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title: thresher — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thresher» in the school dictionary: A thresher is a person who threshes, that is beats grain from its stalks to get the seed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thresher

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**Who acts:** thresher, person, that, machine, farmer, threshers · **What happens:** be, thresh, get, do, say, hire · **To what, where:** person, beats grain, stalks, seed, machine, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A thresher is a person who threshes, that is beats grain from its stalks to get the seed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thresher:m1:1
# text = A thresher is a person who threshes, that is beats grain from its stalks to get the seed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thresher	thresher	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	threshes	thresh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	beats	beat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	stalks	stalk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 thresher | a person and beats grain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **thresh** | present | a person and beats grain |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | that | beats grain |  | thresher's stalks |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | a thresher *not said here* | the seed |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A thresher can also be a machine that does this job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thresher:m2:1
# text = A thresher can also be a machine that does this job.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thresher	thresher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a thresher | a machine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | a machine | this job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What news today? said the threshers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thresher:x1:1
# text = What news today? said the threshers.
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	threshers	thresher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | the threshers |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thresher=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer hired three threshers for the harvest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thresher:x2:1
# text = The farmer hired three threshers for the harvest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hired	hire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	threshers	thresher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	harvest	harvest	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 | **hire** | past | the farmer | three threshers |  |  |  | for the harvest | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thresher=Theme for harvest=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The threshers worked in the barn all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thresher:x3:1
# text = The threshers worked in the barn all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	threshers	thresher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | the threshers |  |  |  | day | in the barn | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in barn=Theme |

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