expedition Who acts: expedition, people, military expedition, explorers, Scientists, class · What happens: be, explore, study, climb, make, attack · To what, where: long organised journey, group, journey, organised journey, place, expedition · Speech: someone speaks here
«expedition» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: expedition in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An expedition is a long, organised journey to a far place, especially to explore, study or climb.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop det amod punct amod case det amod nmod punct advmod mark parataxis punct conj cc conj punct root An DET expedition NOUN is AUX a DET long ADJ , PUNCT organised ADJ journey NOUN to ADP a DET far ADJ place NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV to PART explore VERB , PUNCT study VERB or CCONJ climb VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 expedition det 2 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 8 journey nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 journey cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 journey det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 journey amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 long punct 7 organised organised ADJ Degree=Pos 8 journey amod 8 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 to to ADP _ 12 place case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 place det 11 far far ADJ Degree=Pos 12 place amod 12 place place NOUN Number=Sing 8 journey nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 explore punct 14 especially especially ADV _ 16 explore advmod 15 to to PART _ 16 explore mark 16 explore explore VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 journey parataxis 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 study punct 18 study study VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 16 explore conj 19 or or CCONJ _ 20 climb cc 20 climb climb VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 16 explore conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 8 journey punct
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1 is a present a expedition a long organised journey to a far place tree rules 2 explore to-infinitive especially property vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent 3 study infinitive vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 climb infinitive vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 The expedition is also the group of people making the journey.
det nsubj cop advmod det case nmod acl det obj punct root The DET expedition NOUN is AUX also ADV the DET group NOUN of ADP people NOUN making VERB the DET journey NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 expedition det 2 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 6 group nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 group cop 4 also also ADV _ 6 group advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 group det 6 group group NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 people case 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 group nmod 9 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 people acl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 journey det 11 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing 9 making obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 group punct
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1 is a present the expedition the group of people tree rules 2 make gerund people not said here the journey vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product
Meaning 3 Usage: informal, humorous — kept apart, not parsed.
A short trip with a purpose, like a shopping expedition.
det amod case det nmod punct case det compound conj punct root A DET short ADJ trip NOUN with ADP a DET purpose NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET shopping NOUN expedition NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 trip det 2 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 3 trip amod 3 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 purpose case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 purpose det 6 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 3 trip nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 expedition punct 8 like like ADP _ 11 expedition case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 expedition det 10 shopping shopping NOUN Number=Sing 11 expedition compound 11 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 3 trip conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 trip punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 4 A military expedition is an organised journey by an army to attack or conquer a place.
The tree, 16 words det amod nsubj cop det amod case det nmod mark acl cc conj det obj punct root A DET military ADJ expedition NOUN is AUX an DET organised ADJ journey NOUN by ADP an DET army NOUN to PART attack VERB or CCONJ conquer VERB a DET place NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 expedition det 2 military military ADJ Degree=Pos 3 expedition amod 3 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 7 journey nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 journey cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 journey det 6 organised organised ADJ Degree=Pos 7 journey amod 7 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 by by ADP _ 10 army case 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 army det 10 army army NOUN Number=Sing 7 journey nmod 11 to to PART _ 12 attack mark 12 attack attack VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 journey acl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 conquer cc 14 conquer conquer VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 attack conj 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 place det 16 place place NOUN Number=Sing 14 conquer obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 7 journey punct
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1 is a present a military expedition a organised journey by a army tree rules 2 attack to-infinitive vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 conquer infinitive a place vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
Example 1 The explorers set off on an expedition to the South Pole.
det nsubj compound:prt case det obl case det compound obl punct root The DET explorers NOUN set VERB off ADP on ADP an DET expedition NOUN to ADP the DET South PROPN Pole PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 explorers det 2 explorers explorer NOUN Number=Plur 3 set nsubj 3 set set VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 off off ADP _ 3 set compound:prt 5 on on ADP _ 7 expedition case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 expedition det 7 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 3 set obl 8 to to ADP _ 11 Pole case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Pole det 10 South South PROPN Number=Sing 11 Pole compound 11 Pole Pole PROPN Number=Sing 3 set obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 set punct
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1 set off past the explorers a expedition to the South Pole vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to pole=Initial_Location
Example 2 The expedition took six months and twenty men.
