chieftain

Who acts: chieftain, daughter, tribe · What happens: be, call, sit, have · To what, where: leader, people, tent, own chieftain · Speech: someone speaks here

«chieftain» 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: chieftain in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chieftain	det
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leader	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leader	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leader	det
5	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 tribe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tribe	det
8	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leader	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 clan	cc
10	clan	clan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tribe	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chieftain	the leader				of a tribe or clan	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 chieftain called his people together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chieftain	det
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	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 people	nmod:poss
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	3 called	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the chieftain		chieftain's people			together property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

Example 2

The chieftain's daughter sat in her father's tent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chieftain	det
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 chieftain	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 tent	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tent	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 father	case
10	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the chieftain's daughter			daughter's father's tent			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location

Example 3

Every tribe had its own chieftain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 tribe	det
2	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chieftain	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chieftain	amod
6	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	every tribe	tribe's own chieftain					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chieftain=Patient

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