whet
Who acts: He, smell, you · What happens: whet, be, rub · To what, where: blade, stone, appetite, knife, great stone
«whet» 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: whet in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To whet is to sharpen a blade by rubbing it on a stone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 whet | mark |
| 2 | whet | whet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sharpen | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sharpen | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sharpen | mark |
| 5 | sharpen | sharpen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 blade | det |
| 7 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sharpen | obj |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 rubbing | mark |
| 9 | rubbing | rub | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sharpen | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 rubbing | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 stone | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 stone | det |
| 13 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rubbing | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sharpen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whet | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | sharpen property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | rub | gerund | blade | a stone | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stone=Destination |
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
To whet an appetite is to make it stronger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 whet | mark |
| 2 | whet | whet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 make | advcl |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 appetite | det |
| 4 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whet | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 make | cop |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 make | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whet | to-infinitive | a appetite | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | make, strong property | tree rules |
Example 1
He whetted the knife on a great stone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 whetted | nsubj |
| 2 | whetted | whet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 knife | det |
| 4 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whetted | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 stone | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stone | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stone | amod |
| 8 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whetted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 whetted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whet | past | He | the knife | a great stone | tree rules |
Example 2
The smell whetted my appetite.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smell | det |
| 2 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whetted | nsubj |
| 3 | whetted | whet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 appetite | nmod:poss |
| 5 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whetted | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 whetted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whet | past | the smell | my appetite | tree rules |
Example 3
Whet the blade slowly and carefully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whet | whet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 blade | det |
| 3 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Whet | obj |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Whet | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 carefully | cc |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 4 slowly | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Whet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whet | imperative | you not said here | the blade | slowly property | tree rules |
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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