cobbling
Who acts: Cobbling, work, His · What happens: be, mend, mean, put, send, learn · To what, where: work, old shoes, things, odd parts, He, cobbling
«cobbling» 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: cobbling in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Cobbling is the work of mending old shoes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 work | det |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 mending | mark |
| 6 | mending | mend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 work | acl |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shoes | amod |
| 8 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mending | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cobbling | the work | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mend | gerund | the work not said here | old shoes | 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
Cobbling can also mean roughly putting things together from odd parts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 mean | advmod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | roughly | roughly | ADV | _ | 6 putting | advmod |
| 6 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 mean | xcomp |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 putting | obj |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 putting | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 parts | case |
| 10 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 parts | amod |
| 11 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 putting | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | Cobbling | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put not said to happen | gerund | Cobbling not said here | things | odd parts | roughly, together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thing=Goal |
Example 1
He was sent to learn cobbling.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 learn | mark |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | advcl |
| 6 | cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 learn | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | He | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | learn | to-infinitive | cobbling | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cobbling=Topic |
Example 2
The cobbling took him all morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cobbling | det |
| 2 | cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | obj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the cobbling | him = he | morning | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
Example 3
His cobbling of the old tale was not very neat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cobbling | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cobbling | cobbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 neat | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tale | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tale | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tale | amod |
| 6 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cobbling | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 neat | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 neat | advmod |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 neat | advmod |
| 10 | neat | neat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 neat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | His cobbling of the old tale | neat property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cobble | His = he | the old tale | nom cobbling «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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