Who acts: you, I, Grandma, tummy, hummingbird, He · What happens: drink, take, sip, have, hurt, pull · To what, where: small amount, hot chocolate, sip, juice, tea, small sips
«sip» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: sip in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 drink
mark
2
drink
drink
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
slowly
slowly
ADV
_
2 drink
advmod
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 taking
punct
5
taking
take
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
2 drink
advcl
6
only
only
ADV
_
9 amount
advmod
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 amount
det
8
small
small
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 amount
amod
9
amount
amount
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 taking
obj
10
at
at
ADP
_
12 time
case
11
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
12 time
det
12
time
time
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 taking
obl
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 drink
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
drink
to-infinitive
slowly property
vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
take
gerund
a small amount
time
vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme
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
A very small mouthful of a drink.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
4 mouthful
det
2
very
very
ADV
_
3 small
advmod
3
small
small
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 mouthful
amod
4
mouthful
mouthful
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
5
of
of
ADP
_
7 drink
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 drink
det
7
drink
drink
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 mouthful
nmod
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 mouthful
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Sip your hot chocolate slowly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Sip
sip
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
4 chocolate
nmod:poss
3
hot
hot
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 chocolate
amod
4
chocolate
chocolate
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Sip
obj
5
slowly
slowly
ADV
_
1 Sip
advmod
6
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Sip
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
sip
imperative
you not said here
your hot chocolate
slowly property
vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient
Example 2
Can I have a sip of your juice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
3 have
aux
2
I
I
PRON
Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs
3 have
nsubj
3
have
have
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 sip
det
5
sip
sip
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 have
obj
6
of
of
ADP
_
8 juice
case
7
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
8 juice
nmod:poss
8
juice
juice
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 sip
nmod
9
?
?
PUNCT
_
3 have
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
have
can
I
a sip of your juice
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sip=Patient
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.