battlefield Who acts: battlefield, battle, people, Thousands, We, Poppies · What happens: be, fight, argue, compete, die, visit · To what, where: place, battlefield, Battle, battlefields
«battlefield» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: battlefield in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A battlefield is a place where a battle is or was fought.
det nsubj cop det advmod det nsubj acl:relcl cc aux:pass conj punct root A DET battlefield NOUN is AUX a DET place NOUN where ADV a DET battle NOUN is VERB or CCONJ was AUX fought VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 battlefield det 2 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 where where ADV PronType=Rel 9 is advmod 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 battle det 8 battle battle NOUN Number=Sing 9 is nsubj 9 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place acl:relcl 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 fought cc 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 fought aux:pass 12 fought fight VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 is conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a present a battlefield a place tree rules 2 be present a battle vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 fight past · passive a battle not said here vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»
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: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.
A battlefield is any place or subject where people argue or compete fiercely.
det nsubj cop det cc conj advmod nsubj advcl cc conj advmod punct root A DET battlefield NOUN is AUX any DET place NOUN or CCONJ subject NOUN where ADV people NOUN argue VERB or CCONJ compete VERB fiercely ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 battlefield det 2 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 any any DET PronType=Ind 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 subject cc 7 subject subject NOUN Number=Sing 5 place conj 8 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 argue advmod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 argue nsubj 10 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place advcl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 compete cc 12 compete compete VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 argue conj 13 fiercely fiercely ADV _ 12 compete advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a present a battlefield any place or subject tree rules 2 argue speech: disagree present people vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 compete present people not said here fiercely property vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield at the Somme.
nsubj case nmod case det obl case det obl punct root Thousands NOUN of ADP soldiers NOUN died VERB on ADP the DET battlefield NOUN at ADP the DET Somme PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur 4 died nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 soldiers case 3 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 1 Thousands nmod 4 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 7 battlefield case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 battlefield det 7 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 4 died obl 8 at at ADP _ 10 Somme case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Somme det 10 Somme Somme PROPN Number=Sing 4 died obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 died punct
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1 die past Thousands of soldiers the battlefield at the Somme vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 2 We visited the battlefield where the Battle of Hastings was fought.
nsubj det obj advmod det nsubj:pass case nmod aux:pass acl:relcl punct root We PRON visited VERB the DET battlefield NOUN where ADV the DET Battle PROPN of ADP Hastings PROPN was AUX fought VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 visited nsubj 2 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 battlefield det 4 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 2 visited obj 5 where where ADV PronType=Rel 11 fought advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Battle det 7 Battle Battle PROPN Number=Sing 11 fought nsubj:pass 8 of of ADP _ 9 Hastings case 9 Hastings Hastings PROPN Number=Sing 7 Battle nmod 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 fought aux:pass 11 fought fight VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 battlefield acl:relcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 visited punct
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1 visit past We the battlefield vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battlefield=Co-Agent 2 fight past · passive the Battle of Hastings vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
Example 3 Poppies grew on the battlefields of the First World War.
nsubj case det obl case det amod compound nmod punct root Poppies NOUN grew VERB on ADP the DET battlefields NOUN of ADP the DET First ADJ World PROPN War PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Poppies poppy NOUN Number=Plur 2 grew nsubj 2 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 battlefields case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 battlefields det 5 battlefields battlefield NOUN Number=Plur 2 grew obl 6 of of ADP _ 10 War case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 War det 8 First first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 10 War amod 9 World World PROPN Number=Sing 10 War compound 10 War War PROPN Number=Sing 5 battlefields nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 grew punct
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1 grow past Poppies the battlefields of the First World War vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on battlefield=Location
Example 4 The knight rode bravely across the battlefield.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET knight NOUN rode VERB bravely ADV across ADP the DET battlefield NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 knight det 2 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 3 rode nsubj 3 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 bravely bravely ADV _ 3 rode advmod 5 across across ADP _ 7 battlefield case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 battlefield det 7 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 3 rode obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 rode punct
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1 ride past the knight the battlefield bravely property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across battlefield=Trajectory
Example 5 After the food fight, the dining hall looked like a battlefield.
case det compound obl punct det compound nsubj case det obl punct root After ADP the DET food NOUN fight NOUN , PUNCT the DET dining NOUN hall NOUN looked VERB like ADP a DET battlefield NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 4 fight case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 fight det 3 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 fight compound 4 fight fight NOUN Number=Sing 9 looked obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 fight punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hall det 7 dining dining NOUN Number=Sing 8 hall compound 8 hall hall NOUN Number=Sing 9 looked nsubj 9 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 like like ADP _ 12 battlefield case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 battlefield det 12 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 9 looked obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 9 looked punct
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1 look past the dining hall after the food fight like a battlefield vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 6 The playground became a battlefield of snowballs.
det nsubj det xcomp case nmod punct root The DET playground NOUN became VERB a DET battlefield NOUN of ADP snowballs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 playground det 2 playground playground NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 battlefield det 5 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 3 became xcomp 6 of of ADP _ 7 snowballs case 7 snowballs snowball NOUN Number=Plur 5 battlefield nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past the playground a battlefield of snowballs vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 7 Social media can become a battlefield of arguments.
amod nsubj aux det xcomp case nmod punct root Social ADJ media NOUN can AUX become VERB a DET battlefield NOUN of ADP arguments NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Social social ADJ Degree=Pos 2 media amod 2 media media NOUN Number=Sing 4 become nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 become aux 4 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 battlefield det 6 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 4 become xcomp 7 of of ADP _ 8 arguments case 8 arguments argument NOUN Number=Plur 6 battlefield nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 become punct
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1 become can Social media a battlefield of arguments vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 8 The Horse was wounded and fell dead on the battlefield.
det nsubj cop cc conj xcomp case det obl punct root The DET Horse NOUN was AUX wounded ADJ and CCONJ fell VERB dead ADJ on ADP the DET battlefield NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Horse det 2 Horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 4 wounded nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 wounded cop 4 wounded wounded ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 fell cc 6 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 wounded conj 7 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fell xcomp 8 on on ADP _ 10 battlefield case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 battlefield det 10 battlefield battlefield NOUN Number=Sing 6 fell obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 wounded punct
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1 is past the Horse wounded property tree rules 2 fall past the Horse not said here the battlefield dead property vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on battlefield=Location
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