tote
Who acts: Dad, you, donkey, She · What happens: tote, be · To what, where: something, picnic basket, bag, car, sacks, books
«tote» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: tote in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To tote something is to carry it, especially a heavy load, by hand or on your back.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tote | mark |
| 2 | tote | tote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 carry | advcl |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 tote | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 carry | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 carry | mark |
| 6 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carry | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 load | punct |
| 9 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 12 load | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 load | det |
| 11 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 load | amod |
| 12 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carry | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hand | punct |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 hand | case |
| 15 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carry | obl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 back | cc |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 back | case |
| 18 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 back | nmod:poss |
| 19 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hand | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 carry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tote | to-infinitive | something | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | by hand or your back; a heavy load obl; carry property | 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.
Example 1
Dad totes the picnic basket up the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 totes | nsubj |
| 2 | totes | tote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 basket | det |
| 4 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 basket | compound |
| 5 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 totes | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 basket | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 totes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tote | present | Dad | the picnic basket | up the hill | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme |
Example 2
Can you tote this bag to the car?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tote | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tote | nsubj |
| 3 | tote | tote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 bag | det |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tote | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 car | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 car | det |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tote | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 tote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tote | can | you | this bag | the car | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to car=Destination |
Example 3
The donkey toted the sacks all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 donkey | det |
| 2 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 toted | nsubj |
| 3 | toted | tote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sacks | det |
| 5 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 toted | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 toted | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 toted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tote | past | the donkey | the sacks | day | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |
Example 4
She toted her books to school every morning.
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 toted | nsubj |
| 2 | toted | tote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 books | nmod:poss |
| 4 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 toted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 toted | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 toted | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 toted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tote | past | She | her books | school | morning | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme to school=Destination |
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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