stencil Who acts: stencil, letters, you, I, We, our · What happens: be, cut out, paint, copy, stencil, make · To what, where: thin sheet, stencil, holes, shapes, surface, picture
«stencil» 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: stencil in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A stencil is a thin sheet of card, plastic or metal with shapes or letters cut out of it; you paint or colour through the holes to copy the shapes onto a surface underneath.
The tree, 34 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct conj cc conj case nmod cc conj acl case case obl punct nsubj conj cc conj case det nmod mark acl det obj case det obl advmod punct root A DET stencil NOUN is AUX a DET thin ADJ sheet NOUN of ADP card NOUN , PUNCT plastic NOUN or CCONJ metal NOUN with ADP shapes NOUN or CCONJ letters NOUN cut VERB out ADP of ADP it PRON ; PUNCT you PRON paint NOUN or CCONJ colour NOUN through ADP the DET holes NOUN to PART copy VERB the DET shapes NOUN onto ADP a DET surface NOUN underneath ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 stencil det 2 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheet nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 sheet cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sheet det 5 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sheet amod 6 sheet sheet NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 card case 8 card card NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheet nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 plastic punct 10 plastic plastic NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheet conj 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 metal cc 12 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 10 plastic conj 13 with with ADP _ 14 shapes case 14 shapes shape NOUN Number=Plur 10 plastic nmod 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 letters cc 16 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 14 shapes conj 17 cut cut VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 16 letters acl 18 out out ADP _ 20 it case 19 of of ADP _ 20 it case 20 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 cut obl 21 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 paint punct 22 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 23 paint nsubj 23 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheet conj 24 or or CCONJ _ 25 colour cc 25 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 23 paint conj 26 through through ADP _ 28 holes case 27 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 28 holes det 28 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 23 paint nmod 29 to to PART _ 30 copy mark 30 copy copy VERB VerbForm=Inf 23 paint acl 31 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 32 shapes det 32 shapes shape NOUN Number=Plur 30 copy obj 33 onto onto ADP _ 35 surface case 34 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 35 surface det 35 surface surface NOUN Number=Sing 30 copy obl 36 underneath underneath ADV _ 35 surface advmod 37 . . PUNCT _ 6 sheet punct
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1 is a present a stencil a thin sheet and plastic with shapes or letters or metal and paint or colour of card tree rules 2 cut out participle letters not said here stencil vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality 3 paint you the holes tree rules 4 copy to-infinitive a stencil not said here the shapes a surface vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shape=Theme onto surface=Destination
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 stencil is to make a pattern or letters this way.
mark csubj cop mark det obj cc conj det obl:unmarked punct root To PART stencil VERB is AUX to PART make VERB a DET pattern NOUN or CCONJ letters NOUN this DET way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 stencil mark 2 stencil stencil VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 make csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make cop 4 to to PART _ 5 make mark 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pattern det 7 pattern pattern NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 letters cc 9 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 7 pattern conj 10 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 way det 11 way way NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obl:unmarked 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 make punct
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1 stencil to-infinitive vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present this way obl:unmarked ; make property tree rules
Meaning 3 A stencil can also be the picture made using it.
det nsubj aux advmod cop det appos xcomp obj punct root A DET stencil NOUN can AUX also ADV be AUX the DET picture NOUN made VERB using VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 stencil det 2 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 8 made nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 picture aux 4 also also ADV _ 7 picture advmod 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 picture cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 picture det 7 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 2 stencil appos 8 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 using use VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 made xcomp 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 using obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 made punct
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1 is a can the picture tree rules 2 make past a stencil tree rules 3 use gerund a stencil not said here stencil vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 1 I used a star stencil to decorate my card.
nsubj det compound obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root I PRON used VERB a DET star NOUN stencil NOUN to PART decorate VERB my PRON card NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 used nsubj 2 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 stencil det 4 star star NOUN Number=Sing 5 stencil compound 5 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 2 used obj 6 to to PART _ 7 decorate mark 7 decorate decorate VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 used advcl 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 card nmod:poss 9 card card NOUN Number=Sing 7 decorate obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 used punct
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1 use past I a star stencil vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stencil=Patient 2 decorate to-infinitive I not said here my card vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Destination
Example 2 Hold the stencil still and dab paint over it.
det obj advmod cc amod conj case obl punct root Hold VERB the DET stencil NOUN still ADV and CCONJ dab ADJ paint NOUN over ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 stencil det 3 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obj 4 still still ADV _ 1 Hold advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 paint cc 6 dab dab ADJ Degree=Pos 7 paint amod 7 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold conj 8 over over ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Hold obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Hold punct
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1 hold imperative you not said here the stencil paint still vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stencil=Theme over it=Location
Example 3 We stencilled our names on our school bags.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case nmod:poss compound obl punct root We PRON stencilled VERB our PRON names NOUN on ADP our PRON school NOUN bags NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 stencilled nsubj 2 stencilled stencill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 names nmod:poss 4 names name NOUN Number=Plur 2 stencilled obj 5 on on ADP _ 8 bags case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 bags nmod:poss 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 bags compound 8 bags bag NOUN Number=Plur 2 stencilled obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 stencilled punct
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1 stencill past We our names our school bags tree rules 2 name our nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 Banksy is famous for stencil graffiti.
nsubj cop case compound obl punct root Banksy PROPN is AUX famous ADJ for ADP stencil NOUN graffiti NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Banksy Banksy PROPN Number=Sing 3 famous nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 famous cop 3 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 for for ADP _ 6 graffiti case 5 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 6 graffiti compound 6 graffiti graffiti NOUN Number=Sing 3 famous obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 famous punct
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1 is present Banksy for stencil graffiti; famous property tree rules
Example 5 Ancient hand stencils were found on cave walls.
amod compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound obl punct root Ancient ADJ hand NOUN stencils NOUN were AUX found VERB on ADP cave NOUN walls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stencils amod 2 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 3 stencils compound 3 stencils stencil NOUN Number=Plur 5 found nsubj:pass 4 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 found aux:pass 5 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 on on ADP _ 8 walls case 7 cave cave NOUN Number=Sing 8 walls compound 8 walls wall NOUN Number=Plur 5 found obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 found punct
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1 find past · passive Ancient hand stencils cave walls vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
Example 6 The road workers stencilled "SLOW" on the road.
det compound amod punct conj punct case det obl punct root The DET road NOUN workers NOUN stencilled ADJ " PUNCT SLOW ADJ " PUNCT on ADP the DET road NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 workers det 2 road road NOUN Number=Sing 3 workers compound 3 workers worker NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 stencilled stencilled ADJ Degree=Pos 3 workers amod 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 SLOW punct 6 SLOW slow ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stencilled conj 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 SLOW punct 8 on on ADP _ 10 road case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 road det 10 road road NOUN Number=Sing 4 stencilled obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 workers punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 7 Use a shape stencil to draw a perfect hexagon.
det compound obj mark advcl det amod obj punct root Use VERB a DET shape NOUN stencil NOUN to PART draw VERB a DET perfect ADJ hexagon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 stencil det 3 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing 4 stencil compound 4 stencil stencil NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 5 to to PART _ 6 draw mark 6 draw draw VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Use advcl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 hexagon det 8 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hexagon amod 9 hexagon hexagon NOUN Number=Sing 6 draw obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Use punct
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1 use imperative you not said here a shape stencil vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stencil=Patient 2 draw to-infinitive you not said here a perfect hexagon vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hexagon=Theme
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