contention

Who acts: argument, you, point, two boys, crows, long contention · What happens: be, argue, claim, have, contend · To what, where: point, view, contention, ball, long contention, 12

«contention» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: contention in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An argument or quarrel between people, often about who is right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 argument	det
2	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 quarrel	cc
4	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 argument	conj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 quarrel	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	12 right	advmod
9	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 right	mark
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 argument	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 argument	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a argument or quarrel between people					often, right property	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.

Meaning 2

A point that you argue for; a view you claim is true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 true	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 argue	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 argue	nsubj
5	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 point	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 argue	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 view	det
9	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 true	nsubj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 claim	nsubj
11	claim	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 view	acl:relcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	you	a point		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic
2	claim speech: other	present	you	a view not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent view=Topic
3	is	present	a point		true property	tree rules

Example 1

The two boys had a contention over the ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 boys	nummod
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 contention	det
6	contention	contention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 ball	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ball	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the two boys	a contention		the ball			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contention=Patient

Example 2

The crows had a long contention about who was the best singer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crows	det
2	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 contention	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 contention	amod
6	contention	contention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	12 singer	case
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 singer	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 singer	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 singer	det
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 singer	amod
12	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contention	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the crows	a long contention					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contention=Patient
2	is	past	a long contention					about the best singer	tree rules

Example 3

My contention is that the answer is 12.

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	2 contention	nmod:poss
2	contention	contention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 12	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 12	cop
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 12	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 12	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 12	cop
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 12	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My contention	12					tree rules
2	contend		My						nom contention «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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