contrivance

Who acts: inventor, trap, contrivance · What happens: make, show, lift, be, stick, get · To what, where: clever device, clever contrivance, us, water, simple contrivance, cat

«contrivance» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: contrivance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A clever device or plan, often made with ingenious thinking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 device	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 device	amod
3	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 plan	cc
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 device	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 made	advmod
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 device	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 thinking	case
10	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thinking	amod
11	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 device	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a clever device or plan not said here				with ingenious thinking; often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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.

Example 1

The inventor showed us his clever contrivance for lifting water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inventor	det
2	inventor	inventor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 showed	iobj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 contrivance	nmod:poss
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 contrivance	amod
7	contrivance	contrivance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 lifting	mark
9	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 showed	advcl
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lifting	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the inventor	inventor's clever contrivance	us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient contrivance=Topic
2	lift	gerund	the inventor not said here	water					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Example 2

The trap was a simple contrivance of string and sticks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contrivance	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 contrivance	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 contrivance	det
5	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 contrivance	amod
6	contrivance	contrivance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 string	case
8	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contrivance	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sticks	cc
10	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 contrivance	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 contrivance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the trap	a simple contrivance				of string	tree rules
2	stick	present	the trap not said here						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Her contrivance got the cat out of the box.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 contrivance	nmod:poss
2	contrivance	contrivance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 box	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Her contrivance	the cat		the box			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus

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