tinder
Who acts: Tinder, dry material, you, Dry leaves, spark · What happens: be, catch, use, start, get, ask · To what, where: dry material, fire, spark, tinder, witch, good tinder
«tinder» 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: tinder in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire. (old use).
Sentence 1: Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tinder | tinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 material | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 material | cop |
| 3 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 material | amod |
| 4 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 catches | nsubj |
| 6 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 material | acl:relcl |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | obj |
| 8 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 6 catches | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 spark | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spark | det |
| 11 | spark | spark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 used | punct |
| 13 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 spark | acl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 start | mark |
| 15 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 used | xcomp |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 fire | det |
| 17 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 start | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 material | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Tinder | dry material | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | catch | present | dry material | fire | a spark | easily property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from spark=Source | ||
| 3 | use | participle | a spark not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | start | to-infinitive | a fire | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Have you got the tinder? asked the witch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tinder | det |
| 5 | tinder | tinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 asked | punct |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 witch | det |
| 9 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | the tinder | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tinder=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | you not said here | the witch | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient |
Example 2
Dry leaves make good tinder.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 leaves | amod |
| 2 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tinder | amod |
| 5 | tinder | tinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Dry leaves | good tinder | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tinder=Product |
Example 3
The spark fell onto the tinder and it glowed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spark | det |
| 2 | spark | spark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 6 tinder | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tinder | det |
| 6 | tinder | tinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 glowed | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 glowed | nsubj |
| 9 | glowed | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fell | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the spark | the tinder | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto tinder=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | glow | past | spark | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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