gunboat

Who acts: Gunboat diplomacy, strong country, gunboat, navy, Historians, this · What happens: use, mean, force, agree, threaten, sail up · To what, where: big guns, rivers, strong country, weaker ones, navy, river · Speech: someone speaks here

«gunboat» 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: gunboat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small warship with big guns, used especially on rivers or near the coast.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warship	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warship	amod
3	warship	warship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 guns	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 guns	amod
6	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warship	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 guns	acl
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 rivers	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 rivers	case
11	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 used	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 coast	cc
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 coast	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coast	det
15	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rivers	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warship	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		big guns not said here		rivers or the coast			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

«Gunboat diplomacy» means a strong country forcing weaker ones to agree by threatening to use its navy or army.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 diplomacy	punct
2	Gunboat	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diplomacy	compound
3	diplomacy	diplomacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 diplomacy	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 country	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 country	amod
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
9	forcing	force	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 country	acl
10	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 ones	amod
11	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 forcing	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 agree	mark
13	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ones	acl
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 threatening	mark
15	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 agree	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 use	mark
17	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 threatening	xcomp
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 navy	nmod:poss
19	navy	navy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 use	obj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 army	cc
21	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 navy	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Gunboat diplomacy	a strong country	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Topic
2	force	gerund	a strong country not said here	weaker ones	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
3	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	a strong country not said here	weaker ones not said here	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	threaten	gerund	a strong country not said here		tree rules
5	use not said to happen	to-infinitive	a strong country not said here	diplomacy's navy or army	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent navy=Patient

Example 1

A gunboat sailed up the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gunboat	det
2	gunboat	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	sailed	sail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gunboat	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 sailed	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sailed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gunboat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail up	participle	a gunboat not said here	the river					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The navy sent two gunboats to guard the harbour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 navy	det
2	navy	navy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 gunboats	nummod
5	gunboats	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 guard	mark
7	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 harbour	det
9	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guard	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the navy	two gunboats					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gunboat=Theme
2	guard	to-infinitive	the navy not said here	the harbour					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Beneficiary

Example 3

The gunboat's guns pointed at the shore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gunboat	det
2	gunboat	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guns	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gunboat	case
4	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	pointed	point	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 guns	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pointed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 guns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	participle		the gunboat's guns not said here		the shore			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Historians call this «gunboat diplomacy».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	nsubj
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 diplomacy	nsubj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 diplomacy	punct
5	gunboat	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diplomacy	compound
6	diplomacy	diplomacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	xcomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 diplomacy	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	Historians						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	diplomacy in a quote		this						tree rules

Example 5

Gunboats were used in the Opium Wars in China.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gunboats	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 Wars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wars	det
6	Opium	Opium	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Wars	compound
7	Wars	War	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 China	case
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		Gunboats		the Opium Wars		in China	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 6

The model gunboat had tiny cannons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gunboat	det
2	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gunboat	compound
3	gunboat	gunboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cannons	amod
6	cannons	cannon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the model gunboat	tiny cannons					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannon=Patient

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