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mechanical

Who acts: old clock, We, bus, mechanical pencil, She, mechanical engineer · What happens: do, work, move, think, have, build · To what, where: machines, mechanical parts, mechanical toy, mechanical voice

«mechanical» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: mechanical in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do with machines or worked by machines, with moving parts like gears, levers and wheels.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 machines	case
4	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 worked	cc
6	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 machines	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 machines	case
8	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 worked	obl:agent
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 parts	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 parts	case
11	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 parts	amod
12	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obl
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 gears	case
14	gears	gear	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 parts	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 levers	punct
16	levers	lever	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 parts	appos
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wheels	cc
18	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 levers	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with machines; with moving parts like gears	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	participle		machines not said here					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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

Done without thinking, like a machine, out of habit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Done	done	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	without	without	SCONJ	_	3 thinking	mark
3	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Done	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 machine	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 machine	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 machine	det
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 habit	punct
9	out	out	ADP	_	11 habit	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 habit	case
11	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machine	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund						like a machine and habit	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Mechanical engineering: designing and building machines.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 engineering	amod
2	engineering	engineering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 designing	punct
4	designing	designing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 engineering	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 machines	cc
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machines	compound
7	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 designing	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 engineering	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The old clock has mechanical parts inside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clock	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clock	amod
3	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 parts	amod
6	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the old clock	mechanical parts				inside property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient

Example 2

We built a mechanical toy with a cam.

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 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toy	det
4	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 toy	amod
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 cam	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cam	det
8	cam	cam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toy	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	We	a mechanical toy				with a cam	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent toy=Theme with cam=Source

Example 3

The bus stopped because of a mechanical problem.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 problem	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 because	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 problem	det
7	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 problem	amod
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the bus					because a mechanical problem	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 4

My mechanical pencil never needs sharpening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pencil	nmod:poss
2	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pencil	amod
3	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 needs	advmod
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sharpening	sharpen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 needs	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	My mechanical pencil						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sharpen not said to happen	gerund	My mechanical pencil not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

She answered in a mechanical voice, as if she wasn't listening.

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
5	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 listening	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 listening	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 listening	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 listening	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 listening	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 listening	advmod
13	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 answered	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She			a mechanical voice			tree rules
2	not listen a condition, not said to happen	past · progressive	she						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 6

A mechanical engineer designs machines and engines.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 engineer	det
2	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 engineer	amod
3	engineer	engineer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designs	nsubj
4	designs	design	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 designs	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 engines	cc
7	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 machines	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 designs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	present	a mechanical engineer	machines and engines					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Result

Example 7

The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 toys	det
2	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 toys	amod
3	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 superior	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 superior	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 superior	advmod
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 looked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 looked	cc
9	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 superior	conj
10	down	down	ADV	_	9 looked	advmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 one	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looked	obl
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 one	advmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 full	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 full	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 full	cop
18	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 superior	parataxis
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 ideas	case
20	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ideas	amod
21	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 full	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 pretended	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 pretended	cc
24	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 full	conj
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 real	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 real	cop
27	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 pretended	ccomp
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 superior	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the mechanical toys					superior property	tree rules
2	look down	past	the mechanical toys not said here					upon every one; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon one=Theme
3	is	past	toys = toy					of modern ideas; full property	tree rules
4	pretend	past	toys = toy not said here						tree rules
5	is	past	toys = toy					real property	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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