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spanner

Who acts: spanner, metal tool, Dad, you, plumber, rain · What happens: be, turn, make, use, fix, pass · To what, where: metal tool, nuts, spanner, bike, me, nut

«spanner» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: spanner in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A spanner is a metal tool for turning nuts and bolts to make them tight or loose.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spanner	det
2	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tool	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tool	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tool	compound
6	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 turning	mark
8	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 tool	acl
9	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 turning	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bolts	cc
11	bolts	bolt	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 nuts	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 turning	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 make	xcomp
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 loose	cc
17	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tight	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a spanner	a metal tool					tree rules
2	turn	gerund	a metal tool not said here	nuts and bolts					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	a metal tool not said here	nuts = nut				tight property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

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

Dad used a spanner to fix my bike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spanner	det
4	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fix	mark
6	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bike	nmod:poss
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fix	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Dad	a spanner					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spanner=Patient
2	fix	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	my bike					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bike=Patient

Example 2

Pass me the spanner, please.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spanner	det
4	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pass	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pass	punct
6	please	please	INTJ	_	1 Pass	discourse
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	imperative	you not said here	the spanner	me				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient spanner=Theme

Example 3

Turn the spanner to tighten the nut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spanner	det
3	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tighten	mark
5	tighten	tighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nut	det
7	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tighten	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the spanner					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent spanner=Theme
2	tighten	to-infinitive	you not said here	the nut					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nut=Patient

Example 4

The plumber has a big spanner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plumber	det
2	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spanner	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spanner	amod
6	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the plumber	a big spanner					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spanner=Patient

Example 5

The rain threw a spanner in the works of our picnic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spanner	det
5	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 works	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 works	det
8	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threw	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 picnic	case
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 picnic	nmod:poss
11	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 works	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the rain	a spanner		the works of our picnic			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spanner=Theme in work=Destination
2	work		our picnic						nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 6

Use the right size spanner for the nut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spanner	det
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spanner	amod
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spanner	compound
5	spanner	spanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 nut	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nut	det
8	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the right size spanner				for the nut	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent spanner=Theme for nut=Eventuality

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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