manoeuvre

Who acts: manoeuvre, soldiers, Comrade Wasp's nest, boat · What happens: plan, be, do, manoeuvre, steer · To what, where: planned movement, it, tight space, manoeuvres, review, wasps

«manoeuvre» 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: manoeuvre in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 manoeuvre	det
2	manoeuvre	manoeuvre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 movement	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 movement	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 movement	det
5	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 movement	amod
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 movement	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ships	punct
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soldiers	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 vehicles	cc
12	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soldiers	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 done	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	15 done	advmod
15	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 movement	acl
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 practice	case
17	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 done	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 movement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plan	participle				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a manoeuvre	a planned movement	of soldiers and ships or vehicles	tree rules
3	do	participle		a planned movement not said here	as practice; often property	vn act-114-1 «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

To manoeuvre is to move something carefully or cleverly, or to steer it through a tight space.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 manoeuvre	mark
2	manoeuvre	manoeuvre	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 move	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 move	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 move	obj
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 cleverly	cc
9	cleverly	cleverly	ADV	_	7 carefully	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 steer	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 steer	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 steer	mark
13	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 move	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 steer	obj
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 space	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 space	det
17	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 space	amod
18	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 steer	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	manoeuvre	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is	present			carefully, move property	tree rules
3	steer	to-infinitive	it	a tight space		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme through space=Destination

Example 1

The soldiers did their manoeuvres well at the review.

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 did	nsubj
3	did	do	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 manoeuvres	nmod:poss
5	manoeuvres	manoeuvre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 did	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 review	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 review	det
9	review	review	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the soldiers	soldiers's manoeuvres		the review		well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manoeuvre=Eventuality
2	manoeuvre		soldiers = soldier						nom manoeuvre «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Comrade Wasp's-nest manoeuvred his wasps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nest	compound
2	Wasp's	Wasp's	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nest	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Wasp's	punct
4	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manoeuvred	nsubj
5	manoeuvred	manoeuvre	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wasps	nmod:poss
7	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 manoeuvred	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 manoeuvred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manoeuvre	past	Comrade Wasp's nest	his wasps					tree rules

Example 3

The boat manoeuvred carefully round the rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 manoeuvred	nsubj
3	manoeuvred	manoeuvre	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	3 manoeuvred	advmod
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 rocks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rocks	det
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 manoeuvred	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 manoeuvred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manoeuvre	past	the boat					round the rocks; carefully property	tree rules

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