guerdon

Who acts: guerdon, hero, boyar, Augeas · What happens: be, give, ask, service, refuse, not pay · To what, where: reward, payment, rich guerdon, peasant, promised guerdon

«guerdon» 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: guerdon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 guerdon	det
2	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reward	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reward	det
5	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 payment	cc
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	conj
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 payment	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 work	case
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 work	amod
11	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 service	cc
13	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 work	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stories	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 stories	case
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stories	amod
17	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reward	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a guerdon	a reward or payment and old stories					tree rules
2	give	participle		payment not said here				for good work or service	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for work=Asset

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

The hero asked for no guerdon but a horse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 guerdon	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 guerdon	det
6	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 horse	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guerdon	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the hero					for no guerdon but a horse	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The boyar gave the peasant a rich guerdon for his service.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boyar	det
2	boyar	boyar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 peasant	det
5	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guerdon	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guerdon	amod
8	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 service	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 service	nmod:poss
11	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the boyar	a rich guerdon	the peasant			for boyar's service	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient guerdon=Theme for service=Asset
2	service		boyar						nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Augeas refused to pay the promised guerdon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Augeas	Augeas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guerdon	det
6	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guerdon	amod
7	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	refuse	past	Augeas		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not pay	to-infinitive	Augeas not said here	the promised guerdon	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guerdon=Asset
3	promise speech: promise	participle			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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