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timepiece

Who acts: instrument, gold timepiece, White Rabbit, sundial, museum, timepiece · What happens: watch, measure, tick, look, run, be · To what, where: ancient timepiece, timepieces, accurate timepiece, way · Speech: someone speaks here

«timepiece» 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: timepiece in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A clock or watch; any instrument for measuring time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 watch	cc
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 clock	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 instrument	punct
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 instrument	det
7	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clock	appos
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 measuring	mark
9	measuring	measure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 instrument	acl
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 measuring	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	infinitive							vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	measure	gerund	any instrument not said here				time		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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

Grandad's gold timepiece still ticks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 timepiece	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 timepiece	compound
4	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ticks	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 ticks	advmod
6	ticks	tick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ticks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tick	present	Grandad's gold timepiece				still		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The White Rabbit looked at his timepiece and ran.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 timepiece	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 timepiece	nmod:poss
7	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the White Rabbit					at Rabbit's timepiece	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at timepiece=Theme
2	run	past	the White Rabbit not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

A sundial is an ancient timepiece.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sundial	det
2	sundial	sundial	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 timepiece	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 timepiece	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 timepiece	det
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 timepiece	amod
6	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 timepiece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sundial	a ancient timepiece					tree rules

Example 4

The museum shows timepieces from long ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	timepieces	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 long	case
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 ago	advmod
7	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 shows	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the museum	timepieces				ago property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent timepiece=Recipient

Example 5

The Hatter's timepiece told the day, not the hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 timepiece	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Hatter	case
4	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hour	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hour	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hour	det
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Hatter's timepiece				day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Ships needed a very accurate timepiece to find their way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needed	nsubj
2	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 timepiece	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 timepiece	amod
6	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needed	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 timepiece	acl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 way	nmod:poss
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 needed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	Ships	a accurate timepiece					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot timepiece=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	Ships not said here	Ships's way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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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