bellicose
Who acts: Bellicose, bellicose goat, goat, bellicose knight · What happens: mean, start, quarrel, butt, meet, want · To what, where: fight, goat
«bellicose» 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: bellicose in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Bellicose means eager to start a fight or argument; ready to quarrel.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellicose | Bellicose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 start | mark |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 eager | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 argument | cc |
| 9 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 ready | punct |
| 11 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 quarrel | mark |
| 13 | quarrel | quarrel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 ready | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Bellicose | eager property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | start | to-infinitive | Bellicose not said here | a fight or argument | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | quarrel | to-infinitive | Bellicose not said here | vn battle-36.4 «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.
Example 1
The bellicose goat butted every goat it met.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 goat | det |
| 2 | bellicose | bellicose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goat | compound |
| 3 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 butted | nsubj |
| 4 | butted | butt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 goat | det |
| 6 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 butted | obj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 met | nsubj |
| 8 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 goat | acl:relcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 butted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | butt | participle | the bellicose goat | every goat | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent goat=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | meet | past | goat | every goat not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Co-Agent |
Example 2
A sturdy, bellicose, forthright man he was.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sturdy | det |
| 2 | sturdy | sturdy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bellicose | punct |
| 4 | bellicose | bellicose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sturdy | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 man | punct |
| 6 | forthright | forthright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 man | compound |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sturdy | appos |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 was | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 man | acl:relcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sturdy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
The bellicose knight wanted a fight with everyone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 knight | det |
| 2 | bellicose | bellicose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knight | compound |
| 3 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 fight | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the bellicose knight | a fight | with everyone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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