workmanship

Who acts: table, chair, silver cup · What happens: care, show, make, have, be · To what, where: something, fine workmanship, careful workmanship, piece

«workmanship» 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: workmanship in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The skill and care shown in making something; the quality of the work.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skill	det
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 care	cc
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 skill	conj
5	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 care	xcomp
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 making	mark
7	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shown	advcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 making	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 quality	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 quality	det
11	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 skill	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 work	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 work	det
14	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quality	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 skill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	care	infinitive		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	show	participle		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	gerund	something	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

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 table has fine workmanship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 table	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 workmanship	amod
5	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the table	fine workmanship					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent workmanship=Patient

Example 2

The chair showed careful workmanship in every joint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 workmanship	amod
5	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 joint	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 joint	det
8	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the chair	careful workmanship				in every joint	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent workmanship=Patient in joint=Topic

Example 3

The silver cup was a piece of excellent workmanship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cup	det
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cup	compound
3	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 piece	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 workmanship	case
8	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 workmanship	amod
9	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the silver cup	a piece				of excellent workmanship	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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