kettleful

Who acts: kettleful, one kettle, Mum, We · What happens: be, hold, empty, make, fill · To what, where: kettleful, bucket

«kettleful» 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: kettleful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kettleful	det
2	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 much	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 much	cop
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 hold	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 kettle	nummod
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hold	aux
10	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 much	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 much	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a kettleful					much property	tree rules
2	hold	can	one kettle						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

A kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kettleful	det
2	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emptied	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pitch	case
4	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kettleful	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 emptied	aux:pass
6	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 emptied	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 emptied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	past · passive		a kettleful of pitch				over her = she	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Example 2

Mum made a kettleful of tea for everyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kettleful	det
4	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tea	case
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kettleful	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Mum	a kettleful of tea				for everyone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kettleful=Product for everyone=Beneficiary

Example 3

We filled the bucket with three kettlefuls of water.

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 filled	nsubj
2	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bucket	det
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 filled	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 kettlefuls	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kettlefuls	nummod
7	kettlefuls	kettleful	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 filled	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kettlefuls	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	We	the bucket				with three kettlefuls of water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient with kettleful=Instrument

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