thimbleful

Who acts: thimbleful, thimble, stepmother, you · What happens: be, hold, amount, send, add, scoop up · To what, where: small amount, liquid, thimbleful, her

«thimbleful» 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: thimbleful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thimbleful is as much as a thimble can hold, a very small amount of liquid or food.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 thimbleful	det
2	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 much	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 much	cop
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 hold	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thimble	det
8	thimble	thimble	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hold	aux
10	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 much	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 amount	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 amount	det
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 small	advmod
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 amount	amod
15	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 liquid	case
17	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 amount	nmod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 food	cc
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 liquid	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 much	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a thimbleful		much property	tree rules
2	hold	can	a thimble	a small amount of liquid or food		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme
3	amount			liquid or food		nom amount «possession 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

The stepmother sent her a thimbleful of broth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stepmother	det
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thimbleful	det
6	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 broth	case
8	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thimbleful	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the stepmother	a thimbleful of broth	her = she				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination thimbleful=Theme

Example 2

Add a thimbleful of milk to the tea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thimbleful	det
3	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 milk	case
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thimbleful	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 tea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tea	det
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a thimbleful of milk				to the tea	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thimbleful=Patient to tea=Co-Patient

Example 3

The old man scooped up a thimbleful of glowing embers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thimbleful	nsubj
4	scooped	scoop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 thimbleful	amod
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 scooped	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thimbleful	det
7	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 embers	case
9	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 embers	amod
10	embers	ember	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 thimbleful	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 thimbleful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoop up	participle							vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	glow	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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