carver
Who acts: carver, person, old carver, head carver · What happens: be, cut, cut up, make, bring · To what, where: person, wood, shapes, meat, meal, goose
«carver» 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: carver in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A carver is a person who cuts wood or stone into shapes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 carver | det |
| 2 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 cuts | nsubj |
| 7 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cuts | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 stone | cc |
| 10 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wood | conj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 shapes | case |
| 12 | shapes | shape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cuts | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a carver | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cut | present | a person | wood or stone | shapes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent wood=Material into shape=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.
Meaning 2
A carver is also the person who cuts up the meat at a meal.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 carver | det |
| 2 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | cop |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 person | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 cuts | nsubj |
| 8 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | acl:relcl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 cuts | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 meat | det |
| 11 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cuts | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 meal | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 meal | det |
| 14 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cuts | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a carver | the person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cut up | present | the person | the meat | a meal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Product |
Example 1
The carver cut the goose into thin slices.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 carver | det |
| 2 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cut | nsubj |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 goose | det |
| 5 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cut | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 slices | case |
| 7 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 slices | amod |
| 8 | slices | slice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cut | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past | the carver | the goose | thin slices | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent goose=Material into slice=Product |
Example 2
The old carver made a wooden bird for the king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 carver | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 carver | amod |
| 3 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 6 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bird | amod |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the old carver | a wooden bird | for the king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Product for king=Beneficiary |
Example 3
The head carver brought the pie to the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 carver | det |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carver | compound |
| 3 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pie | det |
| 6 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 table | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 table | det |
| 9 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the head carver | the pie | the table | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pie=Theme to table=Destination |
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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