goliath

Who acts: Goliath, young shepherd, smaller one, David, village team, Goliath beetle · What happens: be, kill, beat, wear, sling, fall · To what, where: giant Philistine warrior, sling, big strong person, heavy armour, stone, David game

«goliath» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: goliath in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior whom the young shepherd David killed with a stone from his sling.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 warrior	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 warrior	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 warrior	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 warrior	amod
5	Philistine	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 warrior	compound
6	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 killed	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shepherd	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shepherd	amod
10	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	nsubj
11	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 shepherd	appos
12	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 warrior	acl:relcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 stone	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stone	det
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 sling	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 sling	nmod:poss
18	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 warrior	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Goliath	a giant Philistine warrior					tree rules
2	kill	past	the young shepherd	a giant Philistine warrior		shepherd's sling		with a stone	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme from sling=Initial_Location

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

A goliath is a very big, strong person, company or thing, often one that is beaten by a smaller one.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 goliath	det
2	goliath	goliath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 big	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 big	punct
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 company	punct
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 thing	cc
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 one	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	16 one	advmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 person	appos
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 beaten	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 beaten	aux:pass
19	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 one	acl:relcl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 one	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 one	det
22	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	23 one	amod
23	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 beaten	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a goliath	a big strong person and company or thing					tree rules
2	beat	present · passive	a smaller one						vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Example 1

Goliath was over nine feet tall and wore heavy armour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tall	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	cop
3	over	over	ADV	_	4 nine	advmod
4	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 feet	nummod
5	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tall	obl:unmarked
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wore	cc
8	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	conj
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 armour	amod
10	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wore	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Goliath					nine feet obl:unmarked; tall property	tree rules
2	wear	past	Goliath not said here	heavy armour					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Source

Example 2

David slung a stone, and Goliath fell to the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 slung	nsubj
2	slung	sling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stone	det
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slung	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fell	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
7	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slung	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sling	past	David	a stone					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	fall	past	Goliath					to the ground	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme

Example 3

Our village team against the champions was a real David and Goliath game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 team	nmod:poss
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 team	compound
3	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 game	nsubj
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 champions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 champions	det
6	champions	champion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 team	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 game	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 game	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 David	amod
10	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 game	compound
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Goliath	cc
12	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 David	conj
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 game	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Our village team against the champions	a David game					tree rules

Example 4

The Goliath beetle is one of the heaviest insects.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beetle	det
2	Goliath	goliath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beetle	compound
3	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 insects	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 insects	det
8	heaviest	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 insects	amod
9	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Goliath beetle	one				of the heaviest insects	tree rules

Example 5

The little shop stood up to the supermarket goliath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shop	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shop	amod
3	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stood	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 goliath	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goliath	det
8	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goliath	compound
9	goliath	goliath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	past	the little shop					to the supermarket goliath	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Everyone was afraid of Goliath except David.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Goliath	case
5	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
6	except	except	ADP	_	7 David	case
7	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Everyone					of Goliath; except David; afraid property	tree rules

Example 7

Certainly a Goliath like you could creep in with ease, and throw out the coins to us."

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certainly	certainly	ADV	_	7 creep	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 Goliath	det
3	Goliath	goliath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 creep	nsubj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 Goliath	nmod
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 creep	aux
7	creep	creep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 creep	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 ease	case
10	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 creep	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 throw	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 throw	cc
13	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 creep	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 throw	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coins	det
16	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 throw	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 us	case
18	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 throw	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 creep	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 creep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep in	could	a Goliath like you					with ease; certainly property	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with ease=Theme
2	throw out	infinitive	a Goliath like you not said here	the coins	us				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent coin=Theme to we=Destination

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