salver

Who acts: He, servant, you · What happens: carry, serve, set down, bring, put · To what, where: flat metal, guests, golden salver, pomegranate, letters, silver salver

«salver» 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: salver in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A flat metal or silver tray, often with feet, on which food or drinks are carried and served to guests (old use).

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 metal	det
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 metal	amod
3	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carried	nsubj:pass
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 tray	cc
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tray	compound
6	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 metal	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feet	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	10 feet	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 feet	case
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 metal	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 food	punct
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 food	case
13	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	14 food	det
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 metal	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 drinks	cc
16	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 food	conj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 carried	aux:pass
18	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 served	cc
20	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 carried	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 guests	case
22	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 served	obl
23	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 use	punct
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 use	amod
25	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 guests	appos
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 use	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive		a flat metal or silver tray and feet and which food or drinks					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	serve	participle			guests				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient

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

He set down the golden salver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 set	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 salver	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 salver	amod
6	salver	salver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set down	past	He	the golden salver					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient salver=Result

Example 2

The servant brought the pomegranate on a golden salver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pomegranate	det
5	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 salver	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 salver	det
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 salver	amod
9	salver	salver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the servant	the pomegranate		a golden salver			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme on salver=Destination

Example 3

Put the letters on the silver salver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 letters	det
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 salver	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 salver	det
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salver	compound
7	salver	salver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the letters		the silver salver			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on salver=Destination

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