hangman

Who acts: hangman, job, your · What happens: be, hang, wait, say, pray · To what, where: man, criminals, prayers · Speech: someone speaks here

«hangman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: hangman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to death by hanging them.

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 hangman	det
2	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 put	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 put	mark
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 man	acl:relcl
11	criminals	criminal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 put	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 death	case
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obl
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 hanging	mark
15	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 put	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hanging	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a hangman	the man		tree rules
2	is	past	job		to death; put property	tree rules
3	hang	gerund	job not said here	criminals = criminal		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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 hangman waited with his rope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hangman	det
2	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rope	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rope	nmod:poss
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the hangman					with hangman's rope	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

«Say your prayers,» said the hangman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Say	punct
2	Say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prayers	nmod:poss
4	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Say	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Say	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Say	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hangman	det
9	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive		your prayers	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	the hangman		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	pray in a quote		your		nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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