imbibe
Who acts: old man, We, Crimthann · What happens: drink, take in, absorb, imbibe · To what, where: liquid, ideas, cool water, knowledge, good books, justice
«imbibe» 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: imbibe in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: formal or old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To drink, especially a liquid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 drink | mark |
| 2 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 liquid | punct |
| 4 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 6 liquid | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 liquid | det |
| 6 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drink | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | to-infinitive | a liquid | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=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 take in and absorb ideas, feelings or knowledge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 take | mark |
| 2 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 take | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 absorb | cc |
| 5 | absorb | absorb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 take | conj |
| 6 | ideas | idea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 absorb | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 feelings | punct |
| 8 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ideas | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 knowledge | cc |
| 10 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ideas | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in | to-infinitive | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | absorb | infinitive | ideas and feelings or knowledge | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal idea=Theme |
Example 1
The old man imbibed the cool water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 imbibed | nsubj |
| 4 | imbibed | imbibe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 6 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 imbibed | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 imbibed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imbibe | past | the old man | the cool water | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
Example 2
We imbibe knowledge from good books.
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 imbibe | nsubj |
| 2 | imbibe | imbibe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 imbibe | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 books | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 books | amod |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 imbibe | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 imbibe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imbibe | present | We | knowledge | good books | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient |
Example 3
Crimthann imbibed all the justice of that remark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimthann | Crimthann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 imbibed | nsubj |
| 2 | imbibed | imbibe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 justice | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 justice | det |
| 5 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 imbibed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 remark | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 remark | det |
| 8 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 justice | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 imbibed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imbibe | past | Crimthann | all justice of that remark | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Patient |
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.
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