quicksilver

Who acts: Quicksilver, silver, heavy liquid metal, thermometer, Drops, tale Quicksilver · What happens: be, metal, run, roll, hold · To what, where: old name, little balls, name, tales, thin line, table

«quicksilver» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: quicksilver in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Quicksilver is the old name for mercury, a heavy silver liquid metal that runs and rolls into little balls.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 name	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mercury	case
7	mercury	mercury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 metal	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 metal	det
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 metal	amod
11	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 metal	nsubj
12	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 metal	amod
13	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	appos
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 runs	nsubj
15	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 metal	acl:relcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 rolls	cc
17	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 runs	conj
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 balls	case
19	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 balls	amod
20	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rolls	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Quicksilver	the old name		for mercury	tree rules
2	metal		silver				tree rules
3	run	present	a heavy liquid metal				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roll	present	a heavy liquid metal not said here		little balls		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination

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

In some tales «Quicksilver» is the name of a quick, clever character.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 tales	det
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 name	obl
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Quicksilver	punct
5	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tales	conj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 tales	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 name	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	15 character	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 character	det
12	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 character	amod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quick	punct
14	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 character	amod
15	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the name		some tales and Quicksilver		of a quick clever character	tree rules

Example 1

The thermometer held a thin line of quicksilver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thermometer	det
2	thermometer	thermometer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	nsubj
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 line	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 line	amod
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 quicksilver	case
8	quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 line	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the thermometer	a thin line of quicksilver					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

Example 2

Drops of quicksilver ran across the table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 quicksilver	case
3	quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drops	nmod
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Drops of quicksilver			the table			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across table=Trajectory

Example 3

In the old tale, Quicksilver was a swift and clever messenger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tale	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tale	amod
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Quicksilver	compound
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tale	punct
6	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swift	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swift	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 swift	det
9	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 messenger	cc
11	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 messenger	amod
12	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swift	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 swift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	tale Quicksilver	a swift and clever messenger					tree rules

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