keg
Who acts: keg, Hans, men · What happens: be, use, store, pack, keep, roll · To what, where: small barrel, drink, two kegs, keg, cellar, hill
«keg» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: keg in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A keg is a small barrel, used to store drink such as ale or brandy.
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 | 2 keg | det |
| 2 | keg | keg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 barrel | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 barrel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 barrel | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 barrel | amod |
| 6 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 used | punct |
| 8 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 barrel | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 store | mark |
| 10 | store | store | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 used | advcl |
| 11 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 store | obj |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 14 ale | case |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 such | fixed |
| 14 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drink | nmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 brandy | cc |
| 16 | brandy | brandy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ale | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 barrel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a keg | a small barrel | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | participle | a small barrel not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | store | to-infinitive | drink | such ale or brandy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Theme |
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
Hans packed two kegs of brandy for the journey.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans | han | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 packed | nsubj |
| 2 | packed | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 kegs | nummod |
| 4 | kegs | keg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 packed | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 brandy | case |
| 6 | brandy | brandy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kegs | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 journey | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 journey | det |
| 9 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 packed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 packed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | past | Hans | two kegs of brandy | for the journey | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme keg=Destination |
Example 2
The keg of ale was kept in the cellar.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 keg | det |
| 2 | keg | keg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 ale | case |
| 4 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keg | nmod |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kept | aux:pass |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cellar | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cellar | det |
| 9 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · passive | the keg of ale | the cellar | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cellar=Location |
Example 3
The men rolled the keg up the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 men | det |
| 2 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rolled | nsubj |
| 3 | rolled | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 keg | det |
| 5 | keg | keg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rolled | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rolled | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rolled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | past | the men | the keg | the hill | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent keg=Theme up hill=Trajectory |
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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