tinderbox

Who acts: tinderbox, old box, Hallo, this, He, Lighting · What happens: be, hold, use, say, strike, light · To what, where: old box, tinder, soldier, pleasant tinderbox, spark, tinderbox · Speech: someone speaks here

«tinderbox» 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: tinderbox in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tinderbox is an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light fires. (old use).

Sentence 1: A tinderbox is an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light fires.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tinderbox	det
2	tinderbox	tinderbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 box	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 box	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 box	amod
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 box	acl
8	tinder	tinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holding	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 flint	punct
10	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tinder	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 steel	cc
12	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tinder	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 box	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 fires	case
16	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fires	compound
17	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 used	obl:agent
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 box	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a tinderbox	a old box	tree rules
2	hold	gerund	a old box not said here	tinder and flint and steel	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tinder=Theme
3	use	participle			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Hallo, said the soldier, this is a pleasant tinderbox!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hallo	Hallo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hallo	punct
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soldier	det
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tinderbox	punct
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 tinderbox	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tinderbox	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tinderbox	det
10	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tinderbox	amod
11	tinderbox	tinderbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soldier	appos
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Hallo	the soldier					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent soldier=Topic
2	is a	present	this	a pleasant tinderbox					tree rules

Example 2

He struck a spark from the tinderbox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spark	det
4	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tinderbox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tinderbox	det
7	tinderbox	tinderbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	a spark		the tinderbox			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Patient

Example 3

Lighting a candle with a tinderbox took ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lighting	light	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 took	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 candle	det
3	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lighting	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 tinderbox	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tinderbox	det
6	tinderbox	tinderbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lighting	obl
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 took	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	gerund		a candle				with a tinderbox	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product with tinderbox=Material
2	take	past	Lighting	ages					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=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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