ladle

Who acts: Dad, One ladle, She, dinner lady, ladle, pot · What happens: use, serve, move, give out, ladle out, be · To what, where: soup, liquid, lot, praise, ladle, 250 millilitres

«ladle» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: ladle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spoon	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spoon	amod
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spoon	amod
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 handle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 handle	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 handle	amod
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoon	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 spoon	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 serve	mark
12	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 used	advcl
13	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 serve	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 sauce	cc
15	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 soup	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	serve	to-infinitive		soup or sauce					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Attribute

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: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To serve or move liquid with a ladle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	to-infinitive							vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	move	infinitive		liquid				with a ladle	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme

Meaning 3

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

To give out a lot of something (ladle out praise).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 lot	nmod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 ladle	punct
9	ladle	ladle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 give	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 ladle	compound:prt
11	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ladle	obj
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 ladle	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	to-infinitive		a lot of something					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
2	ladle out	infinitive		praise					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent praise=Theme

Example 1

Dad used a ladle to serve the soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ladle	det
4	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 serve	mark
6	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soup	det
8	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 serve	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Dad	a ladle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladle=Patient
2	serve	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	the soup					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Attribute

Example 2

One ladle of soup is about 250 millilitres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 ladle	nummod
2	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 millilitres	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 soup	case
4	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ladle	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 millilitres	cop
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 250	advmod
7	250	250	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 millilitres	nummod
8	millilitres	millilitre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 millilitres	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	One ladle of soup	250 millilitres					tree rules

Example 3

She ladled hot sauce over the pasta.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ladled	nsubj
2	ladled	ladle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sauce	amod
4	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ladled	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 pasta	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pasta	det
7	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ladled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ladled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ladle	past	She	hot sauce		the pasta			vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sauce=Theme over pasta=Trajectory

Example 4

The dinner lady gave each child one ladle of stew.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lady	compound
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 ladle	nummod
8	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 stew	case
10	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ladle	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the dinner lady	one ladle of stew	each child				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient ladle=Theme

Example 5

Be careful: the ladle is hot!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hot	csubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 hot	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ladle	det
5	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hot	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hot	cop
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 hot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						careful property	tree rules
2	is	present	the ladle					hot property	tree rules

Example 6

The coach ladled out praise after the win (informal).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 praise	nsubj
3	ladled	ladle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 praise	amod
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 ladled	compound:prt
5	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 win	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 win	det
8	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 praise	nmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 informal	punct
10	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 win	amod
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 informal	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 praise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ladle out	participle							vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Example 7

If a pot holds 2 litres and each ladle is 200 ml, there are 10 ladles in the pot.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 holds	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pot	det
3	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holds	nsubj
4	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 are	advcl
5	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 litres	nummod
6	litres	litre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 holds	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ml	cc
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 ladle	det
9	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ml	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ml	cop
11	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 ml	nummod
12	ml	ml	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 litres	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 holds	punct
14	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 are	expl
15	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 ladles	nummod
17	ladles	ladle	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 are	nsubj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 pot	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pot	det
20	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ladles	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hold a condition, not said to happen	present	a pot	2 litres and 200 ml		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme
2	is a	present	each ladle	200 ml		tree rules
3	does	present	10 ladles in the pot		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle, to give the traitor the beating he deserved.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 heard	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ran	advcl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ran	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ran	nsubj
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 ran	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 ladle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ladle	det
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ladle	compound
12	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 give	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 give	mark
15	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ran	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 traitor	det
17	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 give	obj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 beating	det
19	beating	beating	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 give	obj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 deserved	nsubj
21	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 beating	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the bear			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	run back	past	bear		for the kitchen ladle	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ladle=Beneficiary
3	give	to-infinitive	bear not said here	the traitor		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Recipient beating=Theme
4	deserve	past	bear	the beating not said here		tree rules

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