chopper

Who acts: chopper, heavy blade, woodcutter, Mum, We, our · What happens: be, chop, swing, use, cut, ride · To what, where: tool, wood, helicopter, bike, chopper, meat

«chopper» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: chopper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chopper is a tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood or meat.

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 chopper	det
2	chopper	chopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tool	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tool	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tool	det
5	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 blade	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blade	det
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blade	amod
9	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tool	nmod
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 chopping	mark
11	chopping	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 blade	acl
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chopping	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 meat	cc
14	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wood	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chopper	a tool				with a heavy blade	tree rules
2	chop	gerund	a heavy blade not said here	wood or meat					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A chopper is a helicopter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chopper	det
2	chopper	chopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helicopter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 helicopter	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 helicopter	det
5	helicopter	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helicopter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chopper	a helicopter					tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: informal, child's word — kept apart, not parsed.

A chopper is a bike with high handlebars and a long seat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chopper	det
2	chopper	chopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bike	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bike	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bike	det
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 handlebars	case
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 handlebars	amod
8	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bike	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 seat	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 seat	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seat	amod
12	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 handlebars	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chopper	a bike				with high handlebars and a long seat	tree rules

Example 1

The woodcutter swung his chopper.

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 swung	nsubj
3	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 chopper	nmod:poss
5	chopper	chopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	the woodcutter	woodcutter's chopper					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chopper=Theme
2	chop		woodcutter						nom chopper «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Mum used a chopper to cut the meat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chopper	det
4	chopper	chopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cut	mark
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meat	det
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Mum	a chopper					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopper=Patient
2	cut	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	the meat					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meat=Product

Example 3

We rode our choppers down the lane.

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 choppers	nmod:poss
4	choppers	chopper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rode	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 lane	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lane	det
7	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	We	our choppers		the lane			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent chopper=Theme down lane=Trajectory
2	chop		our						nom chopper «act transitive»: poss=agent

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