scour

Who acts: scour, We, police, Mum · What happens: be, scour, lose · To what, where: pans, woods, sink

«scour» 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: scour in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To scour is to rub something hard until it is clean and shiny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scour	mark
2	scour	scour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rub	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rub	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rub	mark
5	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 rub	obj
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 clean	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 clean	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 clean	cop
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rub	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shiny	cc
13	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clean	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 rub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		rub property	tree rules
2	is	present	scour	clean property	tree rules
3	be		scour not said here		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.

Meaning 2

To scour is to search every part of a place carefully and quickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scour	mark
2	scour	scour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 search	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 search	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 search	mark
5	search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 part	det
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 search	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod
11	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 search	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 quickly	cc
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	11 carefully	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 search	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						carefully, search property	tree rules

Example 1

We scour the pans after supper.

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 scour	nsubj
2	scour	scour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pans	det
4	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scour	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 supper	case
6	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scour	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scour	present	We	the pans			after supper		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pan=Source

Example 2

The police scoured the woods for the lost dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scoured	nsubj
3	scoured	scour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woods	det
5	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scoured	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scoured	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scour	past	the police	the woods				for the lost dog	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location for dog=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Mum scours the sink every Friday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scours	nsubj
2	scours	scour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sink	det
4	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scours	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 Friday	det
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 scours	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scours	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scour	present	Mum	the sink			friday		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sink=Theme

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