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title: coppersmith — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «coppersmith» in the school dictionary: A coppersmith is a person who makes or mends things from copper. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# coppersmith

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**Who acts:** coppersmith, person, call, hammer, old coppersmith · **What happens:** be, make, mend, sound, tap, sit · **To what, where:** person, things, copper, bird, pot, tree

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A coppersmith is a person who makes or mends things from copper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coppersmith:m1:1
# text = A coppersmith is a person who makes or mends things from copper.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coppersmith	coppersmith	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	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mends	mend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	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 coppersmith | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mend** | present | a person *not said here* | things |  | copper |  |  | tree rules |

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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 coppersmith is a bird whose call sounds like a hammer tapping on metal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coppersmith:m2:1
# text = A coppersmith is a bird whose call sounds like a hammer tapping on metal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coppersmith	coppersmith	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	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	tapping	tap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 coppersmith | a bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | call |  |  |  |  | like a hammer | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tap** | gerund | a hammer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on metal | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent on metal=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A coppersmith made the pot from copper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coppersmith:x1:1
# text = A coppersmith made the pot from copper.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coppersmith	coppersmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | a coppersmith | the pot |  | copper |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset pot=Product from copper=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The coppersmith sat in the tree and tapped all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coppersmith:x2:1
# text = The coppersmith sat in the tree and tapped all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coppersmith	coppersmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tapped	tap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the coppersmith |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |
| 2 | **tap** | past | the coppersmith *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old coppersmith hammered the copper pan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coppersmith:x3:1
# text = The old coppersmith hammered the copper pan.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coppersmith	coppersmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer** | past | the old coppersmith | the copper pan |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Patient |

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