bandit

Who acts: bandit, robber, Three bandits, village · What happens: be, attack, hide, wait, take · To what, where: robber, travellers, wild places, forest, gold

«bandit» 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: bandit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bandit is a robber, often one of a gang, who attacks travellers and steals from them, usually in wild or lonely places.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bandit	det
2	bandit	bandit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 robber	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 robber	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 robber	det
5	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 robber	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 gang	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gang	det
11	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 attacks	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 attacks	nsubj
14	attacks	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 robber	parataxis
15	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 attacks	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 steals	cc
17	steals	steal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 travellers	conj
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 attacks	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 places	punct
21	usually	usually	ADV	_	26 places	advmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	26 places	case
23	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 places	amod
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 lonely	cc
25	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wild	conj
26	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 attacks	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 robber	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bandit	a robber					tree rules
2	attack	present	a robber	travellers and steals		wild places		from steals = steal	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=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

Three bandits hid in the forest and waited for travellers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 bandits	nummod
2	bandits	bandit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waited	cc
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 travellers	case
10	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 waited	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	Three bandits			the forest			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location
2	wait	past	Three bandits not said here					for travellers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The bandit took the traveller's gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bandit	det
2	bandit	bandit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 traveller	det
5	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gold	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 traveller	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the bandit	the traveller's gold					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Example 3

The village was afraid of the bandits in the hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 village	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afraid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 afraid	cop
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bandits	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bandits	det
7	bandits	bandit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 afraid	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hills	det
10	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bandits	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the village					of the bandits in the hills; afraid property	tree rules

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