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title: awl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «awl» in the school dictionary: An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# awl

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**Who acts:** awl, He, Mother badger · **What happens:** point, be, use, make, sew, take · **To what, where:** small sharp pointed tool, holes, leather, awl, buckskin

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«awl» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [awl in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/awl.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awl:m1:1
# text = An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	pointed	point	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	25	mark	_	_
25	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a awl | a small sharp pointed tool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | a small sharp pointed tool *not said here* |  |  |  | for example | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | holes |  | leather and wood or cloth |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product |
| 5 | **sew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#x1}

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He took an awl and heated it red-hot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awl:x1:1
# text = He took an awl and heated it red-hot.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	heated	heat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | a awl |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awl=Theme |
| 2 | **heat** | past | He *not said here* | awl |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awl:x2:1
# text = Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl.
1	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	buckskin	buckskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pierce** | past | Mother badger | the buckskin |  |  |  | with badger's sharp awl | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent buckskin=Patient with awl=Instrument |

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**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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