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title: corkscrew — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «corkscrew» in the school dictionary: A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# corkscrew

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**Who acts:** corkscrew, Dad, road · **What happens:** be, cork out, twist, open, call, woun up · **To what, where:** tool, bottles, anything, spiral shape, bottle, sword · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corkscrew:m1:1
# text = A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	corkscrew	corkscrew	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	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	pulling	pulling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	corks	cork	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 corkscrew | a tool |  |  |  | with a spiral metal point | tree rules |
| 2 | **cork out** | present |  | bottles |  |  |  | for pulling | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bottle=Destination |

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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 corkscrew is anything twisted into a spiral shape.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corkscrew:m2:1
# text = A corkscrew is anything twisted into a spiral shape.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	corkscrew	corkscrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	twisted	twist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **is a** | present | a corkscrew | anything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **twist** | participle |  |  |  | a spiral shape |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shape=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad opened the bottle with a corkscrew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corkscrew:x1:1
# text = Dad opened the bottle with a corkscrew.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	corkscrew	corkscrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | Dad | the bottle |  |  |  | with a corkscrew | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient with corkscrew=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pirate's sword was called Johnny Corkscrew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corkscrew:x2:1
# text = The pirate's sword was called Johnny Corkscrew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	Johnny	Johnny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	Corkscrew	Corkscrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the pirate's sword |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The road wound up the hill in a corkscrew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corkscrew:x3:1
# text = The road wound up the hill in a corkscrew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wound	woun	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	corkscrew	corkscrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **woun up** | past | the road | the hill |  | a corkscrew |  |  | tree rules |

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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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