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title: liner — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «liner» in the school dictionary: A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# liner

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**Who acts:** big passenger ship, Eyeliner, ball, Titanic, We, cruise liner · **What happens:** sail, put, line, protect, make up, draw · **To what, where:** oceans, thing, baseball, biggest liner, cruise liner, harbour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«liner» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [liner in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/liner.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner).

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:m1:1
# text = A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Titanic	Titanic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | a big passenger ship |  |  | oceans |  | on regular routes like the Titanic | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Something put inside another thing to line or protect it, like a bin liner (UK, a bin bag) or a nappy liner.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:m2:1
# text = Something put inside another thing to line or protect it, like a bin liner (UK, a bin bag) or a nappy liner.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	line	line	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	nappy	nappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | participle |  |  |  | another thing |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent inside thing=Destination |
| 2 | **line** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **protect** | infinitive |  | thing |  |  |  | like a bin liner or a nappy liner | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eyeliner: make-up drawn along the eyelids.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:m3:1
# text = Eyeliner: make-up drawn along the eyelids.
1	Eyeliner	eyeliner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | infinitive | Eyeliner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | participle | Eyeliner *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along the eyelids | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In baseball and cricket, a ball hit hard and low (a line drive).

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:m4:1
# text = In baseball and cricket, a ball hit hard and low (a line drive).
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | a ball |  |  | baseball and cricket |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Titanic was the biggest liner of its day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x1:1
# text = The Titanic was the biggest liner of its day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Titanic	Titanic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Titanic | the biggest liner |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We waved at the cruise liner leaving the harbour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x2:1
# text = We waved at the cruise liner leaving the harbour.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cruise	cruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | We |  |  | the cruise liner |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at liner=Location |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | the cruise liner *not said here* | the harbour |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put a new liner in the kitchen bin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x3:1
# text = Put a new liner in the kitchen bin.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new liner |  | the kitchen bin |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent liner=Theme in bin=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Draw the outline with a black fine-liner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x4:1
# text = Draw the outline with a black fine-liner.
1	Draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outline	outline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outline |  |  |  | with a black fine liner | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outline=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My sister put on eyeliner before the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x5:1
# text = My sister put on eyeliner before the party.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	eyeliner	eyeliner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | participle | My sister |  |  | eyeliner | before the party |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on eyeliner=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The comedian told a funny one-liner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x6:1
# text = The comedian told a funny one-liner.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comedian	comedian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the comedian | a funny one liner |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent liner=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The largest liner was called Hercules, and the smallest schooner The Flea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:liner:x7:1
# text = The largest liner was called Hercules, and the smallest schooner The Flea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	liner	liner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	schooner	schooner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Flea	Flea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the largest liner |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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