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tinker

Who acts: tinker, travelling person, Dad, I · What happens: travel, be, mend, try, adjust, like · To what, where: travelling person, pots, tinker, kettle, hour tinkering

«tinker» 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: tinker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tinker is a travelling person who mends pots and pans. (old use).

Sentence 1: A tinker is a travelling person who mends pots and pans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tinker	det
2	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 mends	nsubj
8	mends	mend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mends	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pans	cc
11	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pots	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a tinker	a travelling person					tree rules
3	mend	present	a travelling person	pots and pans					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

To tinker is to fiddle with something, trying to mend or adjust it, often without much skill.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tinker	mark
2	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fiddle	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fiddle	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fiddle	mark
5	fiddle	fiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 fiddle	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trying	punct
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fiddle	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 mend	mark
11	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 adjust	cc
13	adjust	adjust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 mend	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 adjust	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 skill	punct
16	often	often	ADV	_	19 skill	advmod
17	without	without	ADP	_	19 skill	case
18	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 skill	amod
19	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trying	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fiddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with something; fiddle property	tree rules
2	try	gerund						without much skill	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	mend not said to happen	to-infinitive							tree rules
4	adjust	infinitive		tinker					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 1

The tinker mended our kettle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tinker	det
2	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mended	nsubj
3	mended	mend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 kettle	nmod:poss
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mended	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	past	the tinker	our kettle					tree rules

Example 2

Dad likes to tinker with old bikes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tinker	mark
4	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 bikes	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bikes	amod
7	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tinker	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Dad	tinker				with old bikes	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tinker=Theme

Example 3

I spent an hour tinkering with the broken clock.

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tinkering	det
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tinkering	compound
5	tinkering	tinkering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 clock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clock	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 clock	amod
9	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	I	a hour tinkering				with the broken clock	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tinkering=Asset
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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