helm

Who acts: helm, captain, you, teacher · What happens: be, use, steer, mean, stand, turn · To what, where: wheel, ship, helm, charge, left · Speech: someone speaks here

«helm» 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: helm in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The helm is the wheel or handle used to steer a ship or boat.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 helm	det
2	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wheel	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wheel	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wheel	det
5	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 handle	cc
7	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wheel	conj
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wheel	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 steer	mark
10	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ship	det
12	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 steer	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 boat	cc
14	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ship	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wheel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the helm	the wheel or handle	tree rules
2	use	participle		the wheel or handle not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	steer	to-infinitive		a ship or boat	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=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.

Meaning 2

To be at the helm means to be in charge of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	5 helm	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 helm	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 helm	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 helm	det
5	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	10 charge	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 charge	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 charge	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive		the helm		tree rules
2	mean	present	the helm			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive		charge	of something	tree rules

Example 1

The captain stood at the helm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 helm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 helm	det
6	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the captain			the helm			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at helm=Location

Example 2

Turn the helm to the left!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 helm	det
3	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 left	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 left	det
6	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the helm		the left			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent helm=Theme to left=Trajectory

Example 3

Our teacher is at the helm of the school trip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 helm	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 helm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 helm	det
6	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 trip	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trip	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trip	compound
10	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helm	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 helm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our teacher			the helm		of the school trip	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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