Who acts: you, grater, I, Dad · What happens: edge, use, grate, pass, have, cut · To what, where: many small edged holes, cheese, small pieces, cheese grater, me, four sides
«grater» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: grater in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A kitchen tool with many small sharp-edged holes, used to grate cheese, vegetables or other food into small pieces.
The tree, 20 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 tool
det
2
kitchen
kitchen
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 tool
compound
3
tool
tool
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
with
with
ADP
_
10 holes
case
5
many
many
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 holes
amod
6
small
small
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 holes
amod
7
sharp
sharp
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 edged
compound
8
-
-
PUNCT
_
7 sharp
punct
9
edged
edge
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
10 holes
amod
10
holes
hole
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 tool
nmod
11
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 used
punct
12
used
use
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
10 holes
acl
13
to
to
PART
_
14 grate
mark
14
grate
grate
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
12 used
xcomp
15
cheese
cheese
NOUN
Number=Sing
14 grate
obj
16
,
,
PUNCT
_
17 vegetables
punct
17
vegetables
vegetable
NOUN
Number=Plur
15 cheese
conj
18
or
or
CCONJ
_
20 food
cc
19
other
other
ADJ
Degree=Pos
20 food
amod
20
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
15 cheese
conj
21
into
into
ADP
_
23 pieces
case
22
small
small
ADJ
Degree=Pos
23 pieces
amod
23
pieces
piece
NOUN
Number=Plur
14 grate
obl
24
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 tool
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
edge
participle
vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
2
use
participle
many small edged holes not said here
vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3
grate
to-infinitive
cheese and vegetables or other food
small pieces
vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus cheese=Experiencer
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
Pass me the cheese grater, please.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Pass
pass
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
me
I
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs
1 Pass
obj
3
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 grater
det
4
cheese
cheese
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 grater
compound
5
grater
grater
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Pass
obj
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
1 Pass
punct
7
please
please
INTJ
_
1 Pass
discourse
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Pass
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
pass
imperative
you not said here
the cheese grater
me
vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grater=Theme
vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus potato=Experiencer
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.