lathe

Who acts: lathe, machine, He, Dad · What happens: be, spin, cut, shape, work, make · To what, where: machine, wood, lathe, round forms, shed, table leg

«lathe» 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: lathe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A lathe is a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut and shaped into round forms, such as chair legs.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lathe	det
2	lathe	lathe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 machine	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 machine	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 machine	det
5	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 spins	nsubj
7	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 machine	acl:relcl
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spins	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 metal	cc
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wood	conj
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 cut	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 cut	nsubj:pass
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 cut	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 cut	aux:pass
16	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 spins	advcl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 shaped	cc
18	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 cut	conj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 forms	case
20	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 forms	amod
21	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 shaped	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 legs	punct
23	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	26 legs	case
24	as	as	ADP	_	23 such	fixed
25	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 legs	compound
26	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 forms	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 machine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a lathe	a machine		tree rules
2	spin	present	a machine	wood or metal		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
3	cut	can · passive		lathe		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4	shape	participle			round forms and chair legs	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into form=Product

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

He works the lathe in his shed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lathe	det
4	lathe	lathe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shed	nmod:poss
7	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	He	the lathe		his shed			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent lathe=Material

Example 2

The table leg was made on a lathe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 leg	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leg	compound
3	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 lathe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lathe	det
8	lathe	lathe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the table leg		a lathe			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 3

Dad bought a small lathe for his hobby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lathe	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lathe	amod
5	lathe	lathe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hobby	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hobby	nmod:poss
8	hobby	hobby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	Dad	a small lathe				for Dad's hobby	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lathe=Theme for hobby=Beneficiary

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