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title: radiator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «radiator» in the school dictionary: A radiator is a flat metal heater, usually under a window, that warms a room when hot water or steam flows through it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# radiator

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**Who acts:** radiator, that, hot water, car engine, you, Dad · **What happens:** be, warm, flow, keep, put, dry · **To what, where:** flat metal heater, room, radiator, part, front, engine

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«radiator» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [radiator in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/radiator.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A radiator is a flat metal heater, usually under a window, that warms a room when hot water or steam flows through it.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:m1:1
# text = A radiator is a flat metal heater, usually under a window, that warms a room when hot water or steam flows through it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	heater	heater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	23	mark	_	_
19	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
24	through	through	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a radiator | a flat metal heater and a window |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warm** | present | that | a room |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient |
| 3 | **flow** | present | hot water or steam |  |  | radiator |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Location |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A radiator is also the part at the front of a car engine that keeps the engine cool.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:m2:1
# text = A radiator is also the part at the front of a car engine that keeps the engine cool.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 radiator | the part |  | the front of a car engine |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | a car engine | the engine |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put your wet gloves on the radiator to dry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x1:1
# text = Put your wet gloves on the radiator to dry.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | your wet gloves |  | the radiator |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent glove=Theme on radiator=Destination |
| 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The radiator in our classroom is very hot, so don't lean on it.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x2:1
# text = The radiator in our classroom is very hot, so don't lean on it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the radiator in our classroom |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **lean** | infinitive · do-support | the radiator in our classroom *not said here* |  |  | radiator |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad bled the radiator because it was cold at the top.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x3:1
# text = Dad bled the radiator because it was cold at the top.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bled	bleed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleed** | past | Dad | the radiator |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent radiator=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past | radiator |  |  | the top |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Warm air rises from the radiator and moves round the room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x4:1
# text = Warm air rises from the radiator and moves round the room.
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | Warm air |  |  | the radiator |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from radiator=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **move** | present | Warm air *not said here* |  |  | the room |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme round room=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car stopped because the radiator leaked.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x5:1
# text = The car stopped because the radiator leaked.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leaked	leak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the car |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leak** | past | the radiator |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turn the radiator down; it's boiling in here.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x6:1
# text = Turn the radiator down; it's boiling in here.
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn down** | imperative | you *not said here* | the radiator |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radiator=Theme |
| 2 | **boil** | present · progressive | radiator |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in here=Instrument |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat loves sleeping on the radiator shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x7:1
# text = The cat loves sleeping on the radiator shelf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	radiator	radiator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | gerund | the cat *not said here* |  |  | the radiator shelf |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our old house has big iron radiators.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:radiator:x8:1
# text = Our old house has big iron radiators.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	radiators	radiator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our old house | big iron radiators |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radiator=Patient |

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