centurion

Who acts: Centurions, servant, centurion, class, helmet, Roman centurions · What happens: charge, appear, heal, shout, lead, build · To what, where: 80 soldiers, centurion, New Testament, orders, soldiers, eighty legionaries

«centurion» 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: centurion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An officer in the army of ancient Rome, in charge of about 80 to 100 soldiers (a century).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 officer	det
2	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 charge	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 army	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 army	det
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 officer	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Rome	case
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Rome	amod
8	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 army	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 charge	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 charge	case
11	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 soldiers	case
13	about	about	ADV	_	14 80	advmod
14	80	80	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 soldiers	nummod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 100	case
16	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 80	nmod
17	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 charge	nmod
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 century	punct
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 century	det
20	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 soldiers	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 century	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 charge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge			80 soldiers					nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

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: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

Centurions appear in the New Testament, such as the centurion at Capernaum whose servant Jesus healed, and the centurion at the cross.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Centurions	centurion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 appear	nsubj
2	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 Testament	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Testament	det
5	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Testament	amod
6	Testament	Testament	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 appear	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 centurion	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 centurion	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 centurion	det
11	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Testament	appos
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 Capernaum	case
13	Capernaum	Capernaum	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 centurion	nmod
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 servant	nmod:poss
15	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 healed	nsubj
16	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 servant	appos
17	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 centurion	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 centurion	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 centurion	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 centurion	det
21	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appear	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 cross	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cross	det
24	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 centurion	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 appear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	Centurions	the centurion at the cross		the New Testament			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in testament=Location
2	heal	past	servant						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The centurion shouted orders to his soldiers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 centurion	det
2	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouted	nsubj
3	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shouted	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 soldiers	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 soldiers	nmod:poss
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shouted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	the centurion	orders	centurion's soldiers				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Topic to soldier=Recipient

Example 2

A centurion led about eighty legionaries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 centurion	det
2	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 eighty	advmod
5	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 legionaries	nummod
6	legionaries	legionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	a centurion	eighty legionaries					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legionary=Theme

Example 3

Our class built a model of a centurion's helmet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 class	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 model	det
5	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 helmet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 centurion	det
8	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 helmet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 centurion	case
10	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 model	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Our class	a model of a centurion's helmet					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset model=Product
2	model			a centurion's helmet					nom model «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

In the Bible, a centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Bible	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Bible	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 centurion	det
6	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asked	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 heal	mark
10	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 servant	nmod:poss
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heal	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	a centurion		Jesus	the Bible			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent jesus=Recipient clause=Topic
2	heal not said to happen	to-infinitive	a centurion not said here	centurion's servant					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent servant=Patient

Example 5

The centurion's helmet had a crest from side to side.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 centurion	det
2	centurion	centurion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helmet	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 centurion	case
4	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crest	det
7	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 side	case
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crest	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 side	case
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the centurion's helmet	a crest		side to side			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crest=Patient

Example 6

Roman centurions guarded Hadrian's Wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 centurions	amod
2	centurions	centurion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 guarded	nsubj
3	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Hadrian	Hadrian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wall	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hadrian	case
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 guarded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	Roman centurions		Hadrian's Wall				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Beneficiary

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