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pliers

Who acts: you, I, Dad, Pliers, electrician, nose pliers · What happens: use, twist, cut, pass, bend, pull out · To what, where: hand tool, wire, pliers, me, pair, nail

«pliers» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: pliers in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A hand tool with two handles and two jaws, used for gripping, bending, twisting or cutting wire.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tool	det
2	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tool	compound
3	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 handles	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 handles	nummod
6	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tool	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jaws	cc
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 jaws	nummod
9	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 handles	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tool	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 gripping	case
13	gripping	gripping	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 used	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bending	punct
15	bending	bending	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gripping	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 twisting	punct
17	twisting	twist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 used	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 cutting	cc
19	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 twisting	conj
20	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cutting	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a hand tool with two handles and two jaws not said here				for gripping and bending	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	twist	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	cut	gerund		wire					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wire=Product

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

Pass me the pliers so I can bend this wire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pliers	det
4	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pass	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 bend	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 bend	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 bend	aux
8	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pass	advcl
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 wire	det
10	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bend	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	imperative	you not said here	the pliers	me				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient plier=Theme
2	bend	can	I	this wire					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent wire=Material

Example 2

Dad used a pair of pliers to pull out the nail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pliers	case
6	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pair	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pull	mark
8	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 pull	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nail	det
11	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Dad	a pair of pliers					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient
2	pull out	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	the nail					tree rules

Example 3

Pliers are a kind of lever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kind	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kind	det
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 lever	case
6	lever	lever	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Pliers	a kind				of lever	tree rules

Example 4

The electrician cut the cable with pliers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 electrician	det
2	electrician	electrician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cable	det
5	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 pliers	case
7	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cut	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	the electrician	the cable				with pliers	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cable=Patient with plier=Instrument

Example 5

Long-nose pliers can reach into small spaces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nose	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Long	punct
3	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pliers	compound
4	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reach	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reach	aux
6	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 spaces	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spaces	amod
9	spaces	space	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reach	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	can	nose pliers			small spaces			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into space=Path

Example 6

We used pliers to make jewellery from wire.

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 wire	case
8	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	We	pliers					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plier=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	We not said here	jewellery		wire			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset jewellery=Product from wire=Material

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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