citadel
Who acts: strong fortress, soldiers, king, knight · What happens: build, guard, climb up, live, storm · To what, where: strong fortress, high ground, town, citadel
«citadel» 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: citadel in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A strong fortress built on high ground above a town, to guard it against attack.
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 | 3 fortress | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fortress | amod |
| 3 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guard | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fortress | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ground | amod |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obl |
| 8 | above | above | ADP | _ | 10 town | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 town | det |
| 10 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ground | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guard | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 guard | mark |
| 13 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 guard | obj |
| 15 | against | against | ADP | _ | 16 attack | case |
| 16 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guard | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 guard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | participle | a strong fortress not said here | high ground above a town | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on ground=Source | ||||
| 2 | guard | to-infinitive | a strong fortress | town | against attack | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary against attack=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 soldiers climbed up to the citadel.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soldiers | det |
| 2 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 climbed | nsubj |
| 3 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 climbed | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 citadel | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 citadel | det |
| 7 | citadel | citadel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climbed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 climbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | past | the soldiers | the citadel | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to citadel=Destination |
Example 2
The king lived high in his citadel.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lived | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 citadel | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 citadel | nmod:poss |
| 7 | citadel | citadel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the king | king's citadel | high property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in citadel=Location |
Example 3
The knight stormed the citadel at dawn.
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 stormed | nsubj |
| 3 | stormed | storm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 citadel | det |
| 5 | citadel | citadel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stormed | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 dawn | case |
| 7 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stormed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stormed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | storm | past | the knight | the citadel | dawn | 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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