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handbook

Who acts: handbook, small book, you, bird handbook, us, new Cub Scout · What happens: be, give, read, find, help, name · To what, where: small book, useful facts, school handbook, uniform rules, us, robin · Speech: someone speaks here

«handbook» 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: handbook in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A handbook is a small book that gives useful facts and instructions about a subject, or rules about a place, such as a school or a club.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 handbook	det
2	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 book	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 book	amod
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 book	acl:relcl
9	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gives	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 instructions	cc
12	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 subject	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 subject	det
15	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 instructions	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rules	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 rules	cc
18	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
19	about	about	ADP	_	21 place	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 place	det
21	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rules	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 school	punct
23	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	26 school	case
24	as	as	ADP	_	23 such	fixed
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 school	det
26	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 place	conj
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 club	cc
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 club	det
29	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 place	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 book	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a handbook	a small book					tree rules
2	give	present	a small book	useful facts and instructions about a subject or rules about a place and a school or a club					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme

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

Read the school handbook to find the uniform rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 handbook	det
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handbook	compound
4	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Read	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rules	det
8	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rules	compound
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the school handbook					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handbook=Topic
2	find	to-infinitive	you not said here	the uniform rules					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic

Example 2

The bird handbook helped us name the robin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 handbook	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handbook	compound
3	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helped	nsubj
4	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 helped	obj
6	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helped	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 robin	det
8	robin	robin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	the bird handbook	us					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	name	infinitive	us not said here	the robin					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robin=Theme

Example 3

Every new Cub Scout gets a handbook.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 Scout	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Scout	amod
3	Cub	Cub	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Scout	compound
4	Scout	Scout	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 handbook	det
7	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	every new Cub Scout	a handbook					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer handbook=Stimulus

Example 4

The staff handbook explains what to do in a fire drill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 handbook	det
2	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handbook	compound
3	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explains	nsubj
4	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 explains	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 drill	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 drill	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drill	compound
11	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	the staff handbook						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	to-infinitive				a fire drill			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Example 5

Check the handbook before you set up the tent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 handbook	det
3	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 set	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 set	nsubj
6	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 set	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tent	det
9	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	the handbook					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handbook=Theme
2	set up	present	you	the tent					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tent=Result

Example 6

The teacher's handbook lists all the science experiments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handbook	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	handbook	handbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lists	nsubj
5	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 experiments	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 experiments	det
8	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 experiments	compound
9	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lists	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lists	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present	the teacher's handbook	all science experiments					tree rules

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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