clockwork

Who acts: Clockwork, that, toy, clockwork mouse, you, clockwork bird · What happens: be, make, move, woun up, mean, run · To what, where: set, toy, floor, clockwork toy, waltzes

«clockwork» 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: clockwork in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Clockwork is the set of springs and wheels inside a clock or toy that makes it move when wound up.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clockwork	Clockwork	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 set	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 set	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 set	det
4	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 springs	case
6	springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 set	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wheels	cc
8	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 springs	conj
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 clock	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 clock	det
11	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 springs	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 toy	cc
13	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clock	conj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 makes	nsubj
15	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 set	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 makes	obj
17	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 makes	xcomp
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 wound	advmod
19	wound	woun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 move	xcomp
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 wound	compound:prt
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	Clockwork	the set	spring	tree rules
2	make	present	that	toy		tree rules
3	move	infinitive	toy not said here			tree rules
4	woun up	participle	toy not said here			tree rules

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

Clockwork means a toy that runs on such springs, not on batteries: a clockwork mouse.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clockwork	Clockwork	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 toy	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 springs	case
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 springs	amod
9	springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 runs	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 batteries	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 batteries	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 batteries	case
13	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 springs	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 mouse	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 mouse	det
16	clockwork	clockwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mouse	compound
17	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Clockwork	a toy					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Topic
2	run	present	a toy				spring		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The clockwork mouse ran across the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	clockwork	clockwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mouse	compound
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the clockwork mouse			the floor			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Trajectory

Example 2

Wind the clockwork toy to start it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wind	wind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
3	clockwork	clockwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 toy	compound
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wind	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 start	mark
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wind	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 start	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wind	imperative	you not said here	the clockwork toy					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
2	start	to-infinitive	you not said here	toy					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Example 3

The clockwork bird sang waltzes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	clockwork	clockwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	waltzes	waltz	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sang	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the clockwork bird	waltzes					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location waltz=Theme

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