embark

Who acts: sailors, We, She · What happens: embark, be, start, find · To what, where: ship, journey, something, ferry, long journey, brother

«embark» 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: embark in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 embark	mark
2	embark	embark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 go	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 ship	case
7	board	board	ADP	_	9 ship	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 aircraft	cc
11	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ship	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 start	mark
13	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 journey	det
15	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 start	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	embark	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is	present		a ship or aircraft	go property	tree rules
3	start	to-infinitive	a journey			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality

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: embark on — kept apart, not parsed.

To embark on something is to start something new and big, such as a long task or quest.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 embark	mark
2	embark	embark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 start	advcl
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 embark	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 start	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 start	mark
7	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 start	obj
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 something	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 big	cc
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 new	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 task	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 task	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 task	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 task	amod
17	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	appos
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 quest	cc
19	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 task	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embark	to-infinitive				something			tree rules
2	is	present						start property	tree rules

Example 1

The sailors embark at dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailors	det
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 embark	nsubj
3	embark	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 dawn	case
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embark	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 embark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embark	present	the sailors				dawn		tree rules

Example 2

We embarked on the ferry to the island.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 embarked	nsubj
2	embarked	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 ferry	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ferry	det
5	ferry	ferry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embarked	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 island	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 island	det
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embarked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 embarked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embark	past	We			the ferry		to the island	tree rules

Example 3

She embarked on a long journey to find her brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 embarked	nsubj
2	embarked	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 journey	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 journey	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 journey	amod
6	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embarked	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 embarked	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 embarked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embark	past	She			a long journey			tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	She not said here	her brother					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic

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