duel

Who acts: duel, two birds, knight, two runners · What happens: be, settle, fight, have · To what, where: fight, quarrel, one, close contest, fierce duel, air

«duel» 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: duel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A duel is a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a quarrel, usually fought one-to-one with swords or other weapons.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 duel	det
2	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fight	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fight	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fight	det
5	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 people	nummod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fight	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 animals	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 animals	cc
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 animals	nummod
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fight	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 settle	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 settle	mark
15	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 animals	acl:relcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 quarrel	det
17	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 settle	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fought	punct
19	usually	usually	ADV	_	20 fought	advmod
20	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 settle	conj
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 fought	obj
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 one	punct
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 one	case
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 to	punct
25	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 one	nmod
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 swords	case
27	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 one	nmod
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 weapons	cc
29	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 weapons	amod
30	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 swords	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a duel	a fight or two animals	between two people	tree rules
2	settle	to-infinitive	a duel not said here	a quarrel		vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location
3	fight	past	a duel not said here	one	to one with swords or other weapons; usually property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-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.

Meaning 2

A duel can also be a close contest between two rivals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 duel	det
2	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contest	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 contest	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	8 contest	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 contest	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 contest	det
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 contest	amod
8	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 rivals	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 rivals	nummod
11	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 contest	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 contest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a duel	a close contest				between two rivals	tree rules

Example 1

The two birds fought a fierce duel in the air.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birds	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 birds	nummod
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fought	nsubj
4	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 duel	det
6	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 duel	amod
7	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fought	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 air	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 air	det
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fought	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	the two birds	a fierce duel		the air			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duel=Co-Agent

Example 2

The knight and the giant fought a duel 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	6 fought	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 giant	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giant	det
5	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knight	conj
6	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 duel	det
8	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fought	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fought	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	the knight and the giant	a duel			dawn		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duel=Co-Agent

Example 3

The two runners had a close duel for first place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 runners	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 runners	nummod
3	runners	runner	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	7 duel	det
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 duel	amod
7	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 place	amod
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the two runners	a close duel				for first place	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duel=Patient

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