Who acts: long bitter quarrel, two families, feud, families, neighbours, Nobody · What happens: last, have, feud, be, remember, start · To what, where: long quarrel, two families, feud, generations, bitter feud, each · Speech: someone speaks here
«feud» 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: feud in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long, bitter quarrel between two people, families or groups, often lasting for many generations.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 quarrel
det
2
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 quarrel
amod
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
2 long
punct
4
bitter
bitter
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 quarrel
amod
5
quarrel
quarrel
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 quarrel
nmod
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 families
punct
10
families
family
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 people
conj
11
or
or
CCONJ
_
12 groups
cc
12
groups
group
NOUN
Number=Plur
8 people
conj
13
,
,
PUNCT
_
15 lasting
punct
14
often
often
ADV
_
15 lasting
advmod
15
lasting
last
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
5 quarrel
acl
16
for
for
ADP
_
18 generations
case
17
many
many
ADJ
Degree=Pos
18 generations
amod
18
generations
generation
NOUN
Number=Plur
15 lasting
obl
19
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 quarrel
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
last
gerund
a long bitter quarrel between two people and families or groups not said here
for many generations
often property
vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To have such a long quarrel: «The two families feuded for years.».
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 have
mark
2
have
have
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
such
such
DET
PronType=Ind
6 quarrel
det:predet
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 quarrel
det
5
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
6 quarrel
amod
6
quarrel
quarrel
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 have
obj
7
:
:
PUNCT
_
12 feuded
punct
8
«
«
PUNCT
_
12 feuded
punct
9
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
11 families
det
10
two
two
NUM
NumForm=Word NumType=Card
11 families
nummod
11
families
family
NOUN
Number=Plur
12 feuded
nsubj:pass
12
feuded
feud
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
6 quarrel
conj
13
for
for
ADP
_
14 years
case
14
years
year
NOUN
Number=Plur
12 feuded
obl
15
.
.
PUNCT
_
12 feuded
punct
16
»
»
PUNCT
_
12 feuded
punct
17
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 have
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
have
to-infinitive
such long quarrel
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient
2
feudin a quote
participle · passive
the two families
year
tree rules
Example 1
The two families had a feud that lasted generations.
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feud=Patient
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