thresher

Who acts: thresher, person, that, machine, farmer, threshers · What happens: be, thresh, get, do, say, hire · To what, where: person, beats grain, stalks, seed, machine, job · Speech: someone speaks here

«thresher» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: thresher in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thresher is a person who threshes, that is beats grain from its stalks to get the seed.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 thresher	det
2	thresher	thresher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 threshes	nsubj
7	threshes	thresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grain	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 grain	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 grain	cop
11	beats	beat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grain	compound
12	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 stalks	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 stalks	nmod:poss
15	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grain	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 get	mark
17	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 grain	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 seed	det
19	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a thresher	a person and beats grain		tree rules
2	thresh	present	a person and beats grain			tree rules
3	is a	present	that	beats grain	thresher's stalks	tree rules
4	get	to-infinitive	a thresher not said here	the seed		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus

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

A thresher can also be a machine that does this job.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 thresher	det
2	thresher	thresher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machine	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 machine	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 machine	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 machine	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 machine	det
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 machine	acl:relcl
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 job	det
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 machine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a thresher	a machine					tree rules
2	do	present	a machine	this job					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Example 1

What news today? said the threshers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 said	nsubj:outer
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 news	obl:unmarked
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 threshers	det
7	threshers	thresher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		the threshers					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thresher=Topic

Example 2

The farmer hired three threshers for the harvest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hired	nsubj
3	hired	hire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 threshers	nummod
5	threshers	thresher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hired	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 harvest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 harvest	det
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hired	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	past	the farmer	three threshers				for the harvest	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thresher=Theme for harvest=Beneficiary

Example 3

The threshers worked in the barn all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 threshers	det
2	threshers	thresher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 barn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barn	det
6	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	the threshers				day	in the barn	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in barn=Theme

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