pitchfork

Who acts: pitchfork, Raining, farmers, It, he · What happens: be, use, lift, rain, mean, come · To what, where: farm tool, hay, pitchforks, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

«pitchfork» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: pitchfork in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pitchfork is a farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal prongs, used for lifting hay.

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	2 pitchfork	det
2	pitchfork	pitchfork	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	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	compound
6	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 handle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 handle	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 handle	amod
10	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 prongs	cc
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 prongs	nummod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 three	cc
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 two	conj
15	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prongs	compound
16	prongs	prong	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 handle	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 used	punct
18	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tool	parataxis
19	for	for	SCONJ	_	20 lifting	mark
20	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 used	advcl
21	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lifting	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pitchfork	a farm tool	with a long handle and two metal prongs	tree rules
2	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lift	gerund		hay		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Raining pitchforks» means raining very hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Raining	punct
2	Raining	rain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	csubj
3	pitchforks	pitchfork	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Raining	obj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Raining	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	raining	rain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	xcomp
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 raining	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rain in a quote	gerund		pitchforks		tree rules
2	mean	present	Raining			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	rain not said to happen	gerund	Raining not said here		hard property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Example 1

The farmers came with rakes, brooms and pitchforks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmers	det
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 rakes	case
5	rakes	rake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brooms	punct
7	brooms	broom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rakes	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pitchforks	cc
9	pitchforks	pitchfork	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rakes	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the farmers					with rakes and brooms and pitchforks	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

It was so dark he could see nothing, and it was raining pitchforks.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dark	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 dark	advmod
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dark	parataxis
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 see	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 raining	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 raining	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 raining	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 raining	aux
13	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dark	advcl
14	pitchforks	pitchfork	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 raining	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		dark property	tree rules
2	see	could	he	nothing		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
3	rain	past · progressive	it	pitchforks		tree rules

Example 3

He lifted the hay with a pitchfork.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hay	det
4	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 pitchfork	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pitchfork	det
7	pitchfork	pitchfork	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	He	the hay				with a pitchfork	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme

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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