horseback Who acts: Horseback, knights, police, We, Messengers, Cowboys · What happens: mean, ride, describe, do, patrol, go · To what, where: horseback, something, horse, battle, park, horseback riding
«horseback» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: horseback in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 On horseback means riding on a horse.
case obl xcomp case det obl punct root On ADP horseback NOUN means VERB riding VERB on ADP a DET horse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on ADP _ 2 horseback case 2 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 3 means obl 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 riding ride VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 on on ADP _ 7 horse case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 horse det 7 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 4 riding obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present horseback vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 ride not said to happen gerund on a horse vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent 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 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Horseback describes something done while riding a horse, like horseback riding.
nsubj obj acl mark advcl det obj punct case compound obl punct root Horseback NOUN describes VERB something PRON done VERB while SCONJ riding VERB a DET horse NOUN , PUNCT like ADP horseback NOUN riding NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes nsubj 2 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 describes obj 4 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 something acl 5 while while SCONJ _ 6 riding mark 6 riding ride VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 describes advcl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 horse det 8 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 6 riding obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 riding punct 10 like like ADP _ 12 riding case 11 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 12 riding compound 12 riding riding NOUN Number=Sing 6 riding obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 describes punct
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1 describe present Horseback something vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 do participle vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 ride gerund Horseback not said here a horse like horseback riding vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
Example 1 The knights rode into battle on horseback.
det nsubj case obl case obl punct root The DET knights NOUN rode VERB into ADP battle NOUN on ADP horseback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 knights det 2 knights knight NOUN Number=Plur 3 rode nsubj 3 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 into into ADP _ 5 battle case 5 battle battle NOUN Number=Sing 3 rode obl 6 on on ADP _ 7 horseback case 7 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 3 rode obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 rode punct
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1 ride past the knights battle on horseback vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into battle=Trajectory
Example 2 The police patrol the park on horseback.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET police NOUN patrol VERB the DET park NOUN on ADP horseback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 patrol nsubj 3 patrol patrol VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 park det 5 park park NOUN Number=Sing 3 patrol obj 6 on on ADP _ 7 horseback case 7 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 3 patrol obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 patrol punct
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1 patrol present the police the park horseback vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent park=Location
Example 3 We went horseback riding on our holiday.
nsubj compound obj case nmod:poss obl punct root We PRON went VERB horseback NOUN riding NOUN on ADP our PRON holiday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 4 riding compound 4 riding riding NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 holiday case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 holiday nmod:poss 7 holiday holiday NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 went punct
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1 go past We horseback riding our holiday vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location riding=Theme
Example 4 Messengers on horseback carried the news.
nsubj case nmod det obj punct root Messengers NOUN on ADP horseback NOUN carried VERB the DET news NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Messengers messenger NOUN Number=Plur 4 carried nsubj 2 on on ADP _ 3 horseback case 3 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 1 Messengers nmod 4 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 news det 6 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 carried obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 carried punct
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1 carry past Messengers on horseback the news vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme
Example 5 Cowboys herded cattle on horseback.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Cowboys NOUN herded VERB cattle NOUN on ADP horseback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cowboys cowboy NOUN Number=Plur 2 herded nsubj 2 herded herd VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 cattle cattle NOUN Number=Sing 2 herded obj 4 on on ADP _ 5 horseback case 5 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 2 herded obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 herded punct
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1 herd past Cowboys cattle horseback vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cattle=Patient
Example 6 It took three days to cross the hills on horseback.
nsubj nummod obj mark advcl det obj case obl punct root It PRON took VERB three NUM days NOUN to PART cross VERB the DET hills NOUN on ADP horseback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 days nummod 4 days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 took obj 5 to to PART _ 6 cross mark 6 cross cross VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hills det 8 hills hill NOUN Number=Plur 6 cross obj 9 on on ADP _ 10 horseback case 10 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 6 cross obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past It day vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 cross to-infinitive the hills horseback vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Patient
Example 7 Then two young fellows came gallopping up on horseback.
advmod nummod amod nsubj xcomp compound:prt case obl punct root Then ADV two NUM young ADJ fellows NOUN came VERB gallopping VERB up ADP on ADP horseback NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 5 came advmod 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 fellows nummod 3 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 4 fellows amod 4 fellows fellow NOUN Number=Plur 5 came nsubj 5 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 gallopping gallopp VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 came xcomp 7 up up ADP _ 6 gallopping compound:prt 8 on on ADP _ 9 horseback case 9 horseback horseback NOUN Number=Sing 6 gallopping obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 came punct
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1 come past two young fellows then tree rules 2 gallopp up gerund two young fellows not said here horseback tree rules
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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