electrician
Who acts: electrician, job, We, socket, aunt, trained electrician · What happens: be, check, repair, fix, break, call · To what, where: person, electrical wires, broken light, electrician, power · Speech: someone speaks here
«electrician» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: electrician in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 electrician | det |
| 2 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 put | cop |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 put | mark |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 10 put | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 check | punct |
| 13 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 put | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 repair | cc |
| 15 | repair | repair | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 put | conj |
| 16 | electrical | electrical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 wires | amod |
| 17 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 repair | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sockets | punct |
| 19 | sockets | socket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 wires | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 lights | punct |
| 21 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 wires | conj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 machines | cc |
| 23 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 wires | conj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a electrician | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | job | put property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | check | infinitive | job not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | repair | infinitive | job not said here | electrical wires and sockets and lights and machines | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wire=Patient |
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 electrician fixed the broken light.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 electrician | det |
| 2 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixed | nsubj |
| 3 | fixed | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 light | det |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 light | amod |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | past | the electrician | the broken light | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent light=Patient | ||||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Example 2
We called an electrician when the socket started sparking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 electrician | det |
| 4 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 started | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 socket | det |
| 7 | socket | socket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 started | nsubj |
| 8 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 called | advcl |
| 9 | sparking | spark | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 started | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | We | a electrician | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent electrician=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | start | past | the socket | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | spark | gerund | the socket not said here | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |
Example 3
My aunt is an electrician.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 electrician | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 electrician | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 electrician | det |
| 5 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 electrician | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My aunt | a electrician | tree rules |
Example 4
An electrician wires new houses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wires | det |
| 2 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wires | compound |
| 3 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 houses | nsubj |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 houses | amod |
| 5 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 houses | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 5
Only a trained electrician should work on the fuse box.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 electrician | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 electrician | det |
| 3 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 electrician | amod |
| 4 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 work | aux |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 box | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 box | det |
| 9 | fuse | fuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 box | compound |
| 10 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | participle | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | work | should | a trained electrician | on the fuse box | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on box=Theme |
Example 6
The electrician switched off the power before she started.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 electrician | det |
| 2 | electrician | electrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 switched | nsubj |
| 3 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 switched | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 power | det |
| 6 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 switched | obj |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 started | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 started | nsubj |
| 9 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 switched | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 switched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | participle | the electrician | the power | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | ||||
| 2 | start | past | electrician | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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