baron

Who acts: lord, barons, John, baron, He, newspaper baron · What happens: hold, force, sign, own, become, sit · To what, where: land, John, Magna, castle, baron, House

«baron» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: baron in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A nobleman of the lowest rank in Britain and some other countries; in the Middle Ages a lord who held land from the king.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nobleman	det
2	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 rank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rank	det
5	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 rank	amod
6	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nobleman	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Britain	case
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 rank	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 countries	cc
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 countries	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 countries	amod
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rank	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 nobleman	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 Ages	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Ages	det
16	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Ages	flat
17	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 nobleman	nmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 lord	det
19	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Ages	appos
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 held	nsubj
21	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 lord	acl:relcl
22	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 held	obj
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 king	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 king	det
25	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 held	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nobleman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	a lord	land				from the king	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=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

A very rich and powerful businessman in one industry: an oil baron, a media baron.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 businessman	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 rich	advmod
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 businessman	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 powerful	cc
5	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rich	conj
6	businessman	businessman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 industry	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 industry	nummod
9	industry	industry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 businessman	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 baron	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 baron	det
12	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 baron	compound
13	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 businessman	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 baron	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 baron	det
16	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 baron	compound
17	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 baron	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 businessman	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

A powerful criminal boss: a drug baron.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boss	det
2	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boss	amod
3	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boss	amod
4	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 baron	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 baron	det
7	drug	drug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 baron	compound
8	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boss	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 boss	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The barons forced King John to sign Magna Carta.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barons	det
2	barons	baron	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forced	nsubj
3	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 John	nmod:desc
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forced	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sign	mark
7	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
8	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sign	obj
9	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Magna	flat
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past	the barons	John King					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent john=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sign	to-infinitive	John King not said here	Magna					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent magna=Theme

Example 2

A baron owned the castle and the lands around it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 baron	det
2	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owned	nsubj
3	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owned	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lands	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lands	det
8	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 castle	conj
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lands	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 owned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	past	a baron	the castle and the lands around it					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot castle=Theme

Example 3

He became a baron and sat in the House of Lords.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 baron	det
4	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sat	cc
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 House	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 House	det
9	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Lords	case
11	Lords	Lord	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 House	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He	a baron					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	sit	past	He not said here			the House of Lords			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

Example 4

The newspaper baron owned ten papers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baron	det
2	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baron	compound
3	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 baron	acl
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 papers	nummod
6	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 owned	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 baron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	participle	the newspaper baron not said here	ten papers					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot paper=Theme

Example 5

The police caught a drug baron at the port.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baron	det
5	drug	drug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 baron	compound
6	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 port	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 port	det
9	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the police	a drug baron		the port			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent baron=Theme at port=Asset

Example 6

The Red Baron was a famous German pilot in the First World War.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Baron	det
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Baron	flat
3	Baron	Baron	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 pilot	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pilot	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pilot	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pilot	amod
7	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pilot	amod
8	pilot	pilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 War	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 War	det
11	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 War	amod
12	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 War	compound
13	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 pilot	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pilot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Red Baron	a famous German pilot		the First World War			tree rules

Example 7

When you have spent it you must go and take another baron’s castle.’

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 spent	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 spent	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spent	aux
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 go	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spent	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	conj
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 baron	det
12	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 castle	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 baron	case
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
16	’	'	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spend	present · perfect	you	it	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset
2	go	must	you		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take	infinitive	you not said here	another baron's castle	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme

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