gibbet

Who acts: gibbet, Crows · What happens: be, hange, leave, see, stand, hang · To what, where: wooden frame, criminal, body, hill, thief, gibbet

«gibbet» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: gibbet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibbet	det
2	gibbet	gibbet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frame	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 frame	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frame	det
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 frame	amod
6	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hanged	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 criminal	det
10	criminal	criminal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hanged	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hanged	aux:pass
12	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 frame	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 left	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 left	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 body	det
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 left	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 left	aux:pass
18	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 frame	parataxis
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 left	advmod
20	to	to	PART	_	22 seen	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 seen	aux:pass
22	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 left	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 frame	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	a gibbet	a wooden frame		tree rules
2	hange	past · passive		a criminal	a wooden frame	tree rules
3	leave	past · passive		the body	there	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	see	to-infinitive · passive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

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

A gibbet stood on the hill above the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibbet	det
2	gibbet	gibbet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	a gibbet			the hill		above the road	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location

Example 2

The thief was hung on the gibbet for all to see.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thief	det
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	aux:pass
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 gibbet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gibbet	det
7	gibbet	gibbet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hung	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past · passive		the thief		the gibbet		for all	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on gibbet=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

Crows sat on the gibbet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 gibbet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gibbet	det
5	gibbet	gibbet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Crows			the gibbet			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on gibbet=Location

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