tweezer Who acts: Tweezers, you, Mum, first aid kit, scientist · What happens: be, squeeze, pick up, pull out, use, take out · To what, where: small tool, two thin metal arms, tiny things, tweezers, splinter, pair
«tweezer» 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: tweezer in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Tweezers are a small tool with two thin metal arms that you squeeze together to pick up or pull out tiny things, such as splinters.
The tree, 25 words nsubj cop det amod case nummod amod compound nmod obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod mark xcomp compound:prt cc conj compound:prt amod obj punct case fixed nmod punct root Tweezers NOUN are AUX a DET small ADJ tool NOUN with ADP two NUM thin ADJ metal NOUN arms NOUN that PRON you PRON squeeze VERB together ADV to PART pick VERB up ADP or CCONJ pull VERB out ADP tiny ADJ things NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP splinters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 5 tool nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tool cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tool det 4 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tool amod 5 tool tool NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 with with ADP _ 10 arms case 7 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 arms nummod 8 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 10 arms amod 9 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 10 arms compound 10 arms arm NOUN Number=Plur 5 tool nmod 11 that that PRON PronType=Rel 13 squeeze obj 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 squeeze nsubj 13 squeeze squeeze VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 arms acl:relcl 14 together together ADV _ 13 squeeze advmod 15 to to PART _ 16 pick mark 16 pick pick VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 squeeze xcomp 17 up up ADP _ 16 pick compound:prt 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 pull cc 19 pull pull VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 pick conj 20 out out ADP _ 19 pull compound:prt 21 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 22 things amod 22 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 19 pull obj 23 , , PUNCT _ 26 splinters punct 24 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 26 splinters case 25 as as ADP _ 24 such fixed 26 splinters splinter NOUN Number=Plur 22 things nmod 27 . . PUNCT _ 5 tool punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Tweezers a small tool with two thin metal arms tree rules 2 squeeze present you two thin metal arms together property tree rules 3 pick up to-infinitive you not said here vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent 4 pull out infinitive you not said here tiny things such splinters 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.
Example 1 Mum used tweezers to take out my splinter.
nsubj obj mark advcl compound:prt nmod:poss obj punct root Mum NOUN used VERB tweezers NOUN to PART take VERB out ADP my PRON splinter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 used nsubj 2 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 2 used obj 4 to to PART _ 5 take mark 5 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 used advcl 6 out out ADP _ 5 take compound:prt 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 splinter nmod:poss 8 splinter splinter NOUN Number=Sing 5 take obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 used punct
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1 use past Mum tweezers vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tweezer=Patient 2 take out to-infinitive Mum not said here my splinter vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme
Example 2 The first-aid kit has a pair of tweezers.
det amod punct compound nsubj det obj case nmod punct root The DET first ADJ - PUNCT aid NOUN kit NOUN has VERB a DET pair NOUN of ADP tweezers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kit det 2 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 kit amod 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 first punct 4 aid aid NOUN Number=Sing 5 kit compound 5 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 6 has nsubj 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 pair det 8 pair pair NOUN Number=Sing 6 has obj 9 of of ADP _ 10 tweezers case 10 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 8 pair nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 has punct
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1 have present the first aid kit a pair of tweezers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient
Example 3 Pick up the tiny bead with the tweezers.
compound:prt det amod obj case det nmod punct root Pick VERB up ADP the DET tiny ADJ bead NOUN with ADP the DET tweezers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pick pick VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Pick compound:prt 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bead det 4 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bead amod 5 bead bead NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pick obj 6 with with ADP _ 8 tweezers case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tweezers det 8 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 5 bead nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pick punct
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1 pick up imperative you not said here the tiny bead with the tweezers vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bead=Topic
Example 4 The scientist lifted the leaf with tweezers.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET scientist NOUN lifted VERB the DET leaf NOUN with ADP tweezers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 scientist det 2 scientist scientist NOUN Number=Sing 3 lifted nsubj 3 lifted lift VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 leaf det 5 leaf leaf NOUN Number=Sing 3 lifted obj 6 with with ADP _ 7 tweezers case 7 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 3 lifted obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 lifted punct
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1 lift past the scientist the leaf with tweezers vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme
Example 5 Ask an adult to remove a tick with tweezers.
det obj mark xcomp det obj case obl punct root Ask VERB an DET adult NOUN to PART remove VERB a DET tick NOUN with ADP tweezers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 adult det 3 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 to to PART _ 5 remove mark 5 remove remove VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 tick det 7 tick tick NOUN Number=Sing 5 remove obj 8 with with ADP _ 9 tweezers case 9 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 5 remove obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Ask punct
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1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here a adult vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic 2 remove not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here a tick with tweezers vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tick=Theme
Example 6 My tweezers are in the bathroom drawer.
nmod:poss nsubj cop case det compound punct root My PRON tweezers NOUN are AUX in ADP the DET bathroom NOUN drawer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 tweezers nmod:poss 2 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 7 drawer nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 drawer cop 4 in in ADP _ 7 drawer case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 drawer det 6 bathroom bathroom NOUN Number=Sing 7 drawer compound 7 drawer drawer NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 drawer punct
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1 is present My tweezers the bathroom drawer tree rules
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