brig

Who acts: brig, sailor, child, night, boys · What happens: be, break, put, sail, not be, not love · To what, where: sailing ship, prison, ship, rules, sailor, harbour

«brig» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: brig in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A brig is a sailing ship with two masts and square sails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brig	det
2	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ship	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ship	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ship	det
5	sailing	sailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ship	compound
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 masts	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 masts	nummod
9	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ship	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sails	cc
11	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sails	amod
12	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 masts	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ship	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a brig	a sailing ship				with two masts and square sails	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.

Meaning 2

A brig can also be a prison on board a ship, so a sailor who breaks the rules is put «in the brig».

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brig	det
2	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prison	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 prison	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 prison	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 prison	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prison	det
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 ship	case
9	board	board	ADP	_	11 ship	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ship	det
11	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prison	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 put	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	21 put	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sailor	det
15	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 put	nsubj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 breaks	nsubj
17	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sailor	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rules	det
19	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 breaks	obj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 put	aux:pass
21	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 prison	conj
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 brig	punct
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 brig	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 brig	det
25	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 put	obj
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	25 brig	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 prison	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	can	a brig	a prison	a ship	tree rules
2	break	present	a sailor	the rules		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
3	put	present · passive		a sailor		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset brig=Goal

Example 1

The brig sailed out of the harbour at dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brig	det
2	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	nsubj
3	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 harbour	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 harbour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 harbour	det
7	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	the brig			the harbour	dawn		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out harbour=Trajectory

Example 2

There was not a child on board the brig that night who did not love him.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 was	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 brig	case
7	board	board	ADP	_	9 brig	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brig	det
9	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 child	nmod
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brig	appos
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 love	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 love	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 love	advmod
15	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 night	acl:relcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 love	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be	past	a child on the brig			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not love	past · do-support	that night	child					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Example 3

The boys were all in the brig, about to walk the plank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boys	det
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brig	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 brig	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	7 brig	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 brig	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brig	det
7	brig	brig	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
9	about	about	ADV	_	11 walk	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 walk	mark
11	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 brig	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plank	det
13	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walk	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 brig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the boys			the brig		all property	tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive		the plank				about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plank=Trajectory

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