seamstress

Who acts: woman, seamstress, seamstresses, Mum · What happens: sew, mend, work, finish, take, tear · To what, where: clothes, new school dress, gowns, torn coat, seamstress

«seamstress» 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: seamstress in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A woman whose job is sewing and mending clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sewing	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sewing	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sewing	aux
6	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mending	cc
8	mending	mend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sewing	conj
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 mending	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sewing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	present · progressive	a woman						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	mend	gerund	a woman not said here	clothes					tree rules

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 seamstress sewed my new school dress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seamstress	det
2	seamstress	seamstress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewed	nsubj
3	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dress	nmod:poss
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	compound
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sewed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	past	the seamstress	my new school dress					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product

Example 2

The seamstresses worked late to finish the gowns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seamstresses	det
2	seamstresses	seamstress	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 worked	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 finish	mark
6	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 worked	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gowns	det
8	gowns	gown	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 finish	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	the seamstresses					late property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	finish	to-infinitive	the seamstresses not said here	the gowns					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality gown=Eventuality

Example 3

Mum took the torn coat to the seamstress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coat	det
4	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 coat	amod
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 seamstress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seamstress	det
8	seamstress	seamstress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Mum	the torn coat		the seamstress			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coat=Theme to seamstress=Destination
2	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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