tampon

Who acts: box, girls, some, shop, you · What happens: put, soak up, roll, keep, say, change · To what, where: similar material, vagina, blood, cotton, Tampons, room · Speech: someone speaks here

«tampon» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: tampon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small soft roll of cotton or similar material put inside the vagina to soak up blood during a period (menstruation).

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 roll	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roll	amod
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roll	amod
4	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cotton	case
6	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roll	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 material	cc
8	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 material	amod
9	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roll	conj
10	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 material	acl
11	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 vagina	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vagina	det
13	vagina	vagina	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 soak	mark
15	soak	soak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 put	advcl
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 soak	compound:prt
17	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 soak	obj
18	during	during	ADP	_	20 period	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 period	det
20	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 soak	obl
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 menstruation	punct
22	menstruation	menstruation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 period	appos
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 menstruation	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 roll	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	put	participle	similar material not said here	the vagina		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent inside vagina=Destination
2	soak up	to-infinitive	blood		during a period	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
3	roll		cotton			nom roll «event transitive»: of=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

Tampons and pads are kept in the school nurse's room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tampons	tampon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 pads	cc
3	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tampons	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nurse	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nurse	compound
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 room	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 nurse	case
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		Tampons and pads		the school nurse's room			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in room=Location

Example 2

The box says to change a tampon every four to eight hours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 change	mark
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tampon	det
7	tampon	tampon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 hours	det
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hours	nummod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 eight	case
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 four	nmod
12	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the box						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	change	to-infinitive		a tampon			hour		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tampon=Patient

Example 3

Some girls use pads and some use tampons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 girls	det
2	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 use	cc
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 use	conj
8	tampons	tampon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	some girls	pads					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pad=Patient
2	use	present	some	tampons					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tampon=Patient

Example 4

The shop sells tampons in different sizes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tampons	tampon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sizes	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sizes	amod
7	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	the shop	tampons		different sizes			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tampon=Theme

Example 5

Free tampons are given out in some schools.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tampons	amod
2	tampons	tampon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 given	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 schools	det
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	present · passive		Free tampons		some schools			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Example 6

Read the leaflet inside the tampon box.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 leaflet	det
3	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 box	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
6	tampon	tampon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 box	compound
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaflet	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the leaflet		the tampon box			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaflet=Topic

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.

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