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tonsil

Who acts: doctor, tonsils, throat, cousin, Tonsillitis, You · What happens: help, fight, shine, look, be, hurt · To what, where: germs, light, tonsils, lots, infection, two tonsils · Speech: someone speaks here

«tonsil» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: tonsil in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

One of two small soft lumps at the back of your throat, one on each side, which help fight germs.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 lumps	case
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 lumps	nummod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lumps	amod
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lumps	amod
6	lumps	lump	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 back	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 back	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lumps	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 throat	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 throat	nmod:poss
12	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 back	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 One	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 side	case
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 side	det
17	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 help	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 help	nsubj
20	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 One	conj
21	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 help	xcomp
22	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 fight	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fight	infinitive		germs					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Co-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.

Example 1

The doctor shone a light to look at my tonsils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	nsubj
3	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 light	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shone	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 tonsils	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tonsils	nmod:poss
10	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	past	the doctor	a light					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	the doctor not said here					at my tonsils	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tonsil=Theme

Example 2

My tonsils are swollen and my throat hurts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 tonsils	nmod:poss
2	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swollen	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swollen	cop
4	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hurts	cc
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 throat	nmod:poss
7	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hurts	nsubj
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swollen	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swollen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My tonsils					swollen property	tree rules
2	hurt	present	my throat						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

My cousin had her tonsils out and ate lots of ice cream afterwards.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tonsils	nmod:poss
5	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	out	out	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ate	cc
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
9	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ate	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 cream	case
11	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cream	compound
12	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lots	nmod
13	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	8 ate	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have out	past	My cousin	cousin's tonsils				out property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tonsil=Patient
2	eat	past	My cousin not said here	lots of ice cream				afterwards property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Example 4

Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tonsillitis	tonsillitis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infection	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 infection	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 infection	det
4	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tonsils	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tonsils	det
7	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 infection	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 infection	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tonsillitis	a infection				of the tonsils	tree rules

Example 5

You have two tonsils at the back of your throat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 tonsils	nummod
4	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tonsils	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 throat	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 throat	nmod:poss
10	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 back	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	You	two tonsils		the back of your throat			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tonsil=Patient

Example 6

Say «aah» so I can see your tonsils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 aah	punct
3	aah	aah	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 aah	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 see	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 see	aux
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 aah	advcl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tonsils	nmod:poss
10	tonsils	tonsil	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	aah in a quote	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
3	see	can	I	your tonsils					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tonsil=Stimulus

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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