thresh

Who acts: farmers, combine harvester, people, threshing machine, We, Moujik · What happens: beat, shake, cut, separate, move about, thrash · To what, where: cut wheat, seeds, thrash, arms, wheat, barn · Speech: someone speaks here

«thresh» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: thresh in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To beat or shake cut wheat, oats or other grain to separate the seeds from the stalks and husks.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beat	mark
2	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 shake	cc
4	shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 beat	conj
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wheat	amod
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shake	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 oats	punct
8	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wheat	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 grain	cc
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grain	amod
11	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 oats	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 separate	mark
13	separate	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 shake	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 seeds	det
15	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 separate	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 stalks	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stalks	det
18	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 separate	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 husks	cc
20	husks	husk	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 stalks	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beat	to-infinitive			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shake	infinitive	cut wheat and oats or other grain		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient
3	cut	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	separate	to-infinitive	the seeds	from the stalks and husks	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent seed=Patient from stalk=Co-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

To move about wildly, thrashing arms or legs (old or less common; usually «thrash»).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 wildly	advmod
4	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thrashing	punct
6	thrashing	thrash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 move	advcl
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thrashing	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 legs	cc
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 arms	conj
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 old	punct
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 arms	amod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 common	cc
13	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 common	advmod
14	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 old	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 thrash	punct
16	usually	usually	ADV	_	18 thrash	advmod
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 thrash	punct
18	thrash	thrash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 thrash	punct
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 thrash	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move about	to-infinitive		thrash				wildly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	thrash	gerund		arms or legs					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Example 1

The farmers threshed the wheat in the barn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmers	det
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threshed	nsubj
3	threshed	thresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wheat	det
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threshed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 barn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 barn	det
8	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threshed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 threshed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thresh	past	the farmers	the wheat		the barn			tree rules

Example 2

A combine harvester cuts and threshes the grain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 harvester	det
2	combine	combine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harvester	compound
3	harvester	harvester	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cuts	nsubj
4	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 threshes	cc
6	threshes	thresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cuts	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grain	det
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threshes	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cuts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	a combine harvester						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	thresh	present	a combine harvester not said here	the grain					tree rules

Example 3

Long ago, people threshed oats with a flail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ago	advmod
2	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 threshed	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ago	punct
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threshed	nsubj
5	threshed	thresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threshed	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 flail	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 flail	det
9	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threshed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 threshed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thresh	past	people	oats				with a flail; ago property	tree rules

Example 4

The threshing machine was noisy and dusty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 machine	det
2	threshing	threshing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 machine	compound
3	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noisy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 noisy	cop
5	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dusty	cc
7	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 noisy	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 noisy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the threshing machine					noisy property	tree rules
2	be		the threshing machine not said here						tree rules

Example 5

After threshing, the straw was stacked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 threshing	mark
2	threshing	thresh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stacked	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 threshing	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 straw	det
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stacked	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stacked	aux:pass
7	stacked	stack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thresh	gerund							tree rules
2	stack	past · passive		the straw					vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Example 6

We saw how grain was threshed at the farm museum.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 threshed	advmod
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threshed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 threshed	aux:pass
6	threshed	thresh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saw	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 museum	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 museum	det
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 museum	compound
10	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threshed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	thresh	past · passive		grain		the farm museum			tree rules

Example 7

The Moujik began to thresh: from every sheaf he got a peck of grain.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moujik	det
2	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 thresh	mark
5	thresh	thresh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sheaf	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sheaf	det
9	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 began	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 peck	det
13	peck	peck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 grain	case
15	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 peck	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	begin	past	the Moujik			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	thresh	to-infinitive	the Moujik not said here			tree rules
3	get	past	Moujik	a peck of grain	every sheaf	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent peck=Theme from sheaf=Source

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