captor
Who acts: captor, person, prisoners, knight · What happens: be, take, hold, lock, beg, free · To what, where: person, someone prisoner, them, princess, tower, captors
«captor» 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: captor in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A captor is a person who takes someone prisoner and holds them against their will.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 captor | det |
| 2 | captor | captor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 prisoner | compound |
| 9 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 holds | cc |
| 11 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 takes | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 holds | obj |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 15 will | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 will | nmod:poss |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 holds | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a captor | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | present | a person | someone prisoner | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hold | present | a person not said here | them = they | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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 captor locked the princess in a tower.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 captor | det |
| 2 | captor | captor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | nsubj |
| 3 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tower | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tower | det |
| 8 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 locked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | the captor | the princess | a tower | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
Example 2
The prisoners begged their captors for mercy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prisoners | det |
| 2 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 begged | nsubj |
| 3 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 captors | nmod:poss |
| 5 | captors | captor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 begged | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mercy | case |
| 7 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begged | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 begged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | the prisoners | prisoners's captors | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent captor=Recipient for mercy=Topic |
Example 3
The knight freed himself from his captor.
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 freed | nsubj |
| 3 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 freed | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 captor | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 captor | nmod:poss |
| 7 | captor | captor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 freed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 freed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | free | past | the knight | knight | knight's captor | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer himself=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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