gadget

Who acts: small clever machine, gadget, Dad, spy, We, you · What happens: do, peel, love, have, hide, build · To what, where: useful job, apples, new gadgets, gadget, pen, gadgets

«gadget» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: gadget in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small, clever machine or tool that does a useful job: a kitchen gadget.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 machine	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 machine	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 small	punct
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 machine	amod
5	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 tool	cc
7	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 machine	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 machine	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 job	det
11	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 job	amod
12	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	obj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 gadget	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gadget	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gadget	compound
16	gadget	gadget	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 job	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 machine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	a small clever machine or tool	a useful job and a kitchen gadget					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Any small electronic device, like a phone or tablet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 device	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 device	amod
3	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 device	amod
4	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 phone	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 phone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 phone	det
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 device	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tablet	cc
10	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 phone	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 device	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

This gadget peels apples in seconds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 gadget	det
2	gadget	gadget	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peels	nsubj
3	peels	peel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 peels	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 seconds	case
6	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 peels	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 peels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peel	present	this gadget	apples			second		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Source

Example 2

Dad loves new gadgets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loves	nsubj
2	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gadgets	amod
4	gadgets	gadget	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loves	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 loves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Dad	new gadgets					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gadget=Stimulus

Example 3

The spy had a gadget hidden in his pen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spy	det
2	spy	spy	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 gadget	det
5	gadget	gadget	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gadget	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pen	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pen	nmod:poss
9	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hidden	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the spy	a gadget					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gadget=Patient
2	hide	participle		a gadget not said here		spy's pen			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pen=Location

Example 4

We built a gadget to water the plants.

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 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gadget	det
4	gadget	gadget	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 water	mark
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plants	det
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	We	a gadget					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset gadget=Beneficiary plant=Product

Example 5

Put away your gadgets at dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADP	_	1 Put	compound:prt
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gadgets	nmod:poss
4	gadgets	gadget	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put away	imperative	you not said here	your gadgets		dinner			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gadget=Theme at dinner=Destination

Example 6

A gadget costs $15; three cost $45.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gadget	det
2	gadget	gadget	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 costs	nsubj
3	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	$	$	SYM	_	3 costs	obj
5	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 $	nummod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 cost	punct
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 cost	nsubj
8	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 costs	parataxis
9	$	$	SYM	_	8 cost	obj
10	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 $	nummod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 costs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	a gadget						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme $=Value
2	cost	present	three						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme $=Value

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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