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title: lathe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lathe» in the school dictionary: A lathe is a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut and shaped into round forms, such as chair legs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lathe

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**Who acts:** lathe, machine, He, Dad · **What happens:** be, spin, cut, shape, work, make · **To what, where:** machine, wood, lathe, round forms, shed, table leg

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A lathe is a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut and shaped into round forms, such as chair legs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lathe:m1:1
# text = A lathe is a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut and shaped into round forms, such as chair legs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lathe	lathe	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	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spins	spin	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	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	26	case	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
25	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	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 lathe | a machine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | present | a machine | wood or metal |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
| 3 | **cut** | can · passive |  | lathe |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  | round forms and chair legs |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into form=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He works the lathe in his shed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lathe:x1:1
# text = He works the lathe in his shed.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lathe	lathe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | He | the lathe |  | his shed |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent lathe=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The table leg was made on a lathe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lathe:x2:1
# text = The table leg was made on a lathe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lathe	lathe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the table leg |  | a lathe |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad bought a small lathe for his hobby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lathe:x3:1
# text = Dad bought a small lathe for his hobby.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lathe	lathe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	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	hobby	hobby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | Dad | a small lathe |  |  |  | for Dad's hobby | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lathe=Theme for hobby=Beneficiary |

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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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