lucifer
Who acts: lucifer, early kind, She, He, you · What happens: be, light, scrape, strike, use, set · To what, where: early kind, rough surface, lucifer, candle, lucifer match, lamp
«lucifer» 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: lucifer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil.
Sentence 1: A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lucifer | det |
| 2 | lucifer | lucifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 5 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kind | amod |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 match | case |
| 8 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 lit | nsubj |
| 10 | lit | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | acl:relcl |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 scraped | advmod |
| 12 | scraped | scrape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 lit | xcomp |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 surface | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 surface | det |
| 15 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 surface | amod |
| 16 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scraped | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lucifer | a early kind | of match | tree rules | |||
| 2 | light | past | a early kind | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | scrape | participle | a early kind not said here | a rough surface | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 same | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 same | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 name | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 name | det |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 same | obl |
| 7 | Lucifer | Lucifer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 name | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 devil | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 devil | det |
| 10 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Lucifer | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 same | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
She struck a lucifer and lit the candle.
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 struck | nsubj |
| 2 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lucifer | det |
| 4 | lucifer | lucifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 struck | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 lit | cc |
| 6 | lit | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 struck | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 candle | det |
| 8 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lit | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 struck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | She | a lucifer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lucifer=Patient | ||||
| 2 | light | past | She not said here | the candle | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |
Example 2
He used a lucifer-match to light the lamp.
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 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 | 6 match | det |
| 4 | lucifer | lucifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 match | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 lucifer | punct |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 light | mark |
| 8 | light | light | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 used | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lamp | det |
| 10 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | He | a lucifer match | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient | ||||
| 2 | light | to-infinitive | He not said here | the lamp | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product |
Example 3
Be careful with a lucifer; it can set a curtain on fire.
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 | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 lucifer | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lucifer | det |
| 5 | lucifer | lucifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 careful | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 set | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 set | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 set | aux |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 careful | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 curtain | det |
| 11 | curtain | curtain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 careful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | with a lucifer; careful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | set | can | lucifer | a curtain | fire | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme on fire=Destination |
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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