longbow

Who acts: Robin Hood, archers, longbowmen, longbow, Medieval boys, whole troop · What happens: make, use, be, draw, fire, help · To what, where: large bow, great shot, English longbows, yew wood, longbows, Agincourt

«longbow» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: longbow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A large bow, about as tall as a man, made of one piece of wood (often yew), used for shooting arrows.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bow	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bow	amod
3	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tall	punct
5	about	about	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bow	amod
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 man	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tall	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bow	acl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 piece	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 piece	nummod
15	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 wood	case
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 piece	nmod
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 yew	punct
19	often	often	ADV	_	20 yew	advmod
20	yew	yew	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 piece	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 yew	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 used	punct
23	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bow	acl
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 arrows	case
25	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 arrows	compound
26	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 used	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a large bow not said here				of one piece of wood	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	use	participle		a large bow not said here				for shooting arrows	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

Usage: history — kept apart, not parsed.

The famous weapon of English and Welsh archers in the Middle Ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weapon	det
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weapon	amod
3	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 archers	case
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 archers	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Welsh	cc
7	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 English	conj
8	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 weapon	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 Ages	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Ages	det
11	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ages	flat
12	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 archers	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 weapon	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Robin Hood was a great shot with the longbow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robin	Robin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hood	compound
2	Hood	Hood	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shot	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shot	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shot	amod
6	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 longbow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 longbow	det
9	longbow	longbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shot	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Robin Hood	a great shot				with the longbow	tree rules

Example 2

English longbows were made from yew wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 longbows	amod
2	longbows	longbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	yew	yew	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wood	compound
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		English longbows		yew wood			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wood=Material

Example 3

The archers drew their longbows and fired.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 archers	det
2	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drew	nsubj
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 longbows	nmod:poss
5	longbows	longbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drew	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fired	cc
7	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 drew	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the archers	archers's longbows					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longbow=Theme
2	fire	participle	the archers not said here						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

At Agincourt, longbowmen helped win the battle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 Agincourt	case
2	Agincourt	Agincourt	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 helped	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Agincourt	punct
4	longbowmen	longbowman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 helped	nsubj
5	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helped	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 battle	det
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 win	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	longbowmen			Agincourt			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	win	infinitive	longbowmen not said here	the battle					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality

Example 5

A longbow can shoot an arrow over 200 metres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 longbow	det
2	longbow	longbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoot	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shoot	aux
4	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 arrow	det
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoot	obj
7	over	over	ADV	_	8 200	advmod
8	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 metres	nummod
9	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoot	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shoot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	can	a longbow	a arrow				200 metres obl:unmarked	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

Example 6

Medieval boys had to practise with the longbow every Sunday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Medieval	medieval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boys	amod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 practise	mark
5	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 longbow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 longbow	det
8	longbow	longbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practise	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 Sunday	det
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 practise	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Medieval boys						tree rules
2	practise	to-infinitive	Medieval boys not said here				sunday	with the longbow	tree rules

Example 7

The longbow is taller than most people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 longbow	det
2	longbow	longbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taller	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taller	cop
4	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taller	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 taller	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the longbow					than most people; tall property	tree rules

Example 8

First came a whole troop of drummers, beating their drums very cleverly; they were followed by life-guards, with longbows and crossbows.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 troop	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 troop	amod
5	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 drummers	case
7	drummers	drummer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 troop	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 beating	punct
9	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 drums	nmod:poss
11	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 beating	obj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 cleverly	advmod
13	cleverly	cleverly	ADV	_	9 beating	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 followed	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 followed	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 followed	aux:pass
17	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	parataxis
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 guards	case
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 guards	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 life	punct
21	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 followed	obl:agent
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 longbows	punct
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 longbows	case
24	longbows	longbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 crossbows	cc
26	crossbows	crossbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 longbows	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	past	a whole troop of drummers		with longbows and crossbows; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beat	gerund	a whole troop of drummers not said here	drummers's drums	cleverly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme
3	follow	past · passive	life guards	drums = drum		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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