aegis

Who acts: shield, Protection support, Zeus, club · What happens: carry, bring, give, mean, shake, make · To what, where: shield, storms, Protection support, protection, aegis, goat skin · Speech: someone speaks here

«aegis» 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: aegis in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, in myths — kept apart, not parsed.

A shield or cloak carried by a god, especially Zeus, that could bring storms or protection.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shield	det
2	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bring	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 cloak	cc
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	conj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shield	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 god	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 god	det
8	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Zeus	punct
10	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 Zeus	advmod
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 god	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bring	punct
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 bring	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 bring	aux
15	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bring	obj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 protection	cc
18	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 storms	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle		a shield or cloak not said here				by a god	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bring	could	a shield or cloak	storms or protection					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent storm=Theme

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

Protection or support given by someone powerful; «under the aegis of» means under the protection of.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 support	compound
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 support	cc
3	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	nsubj
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 support	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 given	obl
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 someone	amod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 aegis	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 aegis	punct
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 aegis	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 aegis	det
12	aegis	aegis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 support	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 aegis	fixed
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 aegis	punct
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 protection	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 protection	det
18	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	18 protection	case
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		Protection support not said here				by someone	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	mean	present	Protection support	the protection					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Topic

Example 1

Zeus could shake his aegis to make storms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	zeus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shake	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shake	aux
3	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 aegis	nmod:poss
5	aegis	aegis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shake	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shake	advcl
8	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	could	Zeus	Zeus's aegis					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent aegis=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here	storms					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset storm=Product

Example 2

The club ran under the aegis of the town council.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 club	det
2	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 aegis	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 aegis	det
6	aegis	aegis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 council	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 council	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 council	compound
10	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aegis	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the club			the aegis of the town council			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under aegis=Trajectory

Example 3

The shield was called the aegis, meaning goat-skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shield	det
2	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 aegis	det
6	aegis	aegis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meaning	punct
8	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 called	advcl
9	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 goat	punct
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		the shield					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	mean	gerund		goat skin					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Topic

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