quaff
Who acts: quaff, knight, We, you, us · What happens: be, quaff, let · To what, where: mug, one go, lemonade, us, cup
«quaff» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: quaff in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To quaff is to drink something quickly and deeply, in big gulps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 quaff | mark |
| 2 | quaff | quaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 drink | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drink | mark |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 drink | obj |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 drink | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 deeply | cc |
| 9 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 7 quickly | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gulps | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 gulps | case |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 gulps | amod |
| 13 | gulps | gulp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drink | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | quaff | drink, quickly property | tree rules |
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
Quaff this cup of cold water, lad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quaff | quaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | compound |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 cup | det |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lad | punct |
| 8 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 water | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cup | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
The knight quaffed the mug in one go.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quaffed | nsubj |
| 3 | quaffed | quaff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mug | det |
| 5 | mug | mug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quaffed | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 go | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 go | nummod |
| 8 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quaffed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 quaffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quaff | past | the knight | the mug | one go | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mug=Patient |
Example 3
We quaffed lemonade on the hot day.
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 quaffed | nsubj |
| 2 | quaffed | quaff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lemonade | lemonade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 quaffed | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 quaffed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 quaffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quaff | past | We | lemonade | day | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lemonade=Patient |
Example 4
Let us quaff a cup together.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | quaff | quaff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cup | det |
| 5 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quaff | obj |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 quaff | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | quaff | infinitive | us not said here | a cup | together property | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |
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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