philtre
Who acts: philtre, someone, witch, you, stranger, princesses · What happens: be, mean, make, fall, act, give · To what, where: magic drink, someone, love, philtre, prince, silver cup
«philtre» 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: philtre in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 philtre | det |
| 2 | philtre | philtre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 drink | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drink | det |
| 5 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 drink | amod |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 meant | aux:pass |
| 9 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 drink | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 make | mark |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 meant | xcomp |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 make | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 love | case |
| 15 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fall | obl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 act | cc |
| 17 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 fall | conj |
| 18 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 17 act | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a philtre | a magic drink | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present · passive | a magic drink | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | someone | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | fall not said to happen | infinitive | someone not said here | love | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | ||||
| 5 | act | infinitive | someone not said here | strangely property | vn act-114-1-1 «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.
Example 1
The witch gave the prince a philtre in a silver cup.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 philtre | det |
| 7 | philtre | philtre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cup | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cup | det |
| 10 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cup | compound |
| 11 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the witch | a philtre | the prince | a silver cup | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient philtre=Theme |
Example 2
Do not drink anything a stranger offers you; it may be a philtre.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 drink | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 drink | advmod |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 drink | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stranger | det |
| 6 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | nsubj |
| 7 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 anything | acl:relcl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 offers | iobj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 philtre | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 philtre | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 philtre | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 philtre | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 philtre | det |
| 14 | philtre | philtre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not drink | imperative · do-support | you not said here | anything | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | offer | present | a stranger | you | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | may | stranger | a philtre | tree rules |
Example 3
The princesses made them drink a philtre that froze their hearts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princesses | det |
| 2 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 philtre | det |
| 7 | philtre | philtre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 froze | nsubj |
| 9 | froze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 philtre | acl:relcl |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hearts | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 froze | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the princesses | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drink | infinitive | them = they not said here | a philtre | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent philtre=Patient | ||||
| 3 | freeze | past | a philtre | princesses's hearts | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result |
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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