headsman
Who acts: Old use, man, king, headsman · What happens: be, job, send, stand, lead · To what, where: prisoner, headsman
«headsman» 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: headsman in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Old use: a man whose job was to behead people with an axe or sword as a punishment.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 use | amod |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 behead | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 behead | nsubj |
| 6 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 behead | cop |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 behead | mark |
| 10 | behead | behead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 behead | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 axe | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 axe | det |
| 14 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 behead | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 sword | cc |
| 16 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 axe | conj |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 punishment | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 punishment | det |
| 19 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 behead | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 behead | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Old use | with a axe or sword; as a punishment; behead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | job | a man a man job's job | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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.
Example 1
The king sent for his headsman.
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 | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 headsman | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 headsman | nmod:poss |
| 6 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | for king's headsman | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The headsman stood ready with his axe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 headsman | det |
| 2 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stood | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 axe | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 axe | nmod:poss |
| 7 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ready | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the headsman | ready property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The prisoner was led to the headsman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prisoner | det |
| 2 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 led | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 led | aux:pass |
| 4 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 headsman | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 headsman | det |
| 7 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 led | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 led | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past · passive | the prisoner | the headsman | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to headsman=Destination |
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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