mattock

Who acts: mattock, men, She, They · What happens: be, use, break, dig, carry up, search · To what, where: digging tool, hard ground, mattock, mattocks

«mattock» 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: mattock in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A mattock is a digging tool like a pickaxe, with a heavy blade on one side and a flat or pointed blade on the other, used for breaking hard ground.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mattock	det
2	mattock	mattock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tool	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tool	det
5	digging	digging	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	compound
6	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 pickaxe	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pickaxe	det
9	pickaxe	pickaxe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 blade	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 blade	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 blade	det
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 blade	amod
14	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 side	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 side	nummod
17	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blade	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 blade	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 blade	det
20	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 blade	amod
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 pointed	cc
22	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 flat	conj
23	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blade	conj
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 other	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 other	det
26	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 blade	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 used	punct
28	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tool	parataxis
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	30 breaking	mark
30	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 used	advcl
31	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 ground	amod
32	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 breaking	obj
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a mattock	a digging tool and a heavy blade on one side and a flat blade on the other	like a pickaxe	tree rules
2	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	break	gerund		hard ground		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ground=Patient

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

The men dug the hard ground with their mattocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dug	nsubj
3	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ground	amod
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 mattocks	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mattocks	nmod:poss
9	mattocks	mattock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dug	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	the men	the hard ground				with men's mattocks	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent ground=Theme with mattock=Instrument

Example 2

She carried a mattock up the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mattock	det
4	mattock	mattock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 carried	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mountain	det
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry up	past	She	a mattock				the mountain obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mattock=Theme

Example 3

They searched all evening, swinging their mattocks.

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 searched	nsubj
2	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 evening	det
4	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 searched	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swinging	punct
6	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 searched	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mattocks	nmod:poss
8	mattocks	mattock	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swinging	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 searched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	past	They				evening		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	swing	gerund	They not said here	their mattocks					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mattock=Theme

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