yule
Who acts: yule log, We, family, Yule, old man · What happens: be, burn, sing, light, chop · To what, where: large log, Christmas, carols, yule, yule log, hearth
«yule» 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: yule in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 name | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 name | amod |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 season | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 season | det |
| 6 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 season | compound |
| 7 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 name | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 festival | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 festival | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 festival | det |
| 11 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 season | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Christmas | case |
| 13 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 festival | nmod |
| 14 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 11 festival | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 log | punct |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 log | det |
| 17 | yule | yule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 log | compound |
| 18 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 log | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 log | cop |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 log | det |
| 21 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 log | amod |
| 22 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 season | conj |
| 23 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 log | acl |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 Christmas | case |
| 25 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 burned | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a yule log | a large log | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | burn | participle | a large log not said here | Christmas | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at christmas=Location |
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
We sang carols at yule.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 sang | nsubj |
| 2 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | carols | carol | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sang | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 yule | case |
| 5 | yule | yule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sang | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | We | carols | yule | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme |
Example 2
The family lit a yule log in the hearth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | nsubj |
| 3 | lit | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 log | det |
| 5 | yule | yule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 log | compound |
| 6 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hearth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hearth | det |
| 9 | hearth | hearth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light | past | the family | a yule log | the hearth | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Product |
Example 3
Yule was a time of feasts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yule | yule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 time | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 feasts | case |
| 6 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 time | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Yule | a time | of feasts | tree rules |
Example 4
An old man chopped yule logs in the yard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chopped | nsubj |
| 4 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | yule | yule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 logs | compound |
| 6 | logs | log | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chopped | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 yard | det |
| 9 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chopped | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 chopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop | past | a old man | yule logs | in the yard | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Patient in yard=Location |
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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