feudalism Who acts: Feudalism, king, peasants, feudal pyramid, Knights, Japan · What happens: be, give, work, live, come, have · To what, where: system, medieval Europe, land, lords, return, England
«feudalism» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: feudalism in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Feudalism was the system in medieval Europe in which the king gave land to lords in return for loyalty and soldiers, and peasants (serfs) worked the lords' land in return for protection and a place to live.
The tree, 38 words nsubj cop det case amod nmod case obl det nsubj acl:relcl obj case obl case obl case nmod cc conj punct cc nsubj punct appos punct conj det nmod:poss case obj case obl case nmod cc det conj mark acl punct root Feudalism NOUN was AUX the DET system NOUN in ADP medieval ADJ Europe PROPN in ADP which PRON the DET king NOUN gave VERB land NOUN to ADP lords NOUN in ADP return NOUN for ADP loyalty NOUN and CCONJ soldiers NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ peasants NOUN ( PUNCT serfs NOUN ) PUNCT worked VERB the DET lords NOUN ' PART land NOUN in ADP return NOUN for ADP protection NOUN and CCONJ a DET place NOUN to PART live VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 4 system nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 system cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 system det 4 system system NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 Europe case 6 medieval medieval ADJ Degree=Pos 7 Europe amod 7 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 4 system nmod 8 in in ADP _ 9 which case 9 which which PRON PronType=Rel 12 gave obl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 king det 11 king king NOUN Number=Sing 12 gave nsubj 12 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 system acl:relcl 13 land land NOUN Number=Sing 12 gave obj 14 to to ADP _ 15 lords case 15 lords lord NOUN Number=Plur 12 gave obl 16 in in ADP _ 17 return case 17 return return NOUN Number=Sing 12 gave obl 18 for for ADP _ 19 loyalty case 19 loyalty loyalty NOUN Number=Sing 17 return nmod 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 soldiers cc 21 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 19 loyalty conj 22 , , PUNCT _ 28 worked punct 23 and and CCONJ _ 28 worked cc 24 peasants peasant NOUN Number=Plur 28 worked nsubj 25 ( ( PUNCT _ 26 serfs punct 26 serfs serf NOUN Number=Plur 24 peasants appos 27 ) ) PUNCT _ 26 serfs punct 28 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 system conj 29 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 30 lords det 30 lords lord NOUN Number=Plur 32 land nmod:poss 31 ' 's PART _ 30 lords case 32 land land NOUN Number=Sing 28 worked obj 33 in in ADP _ 34 return case 34 return return NOUN Number=Sing 28 worked obl 35 for for ADP _ 36 protection case 36 protection protection NOUN Number=Sing 34 return nmod 37 and and CCONJ _ 39 place cc 38 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 39 place det 39 place place NOUN Number=Sing 34 return conj 40 to to PART _ 41 live mark 41 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 39 place acl 42 . . PUNCT _ 4 system punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Feudalism the system medieval Europe tree rules 2 give past the king land lords the system in return for loyalty and soldiers vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to lord=Recipient 3 work past peasants the lords's land return for protection and a place vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent land=Material 4 live to-infinitive peasants not said here vn exist-47.1-1 «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.
Example 1 Feudalism came to England with the Normans in 1066.
nsubj case obl case det obl case obl punct root Feudalism NOUN came VERB to ADP England PROPN with ADP the DET Normans PROPN in ADP 1066 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 2 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 4 England case 4 England England PROPN Number=Sing 2 came obl 5 with with ADP _ 7 Normans case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Normans det 7 Normans Norman PROPN Number=Plur 2 came obl 8 in in ADP _ 9 1066 case 9 1066 1066 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 came obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past Feudalism England 1066 with the Normans vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to england=Initial_Location
Example 2 Under feudalism, peasants worked the lord's land.
case obl punct nsubj det nmod:poss case obj punct root Under ADP feudalism NOUN , PUNCT peasants NOUN worked VERB the DET lord NOUN 's PART land NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Under under ADP _ 2 feudalism case 2 feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 5 worked obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 feudalism punct 4 peasants peasant NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked nsubj 5 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 lord det 7 lord lord NOUN Number=Sing 9 land nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 lord case 9 land land NOUN Number=Sing 5 worked obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 worked punct
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1 work past peasants the lord's land feudalism vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent land=Material
Example 3 The feudal pyramid had the king at the top.
det amod nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET feudal ADJ pyramid NOUN had VERB the DET king NOUN at ADP the DET top NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 pyramid det 2 feudal feudal ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pyramid amod 3 pyramid pyramid NOUN Number=Sing 4 had nsubj 4 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 king det 6 king king NOUN Number=Sing 4 had obj 7 at at ADP _ 9 top case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 top det 9 top top NOUN Number=Sing 4 had obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 had punct
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1 have past the feudal pyramid the king the top vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
Example 4 Knights promised to fight for their lord under feudalism.
nsubj mark xcomp case nmod:poss obl case obl punct root Knights NOUN promised VERB to PART fight VERB for ADP their PRON lord NOUN under ADP feudalism NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knights knight NOUN Number=Plur 2 promised nsubj 2 promised promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 fight mark 4 fight fight VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 promised xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 7 lord case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 lord nmod:poss 7 lord lord NOUN Number=Sing 4 fight obl 8 under under ADP _ 9 feudalism case 9 feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 4 fight obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 promised punct
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1 promise speech: promise past Knights vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fight not said to happen to-infinitive Knights not said here feudalism for Knights's lord vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Feudalism slowly ended after the Black Death.
nsubj advmod case det flat obl punct root Feudalism NOUN slowly ADV ended VERB after ADP the DET Black PROPN Death PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 3 ended nsubj 2 slowly slowly ADV _ 3 ended advmod 3 ended end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 after after ADP _ 7 Death case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Death det 6 Black Black PROPN Number=Sing 7 Death flat 7 Death Death PROPN Number=Sing 3 ended obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ended punct
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1 end past Feudalism after the Black Death slowly property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 6 Japan also had a kind of feudalism with samurai.
nsubj advmod det obj case nmod case nmod punct root Japan PROPN also ADV had VERB a DET kind NOUN of ADP feudalism NOUN with ADP samurai NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 2 also also ADV _ 3 had advmod 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 kind det 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 feudalism case 7 feudalism feudalism NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 8 with with ADP _ 9 samurai case 9 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 7 feudalism nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past Japan a kind of feudalism with samurai vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient
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