turnspit

Who acts: servant, turnspit, cook · What happens: turn, roast, run, call, cover · To what, where: roasting spit, kitchen fire, turnspit, roast · Speech: someone speaks here

«turnspit» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: turnspit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A servant, or a small dog, who turned a roasting spit over a kitchen fire.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dog	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 dog	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 servant	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 turned	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spit	det
12	roasting	roast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 spit	amod
13	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	17 fire	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fire	det
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fire	compound
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	a servant or a small dog	a roasting spit		a kitchen fire			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent spit=Theme over fire=Trajectory
2	roast	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

Example 1

The turnspit ran after the chariot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 turnspit	det
2	turnspit	turnspit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 chariot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chariot	det
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the turnspit				after the chariot		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The cook called the turnspit to turn the roast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cook	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 turnspit	det
5	turnspit	turnspit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 turn	mark
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 turnspit	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roast	det
9	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	the cook not said here	the turnspit					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent turnspit=Recipient
2	turn	to-infinitive	the cook not said here	the roast					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent roast=Theme

Example 3

The turnspit was covered with mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the turnspit				with mud	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with mud=Theme

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