battalion

Who acts: battalion, He, Drakestail, Dad · What happens: be, mean, lead, say, not drag, waddle · To what, where: large group, big troop, battalion, hill, whole battalion, ducklings · Speech: someone speaks here

«battalion» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: battalion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A battalion is a large group of soldiers, part of an army regiment.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 battalion	det
2	battalion	battalion	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	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 part	punct
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 group	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 regiment	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 regiment	det
13	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 regiment	compound
14	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a battalion	a large group and part of a army regiment				of soldiers	tree rules

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A battalion can mean a big troop or crowd of followers, as in a tale.

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	2 battalion	det
2	battalion	battalion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 troop	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 troop	amod
7	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 crowd	cc
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 troop	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 followers	case
11	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 crowd	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tale	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 tale	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 tale	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tale	det
16	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a battalion	a big troop or crowd of followers					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Topic

Example 1

He led a battalion of soldiers across the hill.

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 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 battalion	det
4	battalion	battalion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 soldiers	case
6	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 battalion	nmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 hill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hill	det
9	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	He	a battalion of soldiers		the hill			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battalion=Theme across hill=Destination

Example 2

Drakestail said he could not drag his whole battalion along.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drakestail	Drakestail	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drag	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 drag	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 drag	advmod
6	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 battalion	nmod:poss
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 battalion	amod
9	battalion	battalion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drag	obj
10	along	along	ADV	_	6 drag	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Drakestail						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not drag	could	Drakestail	Drakestail's whole battalion				along property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battalion=Theme

Example 3

A battalion of ducklings waddled behind their mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 battalion	det
2	battalion	battalion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ducklings	case
4	ducklings	duckling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 battalion	nmod
5	waddled	waddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ducklings	acl
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 mother	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waddled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 battalion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waddle	participle		ducklings not said here				behind ducklings's mother	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind mother=Trajectory

Example 4

Dad brought a battalion of cousins to the picnic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 battalion	det
4	battalion	battalion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cousins	case
6	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 battalion	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 picnic	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 picnic	det
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Dad	a battalion of cousins		the picnic			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battalion=Theme to picnic=Destination

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