taper

Who acts: taper, She · What happens: be, use, light, flicker · To what, where: long thin candle, other candles, dark hall, tapers, table

«taper» 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: taper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A taper is a long thin candle, used for lighting other candles or lamps.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 taper	det
2	taper	taper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 candle	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 candle	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 candle	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 candle	amod
6	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 candle	amod
7	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 candle	acl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 lighting	mark
11	lighting	light	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 used	advcl
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 candles	amod
13	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lighting	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 lamps	cc
15	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 candles	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 candle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a taper	a long thin candle	tree rules
2	use	participle		a long thin candle not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	light	gerund		other candles or lamps	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product

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 taper is to become gradually narrower towards one end, like a pointed pencil.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 taper	mark
2	taper	taper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 become	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 become	mark
5	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	7 narrower	advmod
7	narrower	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 become	xcomp
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 end	nummod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 narrower	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pencil	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 pencil	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pencil	det
14	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pencil	amod
15	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	parataxis
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 become	punct

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

Example 1

The taper flickered in the dark hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 taper	det
2	taper	taper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flickered	nsubj
3	flickered	flicker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hall	amod
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flickered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flickered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flicker	past	the taper			the dark hall			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

Example 2

She lit the tapers on the table.

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 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tapers	det
4	tapers	taper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lit	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	She	the tapers		the table			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taper=Product

Example 3

The tower tapers to a point at the top.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tapers	det
2	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tapers	compound
3	tapers	taper	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 point	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 point	det
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tapers	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 top	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 top	det
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tapers	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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