needlework

Who acts: Needlework, She · What happens: sew, do, spend, be · To what, where: embroidery, needlework

«needlework» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: needlework in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Needlework	needlework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sewing	aux
3	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 embroidery	punct
5	embroidery	embroidery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewing	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 work	cc
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 work	amod
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 embroidery	conj
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 embroidery	acl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 needle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 needle	det
12	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 done	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thread	cc
14	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needle	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sewing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	present · progressive	Needlework	embroidery or other work					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embroidery=Product
2	do	participle		embroidery or other work not said here				with a needle and thread	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

She spent the afternoon at her needlework.

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 afternoon	det
4	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 needlework	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 needlework	nmod:poss
7	needlework	needlework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	She			her needlework	afternoon		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Her needlework was very fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 needlework	nmod:poss
2	needlework	needlework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fine	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fine	advmod
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her needlework					fine property	tree rules

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