booty
Who acts: force, war, robbers, pirates, Lion, Ass · What happens: be, take, mean, win, count, ask · To what, where: Booty goods, prize, booty, large booty, Ass
«booty» 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: booty in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won.
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goods | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goods | cop |
| 3 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 force | case |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 theft | cc |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 theft | case |
| 9 | theft | theft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 force | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 robbers | punct |
| 11 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 13 robbers | advmod |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 robbers | case |
| 13 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 taken | obl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 soldiers | cc |
| 15 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 robbers | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 war | case |
| 17 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 robbers | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 mean | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 mean | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 mean | aux |
| 21 | also | also | ADV | _ | 22 mean | advmod |
| 22 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 taken | parataxis |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 prize | det |
| 24 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 mean | obj |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 won | nsubj |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 won | aux:pass |
| 27 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 prize | acl:relcl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 taken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Booty goods | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | participle · passive | force or theft | Booty goods | by robbers in war or soldiers | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | mean | can | war | a prize | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Topic | ||||
| 4 | win | present · passive | a prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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 robbers counted their booty.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 robbers | det |
| 2 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counted | nsubj |
| 3 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 booty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counted | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 counted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | the robbers | robbers's booty | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme |
Example 2
The pirates took a large booty of gold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pirates | det |
| 2 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 booty | det |
| 5 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 booty | amod |
| 6 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 booty | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the pirates | a large booty of gold | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme |
Example 3
The Lion asked the Ass to divide the booty.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lion | det |
| 2 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Ass | det |
| 5 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 divide | mark |
| 7 | divide | divide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 booty | det |
| 9 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 divide | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the Lion | the Ass | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent ass=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | divide not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Ass not said here | the booty | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=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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