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ambusher

Who acts: ambusher, person, ambushers, crocodile, Trapdoor spiders, you · What happens: be, hide, wait, attack, leapt out, watch out · To what, where: person, someone, rocks, ambusher, water, knights

«ambusher» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: ambusher in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An ambusher is a person or animal that hides and waits to attack someone by surprise.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ambusher	det
2	ambusher	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 animal	cc
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hides	nsubj
9	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 waits	cc
11	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hides	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 attack	mark
13	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 waits	xcomp
14	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 attack	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 surprise	case
16	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attack	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ambusher	a person or animal					tree rules
2	hide	present	a person or animal						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wait	present	a person or animal not said here						tree rules
4	attack	to-infinitive	a person or animal not said here	someone				by surprise	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

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

The ambushers hid behind the rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ambushers	det
2	ambushers	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocks	det
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the ambushers			the rocks			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location

Example 2

A crocodile is an ambusher that waits in the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crocodile	det
2	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ambusher	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ambusher	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ambusher	det
5	ambusher	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 waits	nsubj
7	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ambusher	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ambusher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a crocodile	a ambusher					tree rules
2	wait	present	a ambusher			the water			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Example 3

The knights were attacked by ambushers in the forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knights	det
2	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attacked	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 attacked	aux:pass
4	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 ambushers	case
6	ambushers	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attacked	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attacked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 attacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past · passive	ambushers	the knights		the forest			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Example 4

Trapdoor spiders are clever ambushers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spiders	compound
2	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ambushers	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ambushers	cop
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ambushers	amod
5	ambushers	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ambushers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Trapdoor spiders	clever ambushers					tree rules

Example 5

The ambusher leapt out from behind the tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ambusher	det
2	ambusher	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leapt	nsubj
3	leapt	leapt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 leapt	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 tree	case
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leapt	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leapt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt out	infinitive	the ambusher			the tree			tree rules

Example 6

In the game, watch out for ambushers in the long grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 watch	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ambushers	case
8	ambushers	ambusher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watch	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 grass	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grass	amod
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch out	imperative	you not said here			the game		for ambushers; in the long grass	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent in game=Location for ambusher=Theme

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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