making

Who acts: Making act, Makings, You, cake, We, I · What happens: make, be, form, mean, need, not get · To what, where: Making act, merry makings, something, parties, things, makings

«making» 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: making in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Making is the act of making or forming something, as in merry-makings, which are parties or festivities.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 act	amod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 act	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 act	det
4	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 making	mark
6	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 act	acl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 forming	cc
8	forming	form	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 making	conj
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 forming	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 makings	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 makings	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 makings	case
13	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 makings	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 merry	punct
15	makings	making	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 making	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 parties	punct
17	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 parties	det
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 parties	cop
19	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 makings	appos
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 festivities	cc
21	festivities	festivity	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 parties	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	gerund			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is a	present		the Making act	tree rules
3	make	gerund	the Making act not said here	merry makings	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset making=Product
4	form	gerund	the Making act not said here	something	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location something=Theme
5	is a	present		which parties or festivities	tree rules

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

Makings means the things needed to make something, such as the ingredients for a cake.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Makings	making	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 things	det
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	obj
5	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 things	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 needed	advcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ingredients	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 ingredients	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ingredients	det
13	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 something	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 cake	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cake	det
16	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ingredients	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Makings	the things		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	need	participle		the things not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	make	to-infinitive		something	such the ingredients for a cake	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

Example 1

You will not get any makings of a cake from me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 makings	det
6	makings	making	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cake	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makings	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 get	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	future	You	any makings of a cake				from me	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent making=Theme from i=Source
2	make		a cake						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

We went out to the merry-makings in the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 makings	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 makings	det
6	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makings	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 merry	punct
8	makings	making	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 village	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 village	det
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makings	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	We					to the merry makings in the village; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

I have the makings of a good tea here.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 makings	det
4	makings	making	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 tea	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tea	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tea	amod
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makings	nmod
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 have	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	the makings of a good tea		here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent making=Patient
2	make		a good tea						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

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