shears

Who acts: Shears, farmer, verb, Dad, you, pair · What happens: be, use, shear, mean, cut off, trim · To what, where: large cutting tool, verb, sheep, wool, hedge, shears · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Shears are a large cutting tool like big, strong scissors, used for cutting hedges, grass, metal or sheep's wool.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tool	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tool	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tool	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tool	amod
5	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	compound
6	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 scissors	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 scissors	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 big	punct
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 scissors	amod
11	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tool	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 used	punct
13	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tool	acl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 hedges	case
15	cutting	cutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hedges	compound
16	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 used	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 grass	punct
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hedges	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 metal	punct
20	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hedges	conj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 sheep	cc
22	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 wool	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 sheep	case
24	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hedges	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Shears	a large cutting tool				like big strong scissors	tree rules
2	use	participle		a large cutting tool not said here				for cutting hedges and grass and metal and sheep's wool	vn eat-39.1 «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

«Shears» is also the verb: «the farmer shears the sheep» means he cuts off their wool.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Shears	punct
2	Shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 verb	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Shears	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 verb	cop
5	also	also	ADV	_	7 verb	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 verb	det
7	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 means	nsubj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 shears	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 shears	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shears	nsubj
12	shears	shear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 verb	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sheep	det
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 shears	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 shears	punct
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cuts	nsubj
18	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 means	ccomp
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 cuts	compound:prt
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 wool	nmod:poss
21	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cuts	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Shears	the verb	tree rules
2	shear in a quote	present	the farmer	the sheep	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sheep=Initial_Location
3	mean	present	the verb		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	cut off	present	farmer	Shears's wool	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector wool=Eventuality

Example 1

Dad trimmed the hedge with shears.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trimmed	nsubj
2	trimmed	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hedge	det
4	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trimmed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 shears	case
6	shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trimmed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 trimmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	past	Dad	the hedge				with shears	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hedge=Destination with shear=Theme

Example 2

Shears are like giant scissors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scissors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scissors	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 scissors	case
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scissors	amod
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scissors	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shears					like giant scissors	tree rules

Example 3

The farmer shears the sheep every spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shears	nsubj
3	shears	shear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shears	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 spring	det
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shears	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shear	present	the farmer	the sheep			spring		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sheep=Initial_Location

Example 4

Hand me the shears, please — carefully!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Hand	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shears	det
4	shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hand	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 please	punct
6	please	please	INTJ	_	1 Hand	discourse
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 carefully	punct
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Hand	advmod
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Hand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	imperative	you not said here	the shears	me			carefully property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination shear=Theme

Example 5

A pair of shears is on the shed wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pair	det
2	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wall	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 shears	case
4	shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pair	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wall	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
8	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wall	compound
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 wall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a pair of shears			the shed wall			tree rules

Example 6

Sheep shearers in New Zealand can shear hundreds of sheep in a day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shearers	amod
2	shearers	shearer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shear	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Zealand	case
4	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Zealand	flat
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shearers	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 shear	aux
7	shear	shear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shear	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sheep	case
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hundreds	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shear	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shear	can	Sheep shearers in New Zealand	hundreds of sheep			day		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent hundred=Initial_Location

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