libation

Who acts: libation, priest, old people · What happens: be, pour out, pour, offer · To what, where: drink, ground, libation, altar, gods, milk

«libation» 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: libation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A libation is a drink poured out on the ground or on an altar as a gift to a god, in old religious rites.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 libation	det
2	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drink	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drink	det
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 drink	acl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 poured	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poured	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 altar	cc
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 altar	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 altar	det
14	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ground	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 gift	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 gift	det
17	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poured	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 god	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 god	det
20	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gift	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 rites	punct
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 rites	case
23	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 rites	amod
24	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 rites	amod
25	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 god	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a libation	a drink					tree rules
2	pour out	participle		a drink not said here		the ground or a altar		as a gift to a god and old religious rites	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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: humorous — kept apart, not parsed.

A libation is a drink, especially a fancy one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 libation	det
2	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drink	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drink	det
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a libation	a drink and a fancy one					tree rules

Example 1

The priest poured a libation of honey on the altar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	nsubj
3	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 libation	det
5	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 honey	case
7	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 libation	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 altar	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 altar	det
10	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 poured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	the priest	a libation of honey		the altar			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent libation=Patient

Example 2

Before the feast, a libation was offered to the gods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Before	before	ADP	_	3 feast	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feast	det
3	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 feast	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 libation	det
6	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 offered	aux:pass
8	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 gods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gods	det
11	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 offered	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past · passive		a libation	the gods		before the feast		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to god=Goal

Example 3

The old people poured milk on the ground as a libation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 people	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 poured	nsubj
4	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 libation	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 libation	det
11	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 poured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	the old people	milk		the ground		as a libation	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient

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