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morsel

Who acts: bird, Rat, dog, morsel, She, you · What happens: bite, amount, peck up, not eat, offer, wait · To what, where: food, anything, morsel, hungry boy, tasty morsel, Mole

«morsel» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: morsel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small piece or bite of food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 piece	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 piece	amod
3	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 bite	cc
5	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 piece	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite			food					nom bite «state transitive»: of=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

A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 amount	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amount	amod
3	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 anything	case
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 amount	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 morsel	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 morsel	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 morsel	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 morsel	det
10	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 anything	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 sense	case
12	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 morsel	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 morsel	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount			anything					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The bird pecked up every morsel of bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	pecked	peck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bird	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 pecked	compound:prt
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morsel	det
6	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pecked	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bread	case
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 morsel	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck up	participle	the bird not said here	every morsel of bread					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morsel=Patient

Example 2

The hungry boy had not eaten a morsel all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eaten	advmod
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 morsel	det
8	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	past · perfect · passive		the hungry boy			day		tree rules

Example 3

Rat offered Mole a tasty morsel from the picnic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 offered	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 morsel	det
5	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 morsel	amod
6	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 picnic	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 picnic	det
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	Rat	a tasty morsel	Mole	the picnic			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent mole=Goal morsel=Theme

Example 4

The dog waited for a morsel to fall from the table.

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 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 morsel	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 morsel	det
6	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fall	mark
8	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 waited	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fall	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the dog					for a morsel	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	to-infinitive	the dog not said here			the table			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial_Location

Example 5

There was not a morsel left on the plate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 was	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 morsel	det
5	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 morsel	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 plate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plate	det
9	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be	past	a morsel			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	participle		a morsel not said here		the plate			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on plate=Location

Example 6

She did not have a morsel of fear.

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	4 have	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 morsel	det
6	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 morsel	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	past · do-support	She	a morsel of fear					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morsel=Patient

Example 7

Have you a morsel of bread?’

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Have	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 morsel	det
4	morsel	morsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bread	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 morsel	nmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Have	punct
8	’	'	PUNCT	_	1 Have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	you	a morsel of bread					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morsel=Patient

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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