artillery

Who acts: weapons, I, them, heavy artillery · What happens: throw, shoot, hear, come, be, rush · To what, where: them, air, last, artillery lines, cannon · Speech: someone speaks here

«artillery» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: artillery in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

In older English, any weapons that throw or shoot, such as bows and arrows or catapults.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 English	case
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 English	amod
3	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 English	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 weapons	det
6	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bows	nsubj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 throw	nsubj
8	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 weapons	acl:relcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 shoot	cc
10	shoot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 throw	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bows	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 bows	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 English	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arrows	cc
16	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bows	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 catapults	cc
18	catapults	catapult	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bows	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 bows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	any weapons						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	shoot	present	any weapons not said here						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

I heard them coming, and I also at the same time was conscious of a rush of air and a sound like the roar of heavy artillery.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	obj
4	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 conscious	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 conscious	cc
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 conscious	nsubj
8	also	also	ADV	_	14 conscious	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conscious	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 conscious	cop
14	conscious	conscious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heard	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 rush	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rush	det
17	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conscious	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 air	case
19	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rush	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 sound	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 sound	det
22	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rush	conj
23	like	like	ADP	_	25 roar	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 roar	det
25	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sound	nmod
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 artillery	case
27	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 artillery	amod
28	artillery	artillery	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 roar	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	I	them = they			tree rules
2	come	gerund	them = they not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	I		time	of a rush of air and a sound like the roar of heavy artillery; conscious property	tree rules
4	rush			air			nom rush «act transitive»: of=patient
5	roar		heavy artillery				nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

At last I fell over the tail-end of a gun, and by that knew I was somewhere near the artillery lines where the cannon were stacked at night.

From The Jungle Book.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	obl
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	9 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 tail	punct
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 gun	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 gun	det
12	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 knew	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 knew	cc
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 that	case
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 knew	obl
17	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 somewhere	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 somewhere	cop
20	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 knew	ccomp
21	near	near	ADP	_	24 lines	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 lines	det
23	artillery	artillery	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lines	compound
24	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 knew	obl
25	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	29 stacked	advmod
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 cannon	det
27	cannon	cannon	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 stacked	nsubj:pass
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 stacked	aux:pass
29	stacked	stack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 lines	acl
30	at	at	ADP	_	31 night	case
31	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 stacked	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	I		last	over the tail end of a gun		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location
2	know	past	I not said here		the artillery lines		by that	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	I				somewhere property	tree rules
4	stack	past · passive		the cannon		night		vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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