foe
Who acts: foe, you, They · What happens: be, want, harm, beat, not give up, snatch · To what, where: enemy, you, friends, spears, foes
«foe» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: foe in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A foe is an enemy, someone who wants to harm or beat you.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 foe | det |
| 2 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enemy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enemy | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 enemy | det |
| 5 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 someone | punct |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 enemy | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 9 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 someone | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 harm | mark |
| 11 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wants | xcomp |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 beat | cc |
| 13 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 harm | conj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 beat | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 enemy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a foe | a enemy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | harm not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | beat | infinitive | you | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=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
Do not give up friends for foes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 give | advmod |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 give | compound:prt |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 foes | case |
| 7 | foes | foe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 friends | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give up | imperative · do-support | you not said here | friends | for foes | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Source |
Example 2
They snatched spears and shields from their foes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 snatched | nsubj |
| 2 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 snatched | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 shields | cc |
| 5 | shields | shield | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spears | conj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 foes | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 foes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | foes | foe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 snatched | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 snatched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | They | spears and shields | shields's foes | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spear=Theme from foe=Source |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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