halberdier
Who acts: halberdier, Two halberdiers, halberdiers, Twelve halberdiers · What happens: be, arm, stand, march, guard · To what, where: old soldier, castle gate, door
«halberdier» 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: halberdier in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 halberdier | det |
| 2 | halberdier | halberdier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soldier | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 soldier | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 soldier | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 soldier | amod |
| 6 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | armed | arm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 soldier | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 halberd | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 halberd | det |
| 10 | halberd | halberd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 armed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 pole | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pole | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 pole | amod |
| 14 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 halberd | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 blade | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 blade | det |
| 17 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 blade | compound |
| 18 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pole | nmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 top | case |
| 20 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 blade | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 soldier | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a halberdier | a old soldier | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | arm | participle | a old soldier not said here | with a halberd and a long pole with a axe blade on top | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with halberd=Theme |
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
Two halberdiers stood at the castle gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 halberdiers | nummod |
| 2 | halberdiers | halberdier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gate | compound |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | Two halberdiers | the castle gate | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |
Example 2
The king's halberdiers marched in first.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 halberdiers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | halberdiers | halberdier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 marched | nsubj |
| 5 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 first | case |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 marched | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 marched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | march | past | the king's halberdiers | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Trajectory |
Example 3
Twelve halberdiers guarded the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 halberdiers | nummod |
| 2 | halberdiers | halberdier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 guarded | nsubj |
| 3 | guarded | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 guarded | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 guarded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | past | Twelve halberdiers | the door | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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