leaving
Who acts: Leavings, dog, mice, you · What happens: be, leave over, leave, eat, find, clear away · To what, where: things, food, plate, leavings
«leaving» 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: leaving in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Leavings are things left over, such as scraps of food left on a plate.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leavings | leaving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 things | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 things | cop |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 things | acl |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 left | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 scraps | punct |
| 7 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 9 scraps | case |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 such | fixed |
| 9 | scraps | scrap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 things | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 food | case |
| 11 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scraps | nmod |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 food | acl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 plate | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 plate | det |
| 15 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 left | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 things | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Leavings | things and scraps of food | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave over | participle | things and scraps of food not said here | over property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | food not said here | a plate | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on plate=Location |
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
The dog ate the leavings from the plate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ate | nsubj |
| 3 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 leavings | det |
| 5 | leavings | leaving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ate | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 plate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 plate | det |
| 8 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ate | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | the dog | the leavings | the plate | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaving=Patient |
Example 2
The mice found the leavings of a great feast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mice | det |
| 2 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | nsubj |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 leavings | det |
| 5 | leavings | leaving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 feast | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 feast | det |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feast | amod |
| 9 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leavings | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the mice | the leavings of a great feast | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaving=Topic |
Example 3
Clear away the leavings after lunch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear | clear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Clear | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leavings | det |
| 4 | leavings | leaving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Clear | obj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 lunch | case |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leavings | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Clear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clear away | imperative | you not said here | the leavings | after lunch | away property | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent leaving=Source |
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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