brigand
Who acts: brigand · What happens: be, live, jump out, wait, gasp, rob · To what, where: bandit, hills, rocks, brigand, travellers · Speech: someone speaks here
«brigand» 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: brigand in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A brigand is a bandit or robber, often one who lives in the hills and attacks travellers.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brigand | det |
| 2 | brigand | brigand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bandit | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bandit | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bandit | det |
| 5 | bandit | bandit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 robber | cc |
| 7 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bandit | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 one | advmod |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 bandit | conj |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 lives | nsubj |
| 12 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 hills | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hills | det |
| 15 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lives | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 travellers | cc |
| 17 | attacks | attack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 travellers | compound |
| 18 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 hills | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bandit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a brigand | a bandit or robber | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | the hills and attacks travellers | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Location |
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 brigand jumped out from the rocks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brigand | det |
| 2 | brigand | brigand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jumped | nsubj |
| 3 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 jumped | compound:prt |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 rocks | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rocks | det |
| 7 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 jumped | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 jumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | the brigand | the rocks | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from rock=Trajectory |
Example 2
"Wait one moment!" gasped the brigand painfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 2 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 gasped | ccomp |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 moment | nummod |
| 4 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Wait | obj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 7 | gasped | gasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 brigand | det |
| 9 | brigand | brigand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gasped | obj |
| 10 | painfully | painfully | ADV | _ | 7 gasped | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gasped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | infinitive | moment | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | gasp | past | the brigand | painfully property | tree rules |
Example 3
The travellers were robbed by a brigand in the forest.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 travellers | det |
| 2 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 robbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 robbed | aux:pass |
| 4 | robbed | rob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 brigand | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brigand | det |
| 7 | brigand | brigand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 robbed | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brigand | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 robbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rob | past · passive | a brigand in the forest | the travellers | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source |
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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