briton

Who acts: Celtic people, Ancient Britons, Boudicca, Briton, Romans, Many Britons · What happens: live, lead, rescue, win, call · To what, where: Britain, roundhouses, Britons, formal Three Britons, mountain, tennis final · Speech: someone speaks here

«briton» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: briton in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A person from Britain; a British citizen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Britain	case
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 person	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 citizen	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 citizen	det
7	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 citizen	amod
8	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: history — kept apart, not parsed.

One of the Ancient Britons, the Celtic people who lived in Britain before and during the time of the Romans.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 Britons	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Britons	det
4	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Britons	amod
5	Britons	Briton	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
8	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Britons	appos
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 lived	nsubj
11	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 people	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Britain	case
13	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lived	obl
14	before	before	ADV	_	11 lived	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 time	cc
16	during	during	ADP	_	18 time	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lived	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Romans	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Romans	det
21	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 time	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the Celtic people			Britain		before property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in britain=Location

Example 1

The Ancient Britons lived in roundhouses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Britons	det
2	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Britons	amod
3	Britons	Briton	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 roundhouses	case
6	roundhouses	roundhouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the Ancient Britons			roundhouses			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in roundhouse=Location

Example 2

Boudicca led the Britons against the Romans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boudicca	Boudicca	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Britons	det
4	Britons	Briton	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 led	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 Romans	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Romans	det
7	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 led	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Boudicca	the Britons				against the Romans	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent briton=Theme against roman=Destination

Example 3

(formal) Three Britons were rescued from the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Britons	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Britons	nummod
5	Britons	briton	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rescued	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rescued	aux:pass
7	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rescued	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rescued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · passive		formal Three Britons		the mountain			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from mountain=Source

Example 4

A Briton won the tennis final.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Briton	det
2	Briton	Briton	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 won	nsubj
3	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 final	det
5	tennis	tennis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 final	compound
6	final	final	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	a Briton	the tennis final					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent final=Eventuality

Example 5

The Romans called the people of Britain "Britanni", the Britons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Romans	det
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Britain	case
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 people	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Britanni	punct
9	Britanni	Britanni	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Britain	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Britanni	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Britons	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Britons	det
13	Britons	Briton	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 Britain	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the Romans		the people of Britain and the Britons				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

Example 6

Many Britons now live abroad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Britons	amod
2	Britons	briton	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 live	advmod
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Many Britons				now	abroad property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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