tidbit

Who acts: tidbit, you, cat, She · What happens: be, get, wait, save · To what, where: small tasty piece, small piece, tidbits, return, cook, best tidbit

«tidbit» 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: tidbit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tidbit is a small, tasty piece of food, often a treat.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tidbit	det
2	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 piece	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 piece	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 piece	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct
7	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 piece	amod
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 treat	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 treat	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 treat	det
14	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tidbit	a small tasty piece and a treat				of food	tree rules

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 tidbit can also be a small piece of interesting news or gossip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tidbit	det
2	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 piece	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	8 piece	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 piece	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 piece	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 piece	amod
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 news	case
10	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 news	amod
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 gossip	cc
13	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 news	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a tidbit	a small piece				of interesting news or gossip	tree rules

Example 1

In return you will get tidbits of every kind: chicken bones, choice bits of meat, sugar and cake.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 return	case
2	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	tidbits	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kind	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 kind	det
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tidbits	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 bones	punct
11	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bones	compound
12	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bits	punct
14	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bits	compound
15	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bones	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 meat	case
17	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bits	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sugar	punct
19	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bones	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cake	cc
21	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sugar	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	you	tidbits of every kind		return		chicken bones and choice bits of meat and sugar and cake obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tidbit=Stimulus

Example 2

The cat waited for a tidbit from the cook.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 tidbit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tidbit	det
6	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 cook	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the cat			the cook		for a tidbit	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

She saved the best tidbit for last.

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 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tidbit	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 tidbit	amod
5	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saved	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 last	case
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	She	the best tidbit				for last	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tidbit=Theme for last=Source

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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