tomahawk

Who acts: tomahawk, someone, They, chief, Turley · What happens: be, use, carry, hang, fall, throw · To what, where: light axe, tomahawks, tomahawk, belt, camp

«tomahawk» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: tomahawk in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tomahawk is a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a weapon by some Native American peoples.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tomahawk	det
2	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 axe	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 axe	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 axe	det
5	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 axe	amod
6	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 handle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 handle	det
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 handle	amod
10	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 axe	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 axe	acl
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 tool	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tool	det
15	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 weapon	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 weapon	det
18	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tool	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	23 peoples	case
20	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 peoples	det
21	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 peoples	amod
22	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 peoples	amod
23	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 used	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 axe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tomahawk	a light axe				with a short handle	tree rules
2	use	participle		a light axe not said here				as a tool or a weapon; by some Native American peoples	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: verb, rare — kept apart, not parsed.

To tomahawk someone is to strike them with such an axe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tomahawk	mark
2	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strike	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 strike	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strike	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 strike	mark
6	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 strike	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 axe	case
9	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	11 axe	det:predet
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 axe	det
11	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strike	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 strike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	someone					with such axe; strike property	tree rules

Example 1

They carry tomahawks and knives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tomahawks	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 knives	cc
5	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tomahawks	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	They	tomahawks and knives					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomahawk=Theme

Example 2

The chief hung his tomahawk on his belt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chief	det
2	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tomahawk	nmod:poss
5	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 belt	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 belt	nmod:poss
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past	the chief	chief's tomahawk		chief's belt			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tomahawk=Theme on belt=Destination

Example 3

Turley fell to the tomahawk of the Panther.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turley	Turley	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 tomahawk	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tomahawk	det
5	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Panther	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Panther	det
8	Panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tomahawk	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Turley					to the tomahawk of the Panther	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tomahawk=Theme

Example 4

The tomahawk was thrown across the camp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tomahawk	det
2	tomahawk	tomahawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thrown	aux:pass
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 camp	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 camp	det
7	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thrown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		the tomahawk		the camp			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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