det nsubj nummod obj cc nummod conj punct root The DET expedition NOUN took VERB six NUM months NOUN and CCONJ twenty NUM men NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 expedition det 2 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 3 took nsubj 3 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 months nummod 5 months month NOUN Number=Plur 3 took obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 men cc 7 twenty twenty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 men nummod 8 men man NOUN Number=Plur 5 months conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 took punct
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1 take past the expedition month vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Scientists went on an expedition to study rainforest frogs.
nsubj case det obl mark advcl compound obj punct root Scientists NOUN went VERB on ADP an DET expedition NOUN to PART study VERB rainforest NOUN frogs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 expedition case 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 expedition det 5 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 6 to to PART _ 7 study mark 7 study study VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 went advcl 8 rainforest rainforest NOUN Number=Sing 9 frogs compound 9 frogs frog NOUN Number=Plur 7 study obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 went punct
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1 go past Scientists a expedition vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on expedition=Location 2 study to-infinitive Scientists not said here rainforest frogs vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Topic
Example 4 Our class went on a fossil-hunting expedition to the beach.
nmod:poss nsubj case det compound punct amod obl case det obl punct root Our PRON class NOUN went VERB on ADP a DET fossil NOUN - PUNCT hunting VERB expedition NOUN to ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 9 expedition case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 expedition det 6 fossil fossil NOUN Number=Sing 8 hunting compound 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 fossil punct 8 hunting hunt VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 expedition amod 9 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 10 to to ADP _ 12 beach case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 beach det 12 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past Our class a hunting expedition to the beach vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location 2 hunt gerund vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Mum called the trip to the supermarket «a shopping expedition».
nsubj det obj case det nmod punct det amod appos punct punct root Mum NOUN called VERB the DET trip NOUN to ADP the DET supermarket NOUN « PUNCT a DET shopping VERB expedition NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 called nsubj 2 called call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 trip det 4 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 2 called obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 supermarket case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 supermarket det 7 supermarket supermarket NOUN Number=Sing 4 trip nmod 8 « « PUNCT _ 11 expedition punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 expedition det 10 shopping shop VERB VerbForm=Ger 11 expedition amod 11 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 7 supermarket appos 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 expedition punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 called punct
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1 call speech: assert past Mum the trip the supermarket vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent trip=Topic to supermarket=Recipient 2 shop in a quote gerund vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The mountain-climbing expedition reached the top at dawn.
det compound punct amod nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET mountain NOUN - PUNCT climbing VERB expedition NOUN reached VERB the DET top NOUN at ADP dawn NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 expedition det 2 mountain mountain NOUN Number=Sing 4 climbing compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 mountain punct 4 climbing climb VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 expedition amod 5 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 6 reached nsubj 6 reached reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 top det 8 top top NOUN Number=Sing 6 reached obj 9 at at ADP _ 10 dawn case 10 dawn dawn NOUN Number=Sing 6 reached obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 reached punct
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1 climb gerund vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 reach past the climbing expedition the top dawn vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme
Example 7 The leader of the expedition kept a diary.
det nsubj case det nmod det obj punct root The DET leader NOUN of ADP the DET expedition NOUN kept VERB a DET diary NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 leader det 2 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing 6 kept nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 expedition case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 expedition det 5 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 2 leader nmod 6 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 diary det 8 diary diary NOUN Number=Sing 6 kept obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 kept punct
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1 keep past the leader of the expedition a diary vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Theme
Example 8 It happened that the men of Lochlann came on an expedition against Ireland.
nsubj mark det nsubj case nmod advcl case det obl case nmod punct root It PRON happened VERB that SCONJ the DET men NOUN of ADP Lochlann PROPN came VERB on ADP an DET expedition NOUN against ADP Ireland PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 happened nsubj 2 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 8 came mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 men det 5 men man NOUN Number=Plur 8 came nsubj 6 of of ADP _ 7 Lochlann case 7 Lochlann Lochlann PROPN Number=Sing 5 men nmod 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 happened advcl 9 on on ADP _ 11 expedition case 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 expedition det 11 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 12 against against ADP _ 13 Ireland case 13 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 11 expedition nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 happened punct
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1 happen past It vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 come past the men of Lochlann a expedition against Ireland vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on expedition=Location
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