army Who acts: army, soldiers, people, Roman army, uncle, huge army · What happens: be, train, fight, do, build, join · To what, where: large group, soldiers, land, something, straight roads, army
«army» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: army in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod acl mark xcomp case obl case det obl punct root An DET army NOUN is AUX a DET large ADJ group NOUN of ADP soldiers NOUN trained VERB to PART fight VERB on ADP land NOUN for ADP a DET country NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing 6 group nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 group cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 group det 5 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 6 group amod 6 group group NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 soldiers case 8 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 6 group nmod 9 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 soldiers acl 10 to to PART _ 11 fight mark 11 fight fight VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 trained xcomp 12 on on ADP _ 13 land case 13 land land NOUN Number=Sing 11 fight obl 14 for for ADP _ 16 country case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 country det 16 country country NOUN Number=Sing 11 fight obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 group punct
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1 is a present a army a large group of soldiers tree rules 2 train participle soldiers not said here vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute 3 fight to-infinitive soldiers not said here land for a country vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2 An army is a very large group of people or animals doing something together, like an army of ants.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det advmod amod case nmod cc conj acl obj advmod punct case det obl case nmod punct root An DET army NOUN is AUX a DET very ADV large ADJ group NOUN of ADP people NOUN or CCONJ animals NOUN doing VERB something PRON together ADV , PUNCT like ADP an DET army NOUN of ADP ants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing 7 group nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 group cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 group det 5 very very ADV _ 6 large advmod 6 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 7 group amod 7 group group NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of ADP _ 9 people case 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 group nmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 animals cc 11 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 9 people conj 12 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 people acl 13 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 12 doing obj 14 together together ADV _ 12 doing advmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 army punct 16 like like ADP _ 18 army case 17 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 army det 18 army army NOUN Number=Sing 12 doing obl 19 of of ADP _ 20 ants case 20 ants ant NOUN Number=Plur 18 army nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 7 group punct
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1 is a present a army a large group of people or animals tree rules 2 do gerund people or animals not said here something like a army of ants; together property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
Example 1 The Roman army built long straight roads.
det amod nsubj advmod amod obj punct root The DET Roman ADJ army NOUN built VERB long ADV straight ADJ roads NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 army det 2 Roman roman ADJ Degree=Pos 3 army amod 3 army army NOUN Number=Sing 4 built nsubj 4 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 long long ADV Degree=Pos 7 roads advmod 6 straight straight ADJ Degree=Pos 7 roads amod 7 roads road NOUN Number=Plur 4 built obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 built punct
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1 build past the Roman army straight roads vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset road=Product
Example 2 My uncle joined the army after school.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj case obl punct root My PRON uncle NOUN joined VERB the DET army NOUN after ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 3 joined nsubj 3 joined join VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 army det 5 army army NOUN Number=Sing 3 joined obj 6 after after ADP _ 7 school case 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 joined obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 joined punct
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1 join past My uncle the army after school vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
Example 3 An army of ants marched across the path.
det case nmod acl case det obl punct root An DET army NOUN of ADP ants NOUN marched VERB across ADP the DET path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 ants case 4 ants ant NOUN Number=Plur 2 army nmod 5 marched march VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 ants acl 6 across across ADP _ 8 path case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 path det 8 path path NOUN Number=Sing 5 marched obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 army punct
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1 march participle ants not said here the path vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across path=Trajectory
Example 4 The army helped people after the flood.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET army NOUN helped VERB people NOUN after ADP the DET flood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped nsubj 3 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 helped obj 5 after after ADP _ 7 flood case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 flood det 7 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 helped punct
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1 help past the army people after the flood vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary
Example 5 An army of volunteers cleaned up the beach.
det nsubj case nmod compound:prt det obl:unmarked punct root An DET army NOUN of ADP volunteers NOUN cleaned VERB up ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing 5 cleaned nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 volunteers case 4 volunteers volunteer NOUN Number=Plur 2 army nmod 5 cleaned clean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 up up ADP _ 5 cleaned compound:prt 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 beach det 8 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 5 cleaned obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 cleaned punct
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1 clean up past a army of volunteers the beach vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 The castle was attacked by a huge army.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl punct root The DET castle NOUN was AUX attacked VERB by ADP a DET huge ADJ army NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 castle det 2 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 4 attacked nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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 _ 8 army case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 army det 7 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 8 army amod 8 army army NOUN Number=Sing 4 attacked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 attacked punct
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1 attack past · passive a huge army the castle vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
Example 7 I saw the army being reviewed.
nsubj det obj aux:pass acl punct root I PRON saw VERB the DET army NOUN being AUX reviewed VERB . PUNCT 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 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 army det 4 army army NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 reviewed aux:pass 6 reviewed review VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 army acl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past I the army vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer army=Stimulus 2 review gerund · passive the army not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»
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