fireman

Who acts: fireman, job, usual word, men, worker, fire · What happens: be, rescue, do, keep, burn, say · To what, where: person, people, firefighter, job, worker, fire · Speech: someone speaks here

«fireman» 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: fireman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A fireman is a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people; today the usual word is firefighter, because both men and women do this job.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fireman	det
2	fireman	fireman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 put	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 put	mark
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 put	compound:prt
12	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 put	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rescue	cc
14	rescue	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 put	conj
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 rescue	obj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 firefighter	punct
17	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 firefighter	obl:unmarked
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 word	det
19	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 word	amod
20	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 firefighter	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 firefighter	cop
22	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 do	punct
24	because	because	SCONJ	_	29 do	mark
25	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	26 men	det
26	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 do	nsubj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 women	cc
28	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 men	conj
29	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	parataxis
30	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 job	det
31	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 do	obj
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fireman	a person and firefighter			tree rules
2	is	present	job			put property	tree rules
3	rescue	present	job not said here	people			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
4	is a	present	the usual word	firefighter	today		tree rules
5	do	present	both men and women	this job			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=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: old — kept apart, not parsed.

A fireman was also a worker who kept the fire burning in a steam engine or ship's boiler.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fireman	det
2	fireman	fireman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worker	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 worker	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 worker	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 worker	det
6	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 worker	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
11	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fire	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 engine	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 engine	det
14	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 engine	compound
15	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 burning	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 boiler	cc
17	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 boiler	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 ship	case
19	boiler	boiler	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 engine	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 worker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	a fireman	a worker		tree rules
2	keep	past	a worker	the fire		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
3	burn	gerund	the fire not said here		a steam engine or ship's boiler	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in engine=Location

Example 1

The fireman rescued a cat from the tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fireman	det
2	fireman	fireman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rescued	nsubj
3	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rescued	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rescued	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rescued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	the fireman	a cat		the tree			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cat=Theme from tree=Source

Example 2

Today we say firefighter, because women do the job too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obl:unmarked
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 do	mark
7	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 say	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 job	det
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obj
11	too	too	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	we	firefighter			today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent firefighter=Topic
2	do	present	women	the job					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Example 3

Fireman Sam is a children's TV show.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireman	Fireman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sam	compound
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 show	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 show	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 children	case
7	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	compound
8	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fireman Sam	a children's TV show					tree rules

Example 4

A fireman shovelled coal into the steam engine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coal	det
2	fireman	fireman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coal	amod
3	shovelled	shovelled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coal	amod
4	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 engine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 engine	det
7	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engine	compound
8	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coal	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 5

The fireman showed us how to check a smoke alarm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fireman	det
2	fireman	fireman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 showed	iobj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 check	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 check	mark
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 showed	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 alarm	det
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 alarm	compound
10	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 check	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the fireman		us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2	check	to-infinitive	the fireman not said here	a smoke alarm					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme

Example 6

In PE we learned a fireman's lift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 PE	case
2	PE	pe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obl
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 learned	nsubj
4	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fireman	det
6	fireman	fireman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lift	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 fireman	case
8	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	we	a fireman's lift		PE			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lift=Topic
2	lift		a fireman						nom lift «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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