carnage
Who acts: Carnage, battle, island · What happens: be, leave, cover · To what, where: terrible killing, field, rocks
«carnage» 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: carnage in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Carnage is the terrible killing of very many people or animals, as in a battle or a great disaster.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 killing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 killing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 killing | det |
| 4 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 killing | amod |
| 5 | killing | killing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 many | advmod |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 people | amod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 killing | nmod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 animals | cc |
| 11 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 people | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 battle | punct |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 battle | case |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 battle | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 battle | det |
| 16 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 killing | conj |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 disaster | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 disaster | det |
| 19 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 disaster | amod |
| 20 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 battle | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 killing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Carnage | the terrible killing and a battle or a great disaster | of many people or animals | 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.
Example 1
The battle left the field covered in carnage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 battle | det |
| 2 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | nsubj |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 field | det |
| 5 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 6 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 field | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 carnage | case |
| 8 | carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 covered | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the battle | the field | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cover | participle | the field not said here | in carnage | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in carnage=Theme |
Example 2
After the storm there was carnage on the rocks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 storm | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 storm | det |
| 3 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 was | obl |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 was | expl |
| 5 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 was | nsubj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 rocks | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rocks | det |
| 9 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 was | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | carnage | the rocks; there | after the storm | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
Example 3
The island was silent after the carnage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 island | det |
| 2 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 silent | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 silent | cop |
| 4 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 carnage | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 carnage | det |
| 7 | carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 silent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 silent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the island | after the carnage | silent property | tree rules |
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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