lather

Who acts: Lather, you, He, bath men · What happens: be, make, mix, rub, wash, scrub · To what, where: foam, soap, lather, hands, good lather, face

«lather» 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: lather in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lather is the foam made when soap is mixed with water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lather	lather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 foam	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 foam	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 foam	det
4	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 foam	acl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 mixed	mark
7	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mixed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mixed	aux:pass
9	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 made	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mixed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 foam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Lather	the foam		tree rules
2	make	participle		the foam not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	mix	present · passive		soap	with water	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with water=Co-Patient

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

To lather is to cover something with soap and rub it, or to wash and scrub with soap.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lather	mark
2	lather	lather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cover	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cover	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cover	mark
5	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 cover	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 soap	case
8	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cover	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rub	cc
10	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cover	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rub	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wash	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 wash	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 wash	mark
15	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cover	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scrub	cc
17	scrub	scrub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wash	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 soap	case
19	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 scrub	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	lather		with soap; cover property	tree rules
2	rub	infinitive	lather not said here	lather		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	wash	to-infinitive				vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	scrub	infinitive			with soap	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Wash your hands until you get a good lather.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 get	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lather	det
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lather	amod
9	lather	lather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	get	present	you	a good lather					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lather=Stimulus

Example 2

He lathered his face before shaving.

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 lathered	nsubj
2	lathered	lather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lathered	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 shaving	mark
6	shaving	shave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lathered	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lather	past	He	his face					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	shave	gerund	He not said here						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The bath-men lathered and scrubbed them all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
2	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 men	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 bath	punct
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lathered	nsubj
5	lathered	lather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 scrubbed	cc
7	scrubbed	scrub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lathered	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scrubbed	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 them	nmod:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lather	past	the bath men						vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	scrub	past	the bath men not said here	men = man					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

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