scullery
Who acts: scullery, Catskin, She · What happens: be, wash, creep back · To what, where: small room, back, dishes, scullery
«scullery» 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: scullery in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A scullery is a small room at the back of a house or castle, where dishes and pots are washed.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scullery | det |
| 2 | scullery | scullery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 room | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 room | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 room | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 room | amod |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 back | det |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 room | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 house | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 back | nmod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 castle | cc |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 house | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 washed | punct |
| 16 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 washed | advmod |
| 17 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 washed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 pots | cc |
| 19 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 dishes | conj |
| 20 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 washed | aux:pass |
| 21 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 castle | acl:relcl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 room | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a scullery | a small room | the back of a house or castle | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wash | present · passive | dishes and pots | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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
Catskin crept back into the scullery.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catskin | Catskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 crept | nsubj |
| 2 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 crept | advmod |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 scullery | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 scullery | det |
| 6 | scullery | scullery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 crept | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 crept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | creep back | past | Catskin | the scullery | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into scullery=Destination |
Example 2
The scullery was full of dirty pots.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scullery | det |
| 2 | scullery | scullery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pots | case |
| 6 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pots | amod |
| 7 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the scullery | of dirty pots; full property | tree rules |
Example 3
She washed the dishes in the scullery every night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 washed | nsubj |
| 2 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dishes | det |
| 4 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 washed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 scullery | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 scullery | det |
| 7 | scullery | scullery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 washed | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 washed | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 washed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | past | She | the dishes | the scullery | night | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient |
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