ointment

Who acts: woman, Mum, doctor, you, only fly · What happens: rub, heal, perfume, use, anoint, pour · To what, where: smooth greasy cream, skin, cuts, Oil, Bible story, precious ointment

«ointment» 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: ointment in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A smooth, greasy cream rubbed on the skin to heal cuts, burns, rashes or sore places.

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	5 cream	det
2	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cream	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 smooth	punct
4	greasy	greasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cream	amod
5	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cream	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rubbed	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 heal	mark
11	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rubbed	advcl
12	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heal	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 burns	punct
14	burns	burn	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cuts	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 rashes	punct
16	rashes	rash	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cuts	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 places	cc
18	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 places	amod
19	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cuts	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle		a smooth greasy cream not said here		the skin			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on skin=Destination
2	heal	to-infinitive		cuts and burns and rashes or sore places					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cut=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

Usage: Bible, church — kept apart, not parsed.

Oil or perfumed oil used for anointing, as in the Bible story where a woman pours precious ointment on Jesus's head.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj:pass
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 oil	cc
3	perfumed	perfume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 oil	amod
4	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oil	conj
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 anointing	mark
7	anointing	anoint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 used	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 story	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 story	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 story	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 story	compound
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anointing	obj
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 pours	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 woman	det
16	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pours	nsubj
17	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 story	advcl
18	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ointment	amod
19	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pours	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 head	case
21	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 head	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Jesus	case
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pours	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	perfume	participle				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	use	participle · passive		Oil or perfumed oil		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	anoint	gerund		the Bible story		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme
4	pour	present	a woman	precious ointment	Jesus's head	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Patient

Example 1

Mum put some ointment on my grazed knee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 ointment	det
4	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 knee	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 knee	nmod:poss
7	grazed	graze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 knee	amod
8	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Mum	some ointment		my grazed knee			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on knee=Destination
2	graze	participle							vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The doctor gave me an ointment for the rash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ointment	det
6	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 rash	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rash	det
9	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the doctor	a ointment	me			for the rash	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient ointment=Theme for rash=Asset

Example 3

Rub the ointment in gently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ointment	det
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 gently	case
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Rub	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	the ointment					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme in gently=Destination

Example 4

The only fly in the ointment was the rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fly	det
2	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fly	amod
3	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rain	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ointment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ointment	det
6	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rain	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 rain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the only fly in the ointment	the rain					tree rules

Example 5

In the Bible a woman poured precious ointment on Jesus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Bible	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ointment	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woman	det
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ointment	nsubj
6	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ointment	amod
7	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ointment	amod
8	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Jesus	case
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ointment	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 ointment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	participle							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Example 6

Keep the ointment out of your eyes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ointment	det
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the ointment		your eyes			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme out eye=Location

Example 7

But then this wonderful ointment could not be bought at a chemist's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 bought	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 bought	advmod
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 ointment	det
4	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ointment	amod
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bought	nsubj:pass
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 bought	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bought	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 bought	aux:pass
9	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 chemist	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chemist	det
12	chemist	chemist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bought	obl
13	's	's	PART	_	12 chemist	case
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not buy	could · passive		this wonderful ointment		a chemist	then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at chemist=Asset

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ointment/