gimlet

Who acts: gimlet, carpenter, I, rabbit · What happens: be, use, bore, need, start, fetch · To what, where: small hand tool, hole, gimlet, screw, cupboard

«gimlet» 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: gimlet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gimlet	det
2	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tool	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tool	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tool	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tool	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tool	compound
7	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	13 point	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 point	det
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 point	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sharp	punct
12	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 point	amod
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tool	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 used	punct
15	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tool	acl
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 holes	case
17	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 holes	amod
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 holes	amod
19	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 used	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 wood	case
21	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 holes	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gimlet	a small hand tool				with a sharp twisted point	tree rules
2	use	participle		a small hand tool not said here				for boring small holes in wood	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 carpenter bored a hole with his gimlet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carpenter	det
2	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	nsubj
3	bored	bore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 gimlet	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 gimlet	nmod:poss
8	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	past	the carpenter	a hole				with carpenter's gimlet	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hole=Patient with gimlet=Instrument

Example 2

I need a gimlet to start the screw.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gimlet	det
4	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 start	mark
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 screw	det
8	screw	screw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	I	a gimlet					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gimlet=Theme
2	start	to-infinitive	I not said here	the screw					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screw=Eventuality

Example 3

The rabbit fetched a gimlet from the cupboard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	past	the rabbit	a gimlet		the cupboard			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gimlet=Theme from cupboard=Source

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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