bowstring

Who acts: bowstring, He, archers · What happens: be, pull back, shoot, twang, snap · To what, where: cord, bow, arrow, bowstring, bowstrings

«bowstring» 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: bowstring in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The bowstring is the cord on a bow that is pulled back to shoot an arrow.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bowstring	det
2	bowstring	bowstring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cord	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cord	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cord	det
5	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bow	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bow	det
8	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cord	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 pulled	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pulled	aux:pass
11	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bow	acl:relcl
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 pulled	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 shoot	mark
14	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 pulled	advcl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 arrow	det
16	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shoot	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cord	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	the bowstring	the cord	a bow	tree rules
2	pull back	present · passive		a bow		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	shoot	to-infinitive		a arrow		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

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

He pulled back the bowstring.

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bowstring	det
5	bowstring	bowstring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull back	past	He	the bowstring					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowstring=Theme

Example 2

The archers twanged their bowstrings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 archers	det
2	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 twanged	nsubj
3	twanged	twang	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 bowstrings	nmod:poss
5	bowstrings	bowstring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 twanged	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 twanged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twang	past	the archers	archers's bowstrings					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowstring=Topic

Example 3

The bowstring snapped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bowstring	det
2	bowstring	bowstring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 snapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	the bowstring						vn sound_emission-43.2 «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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