lard

Who acts: Lard, Mum, cook, witch · What happens: be, use, cook, fill, fry, lard · To what, where: white fat, cooking, meat, food, potatoes, roast

«lard» 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: lard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lard is the white fat from a pig, used in cooking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lard	lard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fat	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fat	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fat	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fat	amod
5	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 pig	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pig	det
8	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fat	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fat	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 cooking	case
12	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Lard	the white fat				from a pig	tree rules
2	use	participle		the white fat not said here		cooking			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To lard is to push small strips of fat into meat before cooking it, or to fill food with extra things.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lard	mark
2	lard	lard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 push	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 push	mark
5	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strips	amod
7	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 push	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fat	case
9	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strips	nmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 meat	case
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 cooking	mark
13	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 push	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cooking	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fill	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 fill	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 fill	mark
18	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 push	conj
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fill	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 things	case
21	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 things	amod
22	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fill	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present		meat	push property	tree rules
2	cook	gerund	meat			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	fill	to-infinitive	food		with extra things	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent food=Patient with thing=Instrument

Example 1

Mum fried the potatoes in lard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fried	nsubj
2	fried	fry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 potatoes	det
4	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fried	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 lard	case
6	lard	lard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fried	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fry	past	Mum	the potatoes				in lard	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent potato=Patient in lard=Instrument

Example 2

The cook larded the roast with strips of bacon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 larded	nsubj
3	larded	lard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roast	det
5	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 larded	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 strips	case
7	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 roast	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 bacon	case
9	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strips	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 larded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lard	past	the cook	the roast				with strips of bacon	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent roast=Destination with strip=Theme

Example 3

The witch larded the pudding with glow-worms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 larded	nsubj
3	larded	lard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pudding	det
5	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 larded	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 worms	case
7	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worms	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 glow	punct
9	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pudding	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 larded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lard	past	the witch	the pudding				with glow worms	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pudding=Destination with worm=Theme

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