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shave

Who acts: men, you, Dad, Grandpa, That, car · What happens: cut, do, avoid, shave, shave off, be · To what, where: hair, face, thin pieces, danger, chocolate, beard

«shave» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: shave in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cut	mark
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 close	case
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 close	advmod
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 close	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 razor	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 razor	det
12	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 do	mark
15	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 do	nsubj
16	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	parataxis
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 face	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 face	nmod:poss
19	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 do	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	to-infinitive		hair				close property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product
2	do	present	men			men's face			vn act-114-1 «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.

Meaning 2

To cut very thin pieces off something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cut	mark
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 thin	advmod
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pieces	amod
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 cut	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	to-infinitive		thin pieces				off something	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent piece=Patient off something=Co-Patient

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"shave chocolate".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 shave	punct
2	shave	shave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shave	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 shave	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave in a quote	imperative	you not said here	chocolate					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient

Meaning 3

A close shave: when you only just avoid danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shave	det
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shave	amod
3	shave	shave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 avoid	punct
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 avoid	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 avoid	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 avoid	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 avoid	advmod
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shave	conj
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoid	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	infinitive	you	danger					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location

Example 1

Dad shaves every morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaves	nsubj
2	shaves	shave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 morning	det
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaves	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	present	Dad				morning		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Grandpa shaved off his beard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaved	nsubj
2	shaved	shave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 shaved	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 beard	nmod:poss
5	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaved	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shaved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave off	participle	Grandpa	Grandpa's beard					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

Example 3

That was a close shave: the car nearly hit us!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 shave	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shave	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shave	det
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shave	amod
5	shave	shave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 hit	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hit	nsubj
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	10 hit	advmod
10	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shave	advcl
11	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 hit	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 shave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a close shave					tree rules
2	hit	past	the car	us				nearly property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme we=Co-Theme

Example 4

Shave some chocolate onto the cake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shave	shave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 chocolate	det
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shave	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 cake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cake	det
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shave	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Shave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	imperative	you not said here	some chocolate		the cake			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient

Example 5

He needs a shave.

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 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shave	det
4	shave	shave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	He	a shave					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shave=Theme

Example 6

Some people shave their heads for charity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shave	nsubj
3	shave	shave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 heads	nmod:poss
5	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shave	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 charity	case
7	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shave	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	present	some people	people's heads				for charity	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Example 7

The carpenter shaved a bit off the door so it would close.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carpenter	det
2	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shaved	nsubj
3	shaved	shave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shaved	obl:unmarked
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shaved	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 close	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 close	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 close	aux
12	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shaved	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shaved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	past	the carpenter	a bit		the door			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent off door=Source
2	close	would	carpenter						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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