dint

Who acts: dint, she, He, shield · What happens: be, hollow, press, mean, effect, pass · To what, where: dent, hard surface, something, test, ships, dint · Speech: someone speaks here

«dint» 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: dint in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dint	det
2	dint	dint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dent	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dent	det
5	dent	dent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 hollow	cc
7	hollow	hollow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dent	conj
8	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dent	acl
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 surface	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 surface	det
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 surface	amod
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pressed	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 blow	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 blow	det
15	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pressed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dint	a dent			tree rules
2	hollow	infinitive	a dint not said here				vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent
3	press	participle		a dent not said here	a hard surface	by a blow	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent into surface=Trajectory

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

«By dint of» means by means of, through the force or effect of something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	By	by	ADP	_	3 dint	case
3	dint	dint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 dint	case
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 dint	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 means	case
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 means	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 force	punct
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 force	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 force	det
13	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 effect	cc
15	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 force	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 something	case
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 effect	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present		by dint	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	effect		something		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

By dint of hard work she passed the test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 dint	case
2	dint	dint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 work	case
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 work	amod
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dint	nmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 passed	nsubj
7	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 test	det
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 passed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	she	the test				by dint of hard work	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent test=Theme by dint=Destination

Example 2

He lost his ships by dint of pirates and storms.

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	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ships	nmod:poss
4	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 dint	case
6	dint	dint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 pirates	case
8	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dint	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 storms	cc
10	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pirates	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his ships				by dint of pirates and storms	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality

Example 3

The shield had a dint from the sword.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shield	det
2	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dint	det
5	dint	dint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 sword	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sword	det
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the shield	a dint		the sword			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dint=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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