skillful

Who acts: Skillful, you, clever person, She, skillful fisher, this · What happens: mean, do, practise, have, describe, find · To what, where: something, gift, clever person, way, trouble, skillful painter

«skillful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: skillful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Skillful means very good at doing something with the hands or the mind, because you have practised or have a gift for it.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 doing	mark
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 good	advcl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 doing	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hands	det
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 something	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 mind	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mind	det
13	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hands	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 practised	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 practised	mark
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 practised	nsubj
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 practised	aux
18	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 means	parataxis
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 have	cc
20	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 practised	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 gift	det
22	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 have	obj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 have	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Skillful		good property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund	Skillful not said here	something	with the hands or the mind	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	practise	present · perfect	you			tree rules
4	have	infinitive	you not said here	a gift	for gift	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Skillful can describe a clever person who can find a way out of trouble.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 describe	reparandum
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 find	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 find	aux
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 person	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	14 trouble	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 trouble	case
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can		a clever person					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	find	can	a clever person	a way		trouble			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Example 1

She is a skillful painter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 painter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 painter	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 painter	det
4	skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 painter	amod
5	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 painter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a skillful painter					tree rules

Example 2

The skillful fisher caught more fish than anyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fisher	det
2	skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fisher	amod
3	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj
4	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 fish	advmod
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 caught	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the skillful fisher	fish				than anyone	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Example 3

You must be skillful to thread a needle this small.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 skillful	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 skillful	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 skillful	cop
4	skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 thread	mark
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skillful	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 needle	det
8	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skillful	parataxis
9	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 needle	nsubj
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 needle	amod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 skillful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	You					skillful property	tree rules
2	needle		this						tree rules

Example 4

Mum is skillful at baking bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skillful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 skillful	cop
3	skillful	skillful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 bread	case
5	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bread	compound
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skillful	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 skillful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum			baking bread		skillful property	tree rules

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