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title: gimlet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gimlet» in the school dictionary: A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gimlet

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**Who acts:** gimlet, carpenter, I, rabbit · **What happens:** be, use, bore, need, start, fetch · **To what, where:** small hand tool, hole, gimlet, screw, cupboard

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gimlet:m1:1
# text = A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gimlet | a small hand tool |  |  |  | with a sharp twisted point | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a small hand tool *not said here* |  |  |  | for boring small holes in wood | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The carpenter bored a hole with his gimlet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gimlet:x1:1
# text = The carpenter bored a hole with his gimlet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bored	bore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bore** | past | the carpenter | a hole |  |  |  | with carpenter's gimlet | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hole=Patient with gimlet=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I need a gimlet to start the screw.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gimlet:x2:1
# text = I need a gimlet to start the screw.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	screw	screw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | I | a gimlet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gimlet=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the screw |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screw=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The rabbit fetched a gimlet from the cupboard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gimlet:x3:1
# text = The rabbit fetched a gimlet from the cupboard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gimlet	gimlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **fetch** | past | the rabbit | a gimlet |  | the cupboard |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gimlet=Theme from cupboard=Source |

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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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