hoover

Who acts: He, you, Nan, I, hoover, dog · What happens: clean, eat, take in, hoover up, hoover, come · To what, where: floor, something, dinner, living room, bed, missing sock

«hoover» 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: hoover in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 clean	mark
2	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clean	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 carpet	cc
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floor	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 cleaner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cleaner	det
9	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cleaner	compound
10	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clean	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	to-infinitive		a floor or carpet				with a vacuum cleaner	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent floor=Patient with cleaner=Instrument

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: UK — kept apart, not parsed.

A vacuum cleaner, from the brand name Hoover.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cleaner	det
2	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaner	compound
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 name	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 name	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
7	brand	brand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	compound
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaner	conj
9	Hoover	Hoover	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 name	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cleaner	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To eat or take in something very fast, as in «He hoovered up his dinner».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 eat	mark
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 take	cc
4	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 eat	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 take	compound:prt
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 take	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 take	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hoovered	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 hoovered	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 as	fixed
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 hoovered	punct
13	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hoovered	nsubj
14	hoovered	hoover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 take	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 hoovered	compound:prt
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dinner	nmod:poss
17	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hoovered	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 hoovered	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	eat	to-infinitive				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take in	infinitive		something	fast property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	hoover up in a quote	past	He	his dinner		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent dinner=Initial_Location

Example 1

Please hoover the living room before Nan comes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 hoover	discourse
2	hoover	hoover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	compound
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hoover	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 comes	mark
7	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 comes	nsubj
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hoover	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hoover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoover	imperative	you not said here	the living room					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent room=Initial_Location
2	come	present	Nan						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

I hoovered under my bed and found my missing sock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 hoovered	nsubj
2	hoovered	hoover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 bed	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bed	nmod:poss
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hoovered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 found	cc
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hoovered	conj
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sock	nmod:poss
9	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sock	amod
10	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hoovered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoover	past	I			my bed			vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	I not said here	my missing sock					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Topic

Example 3

The hoover is in the cupboard under the stairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hoover	det
2	hoover	hoover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cupboard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cupboard	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cupboard	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cupboard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hoover			the cupboard		under the stairs	tree rules

Example 4

The dog hoovered up the crumbs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hoovered	nsubj
3	hoovered	hoover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 hoovered	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crumbs	det
6	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hoovered	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hoovered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoover up	past	the dog	the crumbs					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent crumb=Initial_Location

Example 5

He hoovered up three slices of pizza.

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 hoovered	nsubj
2	hoovered	hoover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 hoovered	compound:prt
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 slices	nummod
5	slices	slice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hoovered	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 pizza	case
7	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slices	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hoovered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoover up	past	He	three slices of pizza					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent slice=Initial_Location
2	slice			pizza					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

Dad was hoovering the stairs when the doorbell rang.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hoovering	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hoovering	aux
3	hoovering	hoover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stairs	det
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hoovering	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 rang	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doorbell	det
8	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rang	nsubj
9	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hoovering	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hoovering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoover	past · progressive	Dad	the stairs					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent stair=Initial_Location
2	ring	past	the doorbell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Our new hoover is very loud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hoover	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hoover	amod
3	hoover	hoover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loud	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 loud	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 loud	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our new hoover					loud property	tree rules

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