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title: tinsmith — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tinsmith» in the school dictionary: A tinsmith is a person who makes or mends things out of tin, such as pots, lamps and cans. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tinsmith

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**Who acts:** tinsmith, person, any, village tinsmith · **What happens:** be, make, mend, sell · **To what, where:** person, things, tin, leg, me, lamps

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tinsmith is a person who makes or mends things out of tin, such as pots, lamps and cans.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinsmith:m1:1
# text = A tinsmith is a person who makes or mends things out of tin, such as pots, lamps and cans.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tinsmith	tinsmith	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	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 tinsmith | 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 |  | tin |  |  | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Are any of your people tinsmiths?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinsmith:x1:1
# text = Are any of your people tinsmiths?
1	Are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	tinsmiths	tinsmith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | any |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tinsmith made me a leg out of tin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinsmith:x2:1
# text = The tinsmith made me a leg out of tin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tinsmith	tinsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tin	tin	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 | **make** | past | the tinsmith | a leg | me | tin |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary leg=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our village tinsmith sold lamps and jugs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinsmith:x3:1
# text = Our village tinsmith sold lamps and jugs.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tinsmith	tinsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jugs	jug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle | Our village tinsmith | lamps and jugs |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |

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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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