corkscrew
Who acts: corkscrew, Dad, road · What happens: be, cork out, twist, open, call, woun up · To what, where: tool, bottles, anything, spiral shape, bottle, sword · Speech: someone speaks here
«corkscrew» 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: corkscrew in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 corkscrew | det |
| 2 | corkscrew | corkscrew | 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 | _ | 10 point | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 point | det |
| 8 | spiral | spiral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 point | amod |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 point | compound |
| 10 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tool | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 pulling | case |
| 12 | pulling | pulling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 corks | obl |
| 13 | corks | cork | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tool | parataxis |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 bottles | case |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 bottles | case |
| 16 | bottles | bottle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 corks | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tool | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a corkscrew | a tool | with a spiral metal point | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cork out | present | bottles | for pulling | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bottle=Destination |
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
A corkscrew is anything twisted into a spiral shape.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 corkscrew | det |
| 2 | corkscrew | corkscrew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anything | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 anything | cop |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 5 | twisted | twist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 anything | acl |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 shape | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shape | det |
| 8 | spiral | spiral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shape | amod |
| 9 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 twisted | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 anything | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a corkscrew | anything | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | twist | participle | a spiral shape | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shape=Trajectory |
Example 1
Dad opened the bottle with a corkscrew.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 opened | nsubj |
| 2 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bottle | det |
| 4 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 opened | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 corkscrew | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 corkscrew | det |
| 7 | corkscrew | corkscrew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bottle | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 opened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past | Dad | the bottle | with a corkscrew | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient with corkscrew=Instrument |
Example 2
The pirate's sword was called Johnny Corkscrew.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pirate | det |
| 2 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sword | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 pirate | case |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | Johnny | Johnny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | Corkscrew | Corkscrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Johnny | flat |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past · passive | the pirate's sword | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Example 3
The road wound up the hill in a corkscrew.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 road | det |
| 2 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wound | nsubj |
| 3 | wound | woun | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 wound | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hill | det |
| 6 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wound | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 corkscrew | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 corkscrew | det |
| 9 | corkscrew | corkscrew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wound | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | woun up | past | the road | the hill | a corkscrew | tree rules |
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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