carving

Who acts: carving, museum, We, pumpkin, totem pole, Maori wood carvings · What happens: be, make, cut, carve, mean, cook · To what, where: object, pattern, wood, art, cooked meat, slices · Speech: someone speaks here

«carving» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: carving in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A carving is an object or pattern made by cutting wood, stone or another material.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carving	det
2	carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 object	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 object	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 object	det
5	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pattern	cc
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 object	conj
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pattern	acl
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 cutting	mark
10	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 made	advcl
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cutting	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stone	punct
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wood	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 material	cc
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 material	det
16	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wood	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a carving	a object or pattern	pattern conj	tree rules
2	make	participle		pattern not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	cut	gerund		wood and stone or another material		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Carving is the art or activity of cutting shapes into a material.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 art	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 art	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 art	det
4	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 activity	cc
6	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 art	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 shapes	case
8	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shapes	compound
9	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 activity	nmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 material	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 material	det
12	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shapes	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 art	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	gerund							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the art or activity of cutting shapes into a material				activity of cutting shapes into a material conj	tree rules

Everyday, meaning 3

Carving means cutting cooked meat into slices.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
4	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 meat	amod
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 slices	case
7	slices	slice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cutting	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	Carving			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cut	gerund		cooked meat	slices	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent meat=Material into slice=Product
3	cook	participle				vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The museum has old stone carvings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carvings	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carvings	compound
6	carvings	carving	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the museum	old stone carvings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carving=Patient

Example 2

We went pumpkin carving at Halloween.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pumpkin	pumpkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obj
4	carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pumpkin	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Halloween	case
6	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 carving	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	We	pumpkin					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pumpkin=Theme
2	carve	gerund	pumpkin not said here			Halloween			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The totem pole has carvings of animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pole	det
2	totem	totem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pole	compound
3	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	carvings	carving	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carvings	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the totem pole	carvings of animals					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carving=Patient

Example 4

Maori wood carvings tell stories of ancestors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 carvings	compound
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carvings	compound
3	carvings	carving	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ancestors	case
7	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stories	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Maori wood carvings	stories of ancestors					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Example 5

Dad was carving the turkey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carving	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carving	aux
3	carving	carve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 turkey	det
5	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carving	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · progressive	Dad	the turkey					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turkey=Theme

Example 6

Carving takes patience and a sharp tool.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tool	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tool	det
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tool	amod
7	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 patience	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	gerund							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	present		patience and a sharp tool					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Theme

Example 7

Only a grown-up should use a carving knife.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 up	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 up	det
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 up	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 use	aux
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 knife	det
9	carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knife	compound
10	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	should	a grown up	a carving knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

Example 8

Just let me finish carving this cross.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 let	advmod
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 finish	xcomp
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 cross	det
7	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carving	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	me	tree rules
2	finish	infinitive	me not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	carve	gerund	me not said here	this cross	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Theme

Example 9

and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. (Torah EXO.31.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cutting	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 cutting	case
3	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 stones	case
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cutting	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 setting	case
7	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stones	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carving	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carving	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 carving	case
11	carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wood	case
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carving	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 work	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	16 work	mark
16	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cutting	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 manner	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 manner	det
19	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 work	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 workmanship	case
21	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 manner	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cutting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	to-infinitive						in all manner of workmanship	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in manner=Theme
3	cut		stones for setting						nom cutting «act intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.31.5, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.31.5	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.31.5	compound
3	EXO.31.5	EXO.31.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.31.5	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.31.5	punct

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

Example 10

and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship. (Torah EXO.35.33, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cutting	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 cutting	case
3	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 stones	case
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cutting	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 setting	case
7	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stones	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carving	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carving	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 carving	case
11	carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wood	case
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carving	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 work	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	16 work	mark
16	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cutting	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 manner	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 manner	det
19	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 work	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 workmanship	case
21	skilful	skilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 workmanship	amod
22	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 manner	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cutting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	to-infinitive						in all manner of skilful workmanship	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in manner=Theme
3	cut		stones for setting						nom cutting «act intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.35.33, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.35.33	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.35.33	compound
3	EXO.35.33	EXO.35.33	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.35.33	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.35.33	punct

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

Example 11

And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees. (Prophets 1KI.6.32, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.

The tree, 40 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	13 carved	cc
2	as	as	ADV	_	13 carved	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 doors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doors	det
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 doors	nummod
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 as	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 wood	case
8	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wood	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 olive	punct
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doors	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 carved	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carved	nsubj
13	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 carvings	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 carvings	nsubj
16	carvings	carving	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 carved	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 cherubim	case
18	cherubim	cherubim	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carvings	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 trees	cc
20	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 trees	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 palm	punct
22	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 carvings	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 flowers	cc
24	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 flowers	amod
25	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 carvings	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 overlaid	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 overlaid	cc
28	overlaid	overlay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 carved	conj
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 overlaid	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 gold	case
31	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 overlaid	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 spread	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 spread	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 spread	nsubj
35	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 carved	conj
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 gold	det
37	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	obj
38	upon	upon	ADP	_	40 cherubim	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 cherubim	det
40	cherubim	cherubim	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 trees	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 trees	cc
43	upon	upon	ADP	_	47 trees	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 trees	det
45	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 trees	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 palm	punct
47	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 spread	obl
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 carved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carve	past	he			upon carvings doors of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	overlay	past	he not said here	doors = door		with gold	tree rules
3	spread	past	he	the gold	the cherubim	upon the palm trees	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme upon cherubim=Destination

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1KI.6.32, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1KI.6.32	1KI.6.32	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1KI.6.32	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

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📖 carving

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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