corsair Who acts: corsair, Barbary corsairs, corsairs, Mediterranean, captain, corsair ship · What happens: be, attack, raid, raise, escape, sail · To what, where: pirate, ships, Mediterranean, pirate ship, merchant ship, Baltimore
«corsair» 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: corsair in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.
A corsair was a pirate, especially one from North Africa (the Barbary corsairs) who attacked ships in the Mediterranean.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det punct advmod appos case compound nmod punct det compound acl:relcl punct nsubj acl:relcl obj case det obl punct root A DET corsair NOUN was AUX a DET pirate NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV one NUM from ADP North PROPN Africa PROPN ( PUNCT the DET Barbary PROPN corsairs NOUN ) PUNCT who PRON attacked VERB ships NOUN in ADP the DET Mediterranean PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 corsair det 2 corsair corsair NOUN Number=Sing 5 pirate nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 pirate cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 pirate det 5 pirate pirate NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 one punct 7 especially especially ADV _ 8 one advmod 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 pirate appos 9 from from ADP _ 11 Africa case 10 North North PROPN Number=Sing 11 Africa compound 11 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 8 one nmod 12 ( ( PUNCT _ 15 corsairs punct 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 corsairs det 14 Barbary Barbary PROPN Number=Sing 15 corsairs compound 15 corsairs corsair NOUN Number=Plur 8 one acl:relcl 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 15 corsairs punct 17 who who PRON PronType=Rel 18 attacked nsubj 18 attacked attack VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 corsairs acl:relcl 19 ships ship NOUN Number=Plur 18 attacked obj 20 in in ADP _ 22 Mediterranean case 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 Mediterranean det 22 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN Number=Sing 18 attacked obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 5 pirate punct
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1 is a past a corsair a pirate tree rules 2 attack past the Barbary corsairs ships the Mediterranean vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=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 A corsair was also a pirate ship.
det nsubj cop advmod det compound punct root A DET corsair NOUN was AUX also ADV a DET pirate NOUN ship NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 corsair det 2 corsair corsair NOUN Number=Sing 7 ship nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 ship cop 4 also also ADV _ 7 ship advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 ship det 6 pirate pirate NOUN Number=Sing 7 ship compound 7 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 ship punct
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1 is a past a corsair a pirate ship tree rules
Example 1 The corsairs attacked the merchant ship.
det nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET corsairs NOUN attacked VERB the DET merchant NOUN ship NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 corsairs det 2 corsairs corsair NOUN Number=Plur 3 attacked nsubj 3 attacked attack VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 ship det 5 merchant merchant NOUN Number=Sing 6 ship compound 6 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 3 attacked obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 attacked punct
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1 attack past the corsairs the merchant ship vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient
Example 2 Barbary corsairs raided Baltimore in Ireland in 1631.
amod nsubj obj case obl case obl punct root Barbary ADJ corsairs NOUN raided VERB Baltimore PROPN in ADP Ireland PROPN in ADP 1631 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Barbary barbary ADJ Degree=Pos 2 corsairs amod 2 corsairs corsair NOUN Number=Plur 3 raided nsubj 3 raided raid VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Baltimore Baltimore PROPN Number=Sing 3 raided obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 Ireland case 6 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 3 raided obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 1631 case 8 1631 1631 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 raided obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 raided punct
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1 raid past Barbary corsairs Baltimore Ireland in 1631 vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent baltimore=Location
Example 3 The corsair raised a black flag.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET corsair NOUN raised VERB a DET black ADJ flag NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 corsair det 2 corsair corsair NOUN Number=Sing 3 raised nsubj 3 raised raise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 flag det 5 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 6 flag amod 6 flag flag NOUN Number=Sing 3 raised obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 raised punct
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1 raise past the corsair a black flag vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme
Example 4 The Mediterranean was once full of corsairs.
det nsubj cop advmod case obl punct root The DET Mediterranean PROPN was AUX once ADV full ADJ of ADP corsairs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Mediterranean det 2 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN Number=Sing 5 full nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 full cop 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 full advmod 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 corsairs case 7 corsairs corsair NOUN Number=Plur 5 full obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 full punct
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1 is past the Mediterranean of corsairs; full, once property tree rules
Example 5 The captain escaped from the corsairs.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET captain NOUN escaped VERB from ADP the DET corsairs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 captain det 2 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 3 escaped nsubj 3 escaped escape VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 6 corsairs case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 corsairs det 6 corsairs corsair NOUN Number=Plur 3 escaped obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 escaped punct
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1 escape past the captain the corsairs vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from corsair=Initial_Location
Example 6 A corsair ship sailed into the harbour.
det compound nsubj case det obl punct root A DET corsair NOUN ship NOUN sailed VERB into ADP the DET harbour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 ship det 2 corsair corsair NOUN Number=Sing 3 ship compound 3 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 4 sailed nsubj 4 sailed sail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 into into ADP _ 7 harbour case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 harbour det 7 harbour harbour NOUN Number=Sing 4 sailed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 sailed punct
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1 sail past a corsair ship the harbour vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into harbour=Trajectory
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