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title: carver — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «carver» in the school dictionary: A carver is a person who cuts wood or stone into shapes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# carver

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**Who acts:** carver, person, old carver, head carver · **What happens:** be, cut, cut up, make, bring · **To what, where:** person, wood, shapes, meat, meal, goose

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«carver» 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: [carver in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carver.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A carver is a person who cuts wood or stone into shapes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carver:m1:1
# text = A carver is a person who cuts wood or stone into shapes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a carver | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | present | a person | wood or stone |  | shapes |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent wood=Material into shape=Product |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A carver is also the person who cuts up the meat at a meal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carver:m2:1
# text = A carver is also the person who cuts up the meat at a meal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a carver | the person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut up** | present | the person | the meat |  | a meal |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The carver cut the goose into thin slices.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carver:x1:1
# text = The carver cut the goose into thin slices.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cut	cut	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	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | the carver | the goose |  | thin slices |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent goose=Material into slice=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old carver made a wooden bird for the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carver:x2:1
# text = The old carver made a wooden bird for the king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the old carver | a wooden bird |  |  |  | for the king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Product for king=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The head carver brought the pie to the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carver:x3:1
# text = The head carver brought the pie to the table.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the head carver | the pie |  | the table |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pie=Theme to table=Destination |

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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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