whisky

Who acts: Scotland, Grandad, Whisky, distillery, He, Irish people · What happens: make, be, keep, order, spell, say · To what, where: strong alcoholic drink, grain, Scotland, whisky, bottle, you · Speech: someone speaks here

«whisky» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: whisky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A strong alcoholic drink made from grain such as barley, made especially in Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the USA.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 drink	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drink	amod
3	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drink	amod
4	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 drink	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 grain	case
7	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 barley	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grain	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 drink	acl
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 made	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Scotland	case
15	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Ireland	punct
17	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Scotland	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Canada	punct
19	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Scotland	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 USA	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 USA	det
22	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Canada	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a strong alcoholic drink not said here		grain such barley			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from grain=Material
2	make	participle		a strong alcoholic drink not said here		Scotland and Ireland and Canada and the USA		especially property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Usage: a whisky — kept apart, not parsed.

A glass of this drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 drink	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 drink	det
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glass	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 glass	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Scotland is famous for making whisky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 famous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 making	mark
5	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 famous	advcl
6	whisky	whisky	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 making	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Scotland					famous property	tree rules
2	make	gerund	Scotland not said here	whisky					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset whisky=Product

Example 2

Grandad keeps a bottle of whisky for special guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bottle	det
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 whisky	case
6	whisky	whisky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bottle	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 guests	case
8	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guests	amod
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Grandad	a bottle of whisky				for special guests	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme

Example 3

Whisky is far too strong for children and can make you very ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisky	Whisky	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 strong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strong	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 strong	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 strong	advmod
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strong	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 make	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 strong	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 ill	advmod
13	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 strong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Whisky					for children; far, strong property	tree rules
2	make	can	Whisky not said here	you				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Example 4

The distillery makes whisky from barley and water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 distillery	det
2	distillery	distillery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	whisky	whisky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 barley	case
6	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barley	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the distillery	whisky		barley and water			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset whisky=Product from barley=Material

Example 5

He ordered a whisky at the hotel bar.

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 whisky	det
4	whisky	whisky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 bar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bar	det
7	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bar	compound
8	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He	a whisky		the hotel bar			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent whisky=Theme at bar=Asset

Example 6

Irish people spell it whiskey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spell	nsubj
3	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spell	obj
5	whiskey	whiskey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spell	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present	Irish people	it					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme whiskey=Manner

Example 7

‘That was no bad whisky neither,’ says Maurice, handing back the empty bottle.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 whisky	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 whisky	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 whisky	cop
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 whisky	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 whisky	amod
6	whisky	whisky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	ccomp
7	neither	neither	ADV	_	6 whisky	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 whisky	punct
9	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 whisky	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Maurice	Maurice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 handing	punct
13	handing	hand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 says	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 handing	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bottle	det
16	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bottle	amod
17	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 handing	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	no bad whisky	neither property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Maurice			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	hand back	gerund	Maurice not said here	the empty bottle		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme

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