shared between 4 children, each gets 3.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 shared	mark
2	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 men	nummod
3	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 men	compound
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shared	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shared	aux:pass
6	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 gets	advcl
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 children	nummod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shared	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shared	punct
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 gets	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		12 gingerbread men				between 4 children	tree rules
2	get	present	each	3					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 3=Stimulus

Example 7

The carriage was lined inside with sugar-plums, and in the seats were fruits and gingerbread.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carriage	det
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lined	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lined	aux:pass
4	lined	line	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 lined	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 plums	case
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plums	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sugar	punct
9	plums	plum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lined	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fruits	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fruits	cc
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 seats	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 seats	det
14	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fruits	obl
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 fruits	cop
16	fruits	fruit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lined	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gingerbread	cc
18	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fruits	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	line	past · passive		the carriage				with sugar plums; inside property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with plum=Theme
2	is a	past		fruits and gingerbread		the seats			tree rules

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