kindle

Who acts: I, you, He, anyone, maiden · What happens: kindle, be, start, gather, plant, not let · To what, where: fire, sticks, willow sticks, wood pile, pile, anyone

«kindle» 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: kindle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To kindle is to set something alight, or to start a fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 kindle	mark
2	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 set	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 set	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 set	mark
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 set	obj
7	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 start	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 start	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 start	mark
11	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 set	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 start	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kindle	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present		set property	tree rules
3	start	to-infinitive	a fire		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

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

I will kindle a fire while you gather sticks.

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	3 kindle	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 kindle	aux
3	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kindle	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 gather	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 gather	nsubj
8	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kindle	advcl
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gather	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kindle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kindle	future	I	a fire					vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient
2	gather	present	you	sticks					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Example 2

He planted willow sticks around the wood-pile to kindle it.

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 planted	nsubj
2	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	compound
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 planted	obj
5	around	around	ADP	_	9 pile	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pile	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pile	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
9	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planted	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 kindle	mark
11	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planted	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kindle	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	He	willow sticks		the wood pile			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme around pile=Destination
2	kindle	to-infinitive	He not said here	pile					vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient

Example 3

Do not let anyone kindle a fire from the maiden's flame.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 let	obj
5	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kindle	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 flame	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 maiden	det
10	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flame	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 maiden	case
12	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kindle	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	anyone		tree rules
2	kindle	infinitive	anyone not said here	a fire	the maiden's flame	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product from flame=Material
3	flame		the maiden			nom flame «process intransitive»: poss=agent

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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