gaol
Who acts: old gaol, gaoler, people, We · What happens: put, throw, be, gaol, lock, send · To what, where: someone, prison, Toad, gaol, museum, He
«gaol» 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: gaol in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: UK, old spelling — kept apart, not parsed.
A prison; a jail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prison | det |
| 2 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jail | nsubj |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 jail | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 jail | det |
| 5 | jail | jail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 jail | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To put someone in prison.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 put | mark |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 put | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 prison | case |
| 5 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | to-infinitive | someone | prison | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent someone=Theme in prison=Destination |
Example 1
Toad was thrown into gaol.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thrown | aux:pass |
| 3 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 gaol | case |
| 5 | gaol | gaol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thrown | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thrown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past · passive | Toad | into gaol result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into gaol=Result |
Example 2
The old gaol is now a museum.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gaol | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gaol | amod |
| 3 | gaol | gaol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 museum | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 museum | cop |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 museum | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 museum | det |
| 7 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 museum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the old gaol | a museum | now | tree rules |
Example 3
He was gaoled for stealing horses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gaoled | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gaoled | aux:pass |
| 3 | gaoled | gaol | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 horses | case |
| 5 | stealing | stealing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 horses | compound |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gaoled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gaoled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gaol | past · passive | He | for stealing horses | tree rules |
Example 4
The gaoler locked the gaol at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gaoler | det |
| 2 | gaoler | gaoler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | nsubj |
| 3 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gaol | det |
| 5 | gaol | gaol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 locked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | the gaoler | the gaol | night | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaol=Patient |
Example 5
In the past, people could be sent to gaol for owing money.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 past | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 past | det |
| 3 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sent | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 past | punct |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 sent | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sent | aux:pass |
| 8 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 gaol | mark |
| 10 | gaol | gaol | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sent | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 owing | mark |
| 12 | owing | owe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 gaol | advcl |
| 13 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 owing | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | could · passive | people | the past | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | gaol | to-infinitive | people not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | owe | gerund | people not said here | money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Example 6
We visited the Old Melbourne Gaol on a school trip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 visited | nsubj |
| 2 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Gaol | det |
| 4 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Gaol | amod |
| 5 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Gaol | compound |
| 6 | Gaol | gaol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 trip | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 trip | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trip | compound |
| 10 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 visited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | past | We | the Old Melbourne Gaol | a school trip | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaol=Co-Agent |
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