loophole

Who acts: loophole, archers, soldiers, castle, rule · What happens: be, shoot, have, get out · To what, where: narrow slit, castle, small way, arrows, loopholes, many loopholes

«loophole» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: loophole in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A loophole is a narrow slit in a castle or fort wall, through which archers could shoot.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loophole	det
2	loophole	loophole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slit	det
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slit	amod
6	slit	slit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slit	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wall	cc
11	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wall	compound
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 castle	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 shoot	punct
14	through	through	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 shoot	obl
16	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 shoot	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 shoot	aux
18	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slit	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 slit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a loophole	a narrow slit		a castle or fort wall			tree rules
2	shoot	could	archers			a narrow slit			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through which=Destination

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: everyday — kept apart, not parsed.

A loophole is a small way round a rule.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loophole	det
2	loophole	loophole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 rule	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rule	det
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a loophole	a small way				round a rule	tree rules

Example 1

The soldiers shot arrows through the loopholes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shot	nsubj
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shot	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 loopholes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loopholes	det
7	loopholes	loophole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shot	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	the soldiers	arrows		the loopholes			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme through loophole=Destination

Example 2

The castle had many loopholes in its thick walls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loopholes	amod
5	loopholes	loophole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 walls	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 walls	nmod:poss
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 walls	amod
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the castle	many loopholes		castle's thick walls			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loophole=Patient

Example 3

The rule had a loophole, so he got out of it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loophole	det
5	loophole	loophole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the rule	a loophole					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loophole=Patient
2	get out	past	rule					of loophole; out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Source

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