cleave

Who acts: knight, axe, hero · What happens: split, cut, cleave, stick, cry · To what, where: wood, knight, log, rock, old tales · Speech: someone speaks here

«cleave» 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: cleave in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To split or cut right through something with a heavy blow: cleave the wood with an axe.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 split	mark
2	split	split	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 cut	cc
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 split	conj
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 cut	advmod
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 cut	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 blow	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blow	det
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blow	amod
11	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 something	nmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 cleave	punct
13	cleave	cleave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 split	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wood	det
15	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cleave	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 axe	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 axe	det
18	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cleave	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	split	to-infinitive			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	cut	infinitive		through something; right property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through something=Patient
3	cleave	infinitive	the wood	with a axe	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wood=Patient with axe=Instrument

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

To stick firmly to something: cleave to the truth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stick	mark
2	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 stick	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 stick	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 cleave	punct
7	cleave	cleave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stick	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 truth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 truth	det
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleave	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	to-infinitive						to something; firmly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to something=Co-Patient
2	cleave	infinitive						to the truth result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to truth=Result

Example 1

The knight cried, «Cleave him to the brisket!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cried	nsubj
3	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Cleave	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Cleave	punct
6	Cleave	cleave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cried	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Cleave	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 brisket	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brisket	det
10	brisket	brisket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Cleave	obl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 Cleave	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Cleave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the knight						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cleave in a quote	infinitive		knight				to the brisket result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to brisket=Result

Example 2

The axe cleaved the log in two.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 axe	det
2	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaved	nsubj
3	cleaved	cleave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 log	det
5	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaved	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 two	compound:prt
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 log	appos
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cleaved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleave	past	the axe	the log					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Patient

Example 3

In old tales the hero could cleave a rock with one blow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tales	amod
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cleave	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hero	det
5	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleave	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cleave	aux
7	cleave	cleave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rock	det
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleave	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 blow	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 blow	nummod
12	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleave	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cleave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleave	could	the hero	a rock		old tales		with one blow	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rock=Patient with blow=Instrument

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