dexterous

Who acts: Dexterous, He, dexterous thief, dexterous weaver · What happens: mean, do, be, play, slip, make · To what, where: things, tune, key, finest cloth

«dexterous» 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: dexterous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dexterous	Dexterous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skilful	skilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hands	det
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 skilful	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quick	punct
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skilful	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 neat	cc
10	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quick	conj
11	at	at	SCONJ	_	12 doing	mark
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 neat	advcl
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 doing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dexterous					skilful property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund	Dexterous not said here	things					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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

He was dexterous with his fingers and could play any tune.

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 dexterous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dexterous	cop
3	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 fingers	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fingers	nmod:poss
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dexterous	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 play	cc
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 play	aux
9	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dexterous	conj
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 tune	det
11	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 play	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dexterous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					with his fingers; dexterous property	tree rules
2	play	could	He not said here	any tune					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

Example 2

The dexterous thief slipped the key from the guard's belt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thief	det
2	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thief	amod
3	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	nsubj
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 key	det
6	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 belt	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guard	det
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belt	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 guard	case
11	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 slipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the dexterous thief	the key				from the guard's belt	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent key=Patient from belt=Co-Patient

Example 3

A dexterous weaver made the finest cloth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 weaver	det
2	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weaver	amod
3	weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloth	det
6	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 cloth	amod
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	a dexterous weaver	the finest cloth					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product

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