pare

Who acts: Mum, you, We, our, school, She · What happens: cut away, make, pare down, pare back, cost, pare · To what, where: thin outer skin, something, apple, one long curly strip, paring knife, potatoes

«pare» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: pare in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To cut away the thin outer skin or edge of something, such as fruit or nails, with a knife.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cut	mark
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
6	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 edge	cc
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skin	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 something	case
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 edge	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fruit	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 fruit	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 something	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 nails	cc
17	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fruit	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 knife	punct
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 knife	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 knife	det
21	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut away	to-infinitive		the thin outer skin or edge of something				with a knife	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient with knife=Instrument

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

To make something smaller bit by bit: «pare down», «pare back» costs or a list.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 costs	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 something	nmod:unmarked
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 bit	case
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 pare	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 pare	punct
10	pare	pare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	conj
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 pare	compound:prt
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 pare	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pare	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 pare	punct
15	pare	pare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 pare	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 pare	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 pare	punct
18	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 list	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 list	det
21	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 costs	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 costs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	something	by bit	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
2	pare down in a quote	infinitive			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	pare back in a quote	infinitive			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	cost	present			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Mum pared the apple in one long curly strip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pared	nsubj
2	pared	pare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pared	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 strip	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 strip	nummod
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strip	amod
8	curly	curly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strip	amod
9	strip	strip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pared	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pare	past	Mum	the apple		one long curly strip			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient

Example 2

Use a paring knife to pare the potatoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knife	det
3	paring	paring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knife	compound
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pare	mark
6	pare	pare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 potatoes	det
8	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pare	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a paring knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
2	pare	to-infinitive	you not said here	the potatoes					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient

Example 3

We had to pare down our list of party guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pare	mark
4	pare	pare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 pare	compound:prt
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 list	nmod:poss
7	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pare	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 guests	case
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guests	compound
10	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 list	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	We		tree rules
2	pare down	to-infinitive	We not said here	our list of party guests	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Patient
3	list		our	party guests	nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 4

The school pared back spending on trips this year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pared	nsubj
3	pared	pare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 pared	advmod
5	spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pared	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 trips	case
7	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spending	obl
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spending	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pare back	past	the school						vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	spend	gerund	the school not said here				year	on trips goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on trip=Goal

Example 5

She pared her story down to 300 words.

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 pared	nsubj
2	pared	pare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 story	nmod:poss
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pared	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 pared	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 words	case
7	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 words	nummod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pared	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pare down	past	She	her story				to 300 words; down property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient

Example 6

Grandpa pared his fingernails on the porch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pared	nsubj
2	pared	pare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fingernails	nmod:poss
4	fingernails	fingernail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pared	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 porch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 porch	det
7	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pare	past	Grandpa	Grandpa's fingernails		the porch			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingernail=Patient

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