hew

Who acts: woodcutter, They, you · What happens: cut, chop, cut down, hew, hew away, hew down · To what, where: wood, logs, bridge

«hew» 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: hew in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cut	mark
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 chop	cc
4	chop	chop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chop	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stone	cc
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 tool	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tool	det
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tool	amod
11	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chop	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 axe	cc
13	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tool	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	chop	infinitive		wood or stone				with a sharp tool or axe	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wood=Patient with tool=Instrument

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To cut down or chop through with a sword or axe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cut	mark
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 chop	cc
5	chop	chop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
6	through	through	ADV	_	5 chop	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 sword	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sword	det
9	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chop	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 axe	cc
11	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sword	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut down	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	chop	infinitive						with a sword or axe; through property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with sword=Instrument

Example 1

The woodcutter hews the logs for the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 woodcutter	det
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hews	nsubj
3	hews	hew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 logs	det
5	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hews	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hews	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hews	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hew	present	the woodcutter	the logs				for the fire	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Patient

Example 2

They hewed away at the bridge beams.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hewed	nsubj
2	hewed	hew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 hewed	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 beams	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beams	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beams	compound
7	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hewed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hewed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hew away	past	They					at the bridge beams; away property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at beam=Patient

Example 3

Hew down the bridge quickly!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hew	hew	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Hew	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bridge	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hew	obj
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Hew	advmod
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Hew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hew down	imperative	you not said here	the bridge				quickly property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient

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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