dragoon

Who acts: soldier, dragoons, troop, king · What happens: ride, fight, march, send, guard · To what, where: horse, foot, town, castle, dozen dragoons, gate

«dragoon» 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: dragoon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fought	cc
8	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 fought	advmod
9	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rode	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 foot	case
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fought	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	a soldier	a horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
2	fight	past	a soldier not said here			foot		sometimes property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 dragoons rode into the town at dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragoons	det
2	dragoons	dragoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 town	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the dragoons			the town	dawn		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into town=Trajectory

Example 2

A troop of dragoons marched past the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 troop	det
2	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marched	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dragoons	case
4	dragoons	dragoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 troop	nmod
5	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marched	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 marched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	past	a troop of dragoons			the castle			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past castle=Trajectory

Example 3

The king sent a dozen dragoons to guard the gate.

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 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dozen	det
5	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 dragoons	nummod
6	dragoons	dragoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 guard	mark
8	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guard	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the king	dozen dragoons					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragoon=Theme
2	guard	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

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