paring
Who acts: paring, pig, you, She · What happens: be, peel, cut off, eat, save, sweep up · To what, where: thin strip, skin, potato parings, trough, apple parings, cabbage parings
«paring» 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: paring in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.
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 | 2 paring | det |
| 2 | paring | paring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strip | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 strip | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 strip | det |
| 5 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 strip | amod |
| 6 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | peeled | peel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 strip | acl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 peeled | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 skin | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 skin | det |
| 12 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cut | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 fruit | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fruit | det |
| 15 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 skin | nmod |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 vegetable | cc |
| 17 | vegetable | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fruit | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 strip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a paring | a thin strip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | peel | participle | a thin strip not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | cut off | participle | the skin of a fruit or vegetable | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector skin=Eventuality |
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.
Example 1
The pig ate the potato parings from the trough.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pig | det |
| 2 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ate | nsubj |
| 3 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parings | det |
| 5 | potato | potato | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parings | compound |
| 6 | parings | paring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ate | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 trough | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trough | det |
| 9 | trough | trough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ate | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | the pig | the potato parings | the trough | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paring=Patient |
Example 2
Save the apple parings for the compost.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parings | det |
| 3 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 parings | compound |
| 4 | parings | paring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Save | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 compost | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 compost | det |
| 7 | compost | compost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Save | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Save | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | the apple parings | for the compost | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent paring=Theme for compost=Source |
Example 3
She swept up the cabbage parings from the floor.
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 swept | nsubj |
| 2 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 swept | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parings | det |
| 5 | cabbage | cabbage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parings | compound |
| 6 | parings | paring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 swept | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swept | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 swept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep up | past | She | the cabbage parings | the floor | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent paring=Theme from floor=Trajectory |
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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