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title: lucifer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lucifer» in the school dictionary: A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lucifer

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**Who acts:** lucifer, early kind, She, He, you · **What happens:** be, light, scrape, strike, use, set · **To what, where:** early kind, rough surface, lucifer, candle, lucifer match, lamp

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«lucifer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [lucifer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lucifer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil.

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*Sentence 1:* A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lucifer:m1:1
# text = A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lucifer	lucifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	scraped	scrape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a lucifer | a early kind |  |  |  | of match | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** | past | a early kind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scrape** | participle | a early kind *not said here* |  |  | a rough surface |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lucifer:m1:2
# text = Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	Lucifer	Lucifer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She struck a lucifer and lit the candle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lucifer:x1:1
# text = She struck a lucifer and lit the candle.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lucifer	lucifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | She | a lucifer |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lucifer=Patient |
| 2 | **light** | past | She *not said here* | the candle |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He used a lucifer-match to light the lamp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lucifer:x2:1
# text = He used a lucifer-match to light the lamp.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	lucifer	lucifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | a lucifer match |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |
| 2 | **light** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Be careful with a lucifer; it can set a curtain on fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lucifer:x3:1
# text = Be careful with a lucifer; it can set a curtain on fire.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lucifer	lucifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a lucifer; careful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | can | lucifer | a curtain |  | fire |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme on fire=Destination |

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**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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