wield

Who acts: knight, woodcutter, queen · What happens: wield, be, use, shine · To what, where: sword, tool, power, influence, shining sword, axe

«wield» 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: wield in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To wield a sword, axe or tool is to hold it and use it.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wield	mark
2	wield	wield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hold	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sword	det
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wield	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 axe	punct
6	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 tool	cc
8	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	conj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hold	cop
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hold	mark
11	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hold	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 use	cc
14	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 hold	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 use	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wield	to-infinitive	a sword and axe or tool		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	is	present		hold property	tree rules
3	use	infinitive	tool		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

Meaning 2

To wield power or influence is to have it and use it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wield	mark
2	wield	wield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	advcl
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wield	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 influence	cc
5	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 power	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 have	mark
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 use	cc
11	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 have	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 use	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wield	to-infinitive	power or influence		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
2	is	present		have property	tree rules
3	use	infinitive	influence		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 1

The knight wielded his shining sword.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wielded	nsubj
3	wielded	wield	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	6 sword	nmod:poss
5	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sword	amod
6	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wielded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wielded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wield	past	the knight	knight's shining sword					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The woodcutter wielded his axe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 woodcutter	det
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wielded	nsubj
3	wielded	wield	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 axe	nmod:poss
5	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wielded	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wielded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wield	past	the woodcutter	woodcutter's axe					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme

Example 3

The queen wields great power in the land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wields	nsubj
3	wields	wield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 power	amod
5	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wields	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wields	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wields	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wield	present	the queen	great power		the land			vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

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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