pewter
Who acts: pewter soldier, old plate · What happens: use, stand, make, be · To what, where: soft grey metal, shelf, cup, dull grey pewter
«pewter» 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: pewter in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 metal | det |
| 2 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 metal | amod |
| 3 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 metal | amod |
| 4 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mix | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mix | det |
| 7 | mix | mix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 metal | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 tin | case |
| 9 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mix | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 lead | case |
| 11 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tin | nmod |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 metals | cc |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 metals | amod |
| 14 | metals | metal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 tin | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 used | punct |
| 16 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 metal | acl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 plates | case |
| 18 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 used | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 cups | punct |
| 20 | cups | cup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 plates | conj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 soldiers | cc |
| 22 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 soldiers | compound |
| 23 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 plates | conj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 metal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | a soft grey metal not said here | for plates and cups and toy soldiers | vn eat-39.1 «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
The pewter soldier stood on the shelf.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 soldier | det |
| 2 | pewter | pewter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 soldier | amod |
| 3 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 shelf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shelf | det |
| 7 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the pewter soldier | the shelf | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location |
Example 2
The cup was made of pewter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cup | det |
| 2 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pewter | case |
| 6 | pewter | pewter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the cup | of pewter | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Example 3
The old plate was dull grey pewter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 plate | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plate | amod |
| 3 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pewter | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pewter | cop |
| 5 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pewter | amod |
| 6 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pewter | amod |
| 7 | pewter | pewter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pewter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the old plate | dull grey pewter | 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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