oil

Who acts: thick slippery liquid, machines, parts, Verb, Mum, Oil · What happens: not mix, use, make, put, help, move · To what, where: olive oil, plants, cooking, thick black liquid, petrol, Oil

«oil» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: oil in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thick, slippery liquid that does not mix with water, from plants or animals, used in cooking: olive oil.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liquid	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 liquid	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 thick	punct
4	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 liquid	amod
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mix	nsubj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 mix	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mix	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 mix	advmod
9	mix	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mix	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 plants	punct
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 plants	case
14	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mix	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 animals	cc
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 plants	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 used	punct
18	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 plants	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 cooking	case
20	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 used	obl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 oil	punct
22	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 oil	amod
23	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mix	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 mix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mix	present · do-support	a thick slippery liquid	olive oil				with water	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with water=Co-Patient
2	use	participle		plants or animals not said here		cooking			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 thick black liquid from under the ground (crude oil, petroleum) made into petrol, diesel and plastic.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 liquid	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 liquid	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 liquid	amod
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 ground	case
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liquid	nmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 oil	punct
10	crude	crude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 oil	amod
11	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ground	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 petroleum	punct
13	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 oil	conj
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 oil	punct
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 liquid	acl
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 petrol	case
17	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 diesel	punct
19	diesel	diesel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 petrol	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 plastic	cc
21	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 petrol	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 liquid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a thick black liquid from the ground not said here		petrol and diesel and plastic			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into petrol=Product

Meaning 3

Oil put on machines to help parts move smoothly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj:pass
2	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 machines	case
4	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl:agent
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 put	advcl
7	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 move	nsubj
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 help	xcomp
9	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	_	8 move	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	put	participle · passive	machines	Oil		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal
2	help	to-infinitive	machines not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	move	infinitive	parts		smoothly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 4

Oil paint used for pictures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paint	compound
2	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 paint	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 pictures	case
5	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		Oil paint not said here				for pictures	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 5

Verb: to put oil on something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 put	mark
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	to-infinitive	Verb	oil		something			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme on something=Destination

Example 1

Mum cooks with olive oil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooks	nsubj
2	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 oil	case
4	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 oil	amod
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooks	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cooks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	Mum					with olive oil	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with oil=Instrument

Example 2

Oil floats on top of water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floats	nsubj
2	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 top	case
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floats	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 floats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	Oil			top of water			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory

Example 3

Hot oil can spit and burn you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 oil	amod
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spit	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spit	aux
4	spit	spit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 burn	cc
6	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spit	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 burn	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spit	can	Hot oil						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	burn	infinitive	Hot oil not said here	you					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Example 4

Never throw water on a pan of burning oil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 throw	advmod
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pan	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pan	det
6	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 oil	case
8	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 oil	amod
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pan	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 throw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not throw	imperative	you not said here	water		a pan of burning oil			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on pan=Destination
2	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Petrol is made from oil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 oil	case
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Petrol		oil			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from oil=Material

Example 6

The oil spill hurt the sea birds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spill	det
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spill	compound
3	spill	spill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	nsubj
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 birds	compound
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hurt	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	the oil spill	the sea birds					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Patient

Example 7

Dad oiled my squeaky bike chain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oiled	nsubj
2	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chain	nmod:poss
4	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chain	amod
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chain	compound
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oiled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 oiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	past	Dad	my squeaky bike chain					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent chain=Destination

Example 8

She painted the picture in oils.

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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 picture	det
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 oils	case
6	oils	oil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 painted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	She	the picture		oils			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Theme in oil=Destination

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