conscript

Who acts: law, person, you, countries, He · What happens: make, join, conscript, train, introduce, not volunteer · To what, where: person, army, someone, armed forces, great grandad, 1940

«conscript» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: conscript in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who is made by law to join the army or armed forces.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 made	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl:relcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 join	mark
9	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 army	det
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 join	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 forces	cc
13	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 forces	amod
14	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 army	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	law	a person					tree rules
2	join	to-infinitive	a person not said here	the army or armed forces					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=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: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To make someone join the armed forces by law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 join	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forces	det
6	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forces	amod
7	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 join	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 law	case
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 join	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 join	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	someone					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
2	join	imperative	you not said here	the armed forces				by law	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Patient

Example 1

My great-grandad was conscripted in 1940.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 grandad	nmod:poss
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grandad	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 great	punct
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conscripted	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conscripted	aux:pass
6	conscripted	conscript	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1940	case
8	1940	1940	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 conscripted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 conscripted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conscript	past · passive		My great grandad		1940			tree rules

Example 2

Conscripts trained for only a few weeks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conscripts	conscript	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Conscripts	acl
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 weeks	case
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 weeks	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 weeks	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weeks	amod
7	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trained	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Conscripts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	participle		Conscripts not said here			week		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Some countries still conscript young men.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 countries	det
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conscript	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 conscript	advmod
4	conscript	conscript	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 men	amod
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conscript	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 conscript	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conscript	present	some countries	young men			still		tree rules

Example 4

Conscription was introduced in Britain in 1916.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conscription	conscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 introduced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 introduced	aux:pass
3	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Britain	case
5	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 introduced	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1916	case
7	1916	1916	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 introduced	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 introduced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	past · passive		Conscription		Britain		in 1916	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 5

He didn't volunteer; he was a conscript.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 volunteer	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 volunteer	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 volunteer	advmod
4	volunteer	volunteer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 conscript	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 conscript	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 conscript	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 conscript	det
9	conscript	conscript	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 volunteer	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 volunteer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not volunteer	past · do-support	He						vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a conscript					tree rules

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