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sleight

Who acts: clever trick, magician, card, Sleight, It, Tricksters · What happens: use, trick, fool, make, disappear, take · To what, where: people, card, real magic, sleight, street games, book

«sleight» 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: sleight in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Clever, quick skill with the hands, used to trick people, as in magic tricks.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	clever	ADV	_	4 skill	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Clever	punct
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 skill	amod
4	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hands	det
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skill	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 skill	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 trick	mark
11	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	advcl
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 trick	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tricks	punct
14	as	as	ADP	_	17 tricks	case
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 tricks	case
16	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tricks	amod
17	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 trick	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 skill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trick	to-infinitive		people				as magic tricks	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"sleight of hand".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 sleight	punct
2	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hand	case
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleight	nmod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 sleight	punct
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sleight	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

A clever trick or skill that fools people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trick	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trick	amod
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 skill	cc
5	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trick	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fools	nsubj
7	fools	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trick	acl:relcl
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fools	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	present	a clever trick or skill	people					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Example 1

The magician made the card disappear by sleight of hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 card	det
5	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	disappear	disappear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 sleight	case
8	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disappear	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hand	case
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleight	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the magician	the card					tree rules
2	disappear	infinitive	the card not said here					by sleight of hand	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Sleight of hand takes years of practice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 hand	case
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleight	nmod
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 practice	case
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 years	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Sleight of hand				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

It was not real magic, just sleight of hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 magic	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 magic	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 magic	advmod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 magic	amod
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sleight	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 sleight	advmod
8	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 magic	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hand	case
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleight	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 magic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	It	real magic					tree rules

Example 4

Tricksters use sleight of hand to cheat people at street games.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tricksters	trickster	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleight	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cheat	mark
7	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	advcl
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cheat	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 games	case
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 games	compound
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cheat	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Tricksters	sleight of hand					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleight=Patient
2	cheat	to-infinitive	Tricksters not said here	people		street games			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Source

Example 5

He learned some sleight of hand from a book.

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 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sleight	det
4	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hand	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleight	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 book	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 book	det
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	He	some sleight of hand		a book			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sleight=Topic from book=Source

Example 6

Watch his hands closely to spot the sleight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Watch	obj
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	1 Watch	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 spot	mark
6	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Watch	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sleight	det
8	sleight	sleight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spot	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	imperative	you not said here	his hands				closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	spot	to-infinitive	you not said here	the sleight					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleight=Destination

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