refinement
Who acts: refinement, Her, oil, drawing · What happens: make, show, refine, fit, have · To what, where: cleaning, gentle manners, oil, crude oil, many small refinements
«refinement» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: refinement in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Good manners, fine taste and polish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 manners | amod |
| 2 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 taste | punct |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 taste | amod |
| 5 | taste | taste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 manners | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 polish | cc |
| 7 | polish | polish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taste | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 manners | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
A small improvement or fine detail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 improvement | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 improvement | amod |
| 3 | improvement | improvement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 detail | cc |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 detail | amod |
| 6 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 improvement | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 improvement | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
The cleaning of something to make it pure.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cleaning | det |
| 2 | cleaning | cleaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 something | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 something | acl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | cleaning | pure property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Example 1
Her refinement showed in her gentle manners.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 refinement | nmod:poss |
| 2 | refinement | refinement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 manners | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 manners | nmod:poss |
| 6 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 manners | amod |
| 7 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 showed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Her refinement | refinement's gentle manners | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | refine | Her = she | nom refinement «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
The refinement of crude oil makes it fit for engines.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 refinement | det |
| 2 | refinement | refinement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 oil | case |
| 4 | crude | crude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 oil | amod |
| 5 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 refinement | nmod |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 makes | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 engines | case |
| 10 | engines | engine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fit | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the refinement of crude oil | oil | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fit | infinitive | oil not said here | for engines | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | refine | crude oil | nom refinement «state transitive»: of=patient |
Example 3
The drawing had many small refinements.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 drawing | det |
| 2 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 refinements | amod |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 refinements | amod |
| 6 | refinements | refinement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the drawing | many small refinements | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refinement=Patient |
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