brawl
Who acts: brawl, two men, you · What happens: be, break out, get, stop, hurt · To what, where: noisy rough fight, inn, brawl, someone
«brawl» 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: brawl in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A brawl is a noisy, rough fight between people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brawl | det |
| 2 | brawl | brawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fight | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fight | det |
| 5 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fight | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 noisy | punct |
| 7 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fight | amod |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fight | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a brawl | a noisy rough fight | between people | tree rules |
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
A brawl broke out in the inn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brawl | det |
| 2 | brawl | brawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 broke | nsubj |
| 3 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 broke | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 inn | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 inn | det |
| 7 | inn | inn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 broke | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break out | past | a brawl | the inn | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location |
Example 2
The two men got into a brawl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 men | nummod |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 brawl | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brawl | det |
| 7 | brawl | brawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the two men | a brawl | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into brawl=Destination |
Example 3
Stop the brawl before someone is hurt.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brawl | det |
| 3 | brawl | brawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obj |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 hurt | mark |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stop | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | the brawl | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality brawl=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | hurt | present · passive | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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