billet

Who acts: woodcutter, She, you · What happens: cut, burn, stack, give, chop, split · To what, where: short thick piece, billets, billet, him, logs

«billet» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: billet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 piece	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piece	amod
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piece	amod
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wood	case
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct
8	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 piece	acl:relcl
9	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cut	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 chopping	case
11	chopping	chopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ready	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 burning	cc
13	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 ready	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle		a short thick piece of wood not said here				ready property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A short note or letter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 note	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 note	amod
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 letter	cc
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 note	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 note	punct

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

Example 1

The woodcutter stacked the billets by the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 woodcutter	det
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stacked	nsubj
3	stacked	stack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 billets	det
5	billets	billet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stacked	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stacked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stack	past	the woodcutter	the billets				by the door	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent billet=Theme by door=Destination

Example 2

She gave him a billet of wood to chop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 billet	det
5	billet	billet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wood	case
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 billet	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 chop	mark
9	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 billet	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	a billet of wood	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient billet=Theme
2	chop	to-infinitive	She not said here	a billet of wood not said here					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Split the logs into billets for the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Split	split	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 logs	det
3	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Split	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 billets	case
5	billets	billet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Split	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Split	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	imperative	you not said here	the logs				into billets result; for the fire	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent log=Patient into billet=Result

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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