workman

Who acts: person, workman, workmen · What happens: do, mend, build, be, finish · To what, where: job, roof, new bridge, river

«workman» 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: workman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who does a job with his hands, such as a builder, a mender or a maker of things.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hands	nmod:poss
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 does	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 builder	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 builder	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 builder	det
14	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mender	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 mender	det
17	mender	mender	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 maker	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 maker	det
20	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mender	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 things	case
22	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 maker	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	a person and a builder and a mender or a maker of things	a job				with his hands	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

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 workman mended the roof before lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workman	det
2	workman	workman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mended	nsubj
3	mended	mend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mended	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mended	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	past	the workman	the roof			before lunch		tree rules

Example 2

The workmen built a new bridge over the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workmen	det
2	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bridge	amod
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the workmen	a new bridge		the river			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product

Example 3

The workman was proud of his finished chair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workman	det
2	workman	workman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 chair	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chair	nmod:poss
7	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 chair	amod
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 proud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the workman					of his finished chair; proud property	tree rules
2	finish	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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