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scythe

Who acts: Old pictures, Farmers, men, old man · What happens: curve, swing, cut, show, carry, come · To what, where: grass, him, one, long grass, scythe

«scythe» 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: scythe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn. Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.

Sentence 1: A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blade	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blade	amod
3	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blade	amod
4	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 handle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 handle	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 handle	amod
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blade	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swung	punct
10	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blade	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 cut	mark
12	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 swung	xcomp
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cut	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 corn	cc
15	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grass	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curve	participle							vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
2	swing	participle							tree rules
3	cut	to-infinitive		grass or corn					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grass=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.

Sentence 2: Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pictures	amod
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 show	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Time	case
4	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Time	compound
5	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pictures	nmod
6	also	also	ADV	_	7 show	advmod
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	iobj
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 show	xcomp
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 carrying	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Old pictures of Father Time		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry	gerund	Old pictures of Father Time not said here	one					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Example 1

Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grass	amod
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 scythe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 scythe	det
8	scythe	scythe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	Farmers	the long grass				with a scythe	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient with scythe=Instrument

Example 2

Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 men	det
2	men	man	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 scythes	case
5	scythes	scythe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forks	cc
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forks	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 pitch	punct
9	forks	fork	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scythes	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	some men					with scythes and pitch forks	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Time	amod
2	Time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl:unmarked
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drawn	aux:pass
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 drawn	advmod
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl
10	leaning	lean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 man	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 scythe	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 scythe	det
13	scythe	scythe	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drawn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive					time	as a old man; often property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as man=Attribute
2	lean	gerund	a old man not said here			a scythe			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on scythe=Location

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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