buckler

Who acts: heavens, swords, He, knight · What happens: hold, use, protect, ring, clash, swing · To what, where: small round shield, hand, buckler, himself, blow

«buckler» 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: buckler in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small round shield held in the hand, used in old times (old use).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shield	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shield	amod
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shield	amod
4	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shield	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shield	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 times	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 times	amod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 used	obl
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 use	punct
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 use	amod
16	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 times	appos
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 use	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shield	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a small round shield not said here		the hand			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location
2	use	participle		a small round shield not said here			time		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: verb, rare — kept apart, not parsed.

to protect with a shield.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 shield	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shield	det
5	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 protect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive						with a shield	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Example 1

In a moment the heavens rang to the clash of swords on bucklers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 moment	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 moment	det
3	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rang	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heavens	det
5	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rang	nsubj
6	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 clash	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clash	det
9	clash	clash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rang	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 swords	case
11	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 clash	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 bucklers	case
13	bucklers	buckler	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 swords	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the heavens				moment	to the clash of swords on bucklers	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	clash		swords on bucklers						nom clash «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

He swung his buckler forward to guard himself.

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 swung	nsubj
2	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 buckler	nmod:poss
4	buckler	buckler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swung	obj
5	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 swung	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 guard	mark
7	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swung	advcl
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 guard	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	He	his buckler				forward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent buckler=Theme
2	guard	to-infinitive	He not said here	himself = he					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary

Example 3

The knight raised his buckler against the blow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	nsubj
3	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 buckler	nmod:poss
5	buckler	buckler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 blow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blow	det
8	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 raised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	the knight	knight's buckler		the blow			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent buckler=Theme against blow=Destination

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