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besieging

Who acts: Surrounding, army, besieging army, Reporters, besieging soldiers, Children · What happens: surround, make, give up, crowd, send, dig · To what, where: town, army, lots, trenches, walls, hotel

«besieging» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: besieging in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Surrounding a town, castle or fort with an army to make it give up.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 make	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 town	det
3	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Surrounding	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 castle	punct
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 town	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 fort	cc
7	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 town	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 army	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 army	det
10	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Surrounding	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 make	mark
12	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 make	obj
14	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 make	xcomp
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 give	compound:prt
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	gerund		a town and castle or fort				with a army	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent town=Destination with army=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	Surrounding	army					tree rules
3	give up	infinitive	army not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «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.

Meaning 2

Crowding round someone or something, or sending lots of requests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crowding	crowd	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	3 someone	case
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Crowding	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 something	cc
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sending	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sending	cc
8	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Crowding	conj
9	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sending	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 requests	case
11	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lots	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Crowding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crowd	gerund						round someone	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round someone=Destination
2	send	gerund		lots of requests					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Example 1

The besieging army dug trenches around the walls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 army	det
2	besieging	besieging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 army	compound
3	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dug	nsubj
4	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	trenches	trench	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dug	obj
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dug	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	the besieging army	trenches		the walls			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trench=Theme around wall=Location

Example 2

Reporters were besieging the hotel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reporters	reporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 besieging	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 besieging	aux
3	besieging	besiege	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hotel	det
5	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 besieging	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 besieging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	besiege	past · progressive	Reporters	the hotel					tree rules

Example 3

The besieging soldiers built catapults.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soldiers	det
2	besieging	besieging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soldiers	compound
3	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	catapults	catapult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the besieging soldiers	catapults					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset catapult=Product

Example 4

Children were besieging the ice-cream van.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 besieging	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 besieging	aux
3	besieging	besiege	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 van	det
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cream	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ice	punct
7	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 van	compound
8	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 besieging	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 besieging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	besiege	past · progressive	Children	the cream van					tree rules

Example 5

The besieging forces finally gave up and went home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 forces	det
2	besieging	besieging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forces	compound
3	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	nsubj
4	finally	finally	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 gave	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gave	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	the besieging forces					finally property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	the besieging forces not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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