pestle

Who acts: you, witch · What happens: round, use, crush, grind, push · To what, where: heavy stick, things, mortar, herbs, pestle

«pestle» 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: pestle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stick	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stick	amod
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 end	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 end	det
6	rounded	round	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 end	amod
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stick	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stick	acl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 crushing	mark
11	crushing	crush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 used	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grinding	cc
13	grinding	grind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 crushing	conj
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 grinding	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 mortar	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 mortar	det
17	mortar	mortar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grinding	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	round	participle			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	use	participle	a heavy stick with a rounded end not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	crush	gerund			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	grind	gerund	things	a mortar	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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

Grind the herbs with the pestle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grind	grind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 herbs	det
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grind	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 pestle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pestle	det
6	pestle	pestle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grind	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	imperative	you not said here	the herbs				with the pestle	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent herb=Patient with pestle=Instrument

Example 2

The witch pushed her mortar along with the pestle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mortar	nmod:poss
5	mortar	mortar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obj
6	along	along	ADP	_	9 pestle	case
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 pestle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pestle	det
9	pestle	pestle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the witch	witch's mortar		the pestle			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mortar=Theme along pestle=Trajectory

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