medal Who acts: medal, She, Everyone, firefighter, team, Grandad · What happens: be, give, honour, medal, mean, win · To what, where: flat piece, ribbon, someone, sport, medal, gold medal
«medal» 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: medal in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A medal is a flat piece of metal, often round and on a ribbon, given as a prize or to honour someone.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct advmod advmod cc case det parataxis punct acl case det obl cc mark conj obj punct root A DET medal NOUN is AUX a DET flat ADJ piece NOUN of ADP metal NOUN , PUNCT often ADV round ADV and CCONJ on ADP a DET ribbon NOUN , PUNCT given VERB as ADP a DET prize NOUN or CCONJ to PART honour VERB someone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 medal det 2 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 piece cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 piece det 5 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 6 piece amod 6 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 metal case 8 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 15 ribbon punct 10 often often ADV _ 15 ribbon advmod 11 round round ADV _ 15 ribbon advmod 12 and and CCONJ _ 15 ribbon cc 13 on on ADP _ 15 ribbon case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 ribbon det 15 ribbon ribbon NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece parataxis 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 given punct 17 given give VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 ribbon acl 18 as as ADP _ 20 prize case 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 prize det 20 prize prize NOUN Number=Sing 17 given obl 21 or or CCONJ _ 23 honour cc 22 to to PART _ 23 honour mark 23 honour honour VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 given conj 24 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 23 honour obj 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 piece punct
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1 is a present a medal a flat piece of metal tree rules 2 give participle a ribbon not said here as a prize vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 3 honour to-infinitive someone tree rules
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 In sport, to medal means to win a medal.
case obl punct mark advcl mark xcomp det obj punct root In ADP sport NOUN , PUNCT to PART medal VERB means VERB to PART win VERB a DET medal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 sport case 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 sport punct 4 to to PART _ 5 medal mark 5 medal medal VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 , advcl 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 win mark 8 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means xcomp 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 medal det 10 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 8 win obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 medal to-infinitive tree rules 2 mean present sport vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 win not said to happen to-infinitive a medal vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medal=Eventuality
Example 1 She won a gold medal for swimming.
nsubj det compound obj case obl punct root She PRON won VERB a DET gold NOUN medal NOUN for ADP swimming NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 won nsubj 2 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 medal det 4 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 5 medal compound 5 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 2 won obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 swimming case 7 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 2 won obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 won punct
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1 win past She a gold medal for swimming vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent medal=Theme for swimming=Beneficiary
Example 2 Everyone who finished the race got a medal.
nsubj nsubj acl:relcl det obj det obj punct root Everyone PRON who PRON finished VERB the DET race NOUN got VERB a DET medal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 6 got nsubj 2 who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 finished nsubj 3 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Everyone acl:relcl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 race det 5 race race NOUN Number=Sing 3 finished obj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 medal det 8 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 6 got obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 got punct
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1 finish past the race vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector race=Eventuality 2 get past Everyone a medal vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medal=Stimulus
Example 3 The firefighter got a medal for bravery.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET firefighter NOUN got VERB a DET medal NOUN for ADP bravery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 firefighter det 2 firefighter firefighter NOUN Number=Sing 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 medal det 5 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 bravery case 7 bravery bravery NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 got punct
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1 get past the firefighter a medal for bravery vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent medal=Theme for bravery=Source
Example 4 Our team came third and won bronze medals.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod cc conj compound obj punct root Our PRON team NOUN came VERB third ADV and CCONJ won VERB bronze NOUN medals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 third third ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 came advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 won cc 6 won win VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 came conj 7 bronze bronze NOUN Number=Sing 8 medals compound 8 medals medal NOUN Number=Plur 6 won obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past Our team third property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 win past Our team not said here bronze medals vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medal=Eventuality
Example 5 Grandad keeps his medals in a box.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Grandad PROPN keeps VERB his PRON medals NOUN in ADP a DET box NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 keeps nsubj 2 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 medals nmod:poss 4 medals medal NOUN Number=Plur 2 keeps obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 box case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 box det 7 box box NOUN Number=Sing 2 keeps obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 keeps punct
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1 keep present Grandad Grandad's medals a box vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medal=Theme in box=Location
Example 6 The country with the most gold medals tops the medal table.
det nsubj case det amod compound nmod det compound obj punct root The DET country NOUN with ADP the DET most ADJ gold NOUN medals NOUN tops VERB the DET medal NOUN table NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 country det 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 8 tops nsubj 3 with with ADP _ 7 medals case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 medals det 5 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 7 medals amod 6 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 7 medals compound 7 medals medal NOUN Number=Plur 2 country nmod 8 tops top VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 table det 10 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 11 table compound 11 table table NOUN Number=Sing 8 tops obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 tops punct
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1 top present the country with the most gold medals the medal table vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme table=Co-Theme
Example 7 In the course of the year he won the little silver prize medal of the Academy, and afterwards he gained the great one too.
The tree, 24 words case det obl case det nmod nsubj det amod obj xcomp obj case det nmod punct cc advmod nsubj parataxis det amod obj advmod punct root In ADP the DET course NOUN of ADP the DET year NOUN he PRON won VERB the DET little ADJ silver NOUN prize VERB medal NOUN of ADP the DET Academy PROPN , PUNCT and CCONJ afterwards ADV he PRON gained VERB the DET great ADJ one NOUN too ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 course case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 course det 3 course course NOUN Number=Sing 8 won obl 4 of of ADP _ 6 year case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 year det 6 year year NOUN Number=Sing 3 course nmod 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 won nsubj 8 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 silver det 10 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 11 silver amod 11 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 8 won obj 12 prize prize VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 won xcomp 13 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 12 prize obj 14 of of ADP _ 16 Academy case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 Academy det 16 Academy Academy PROPN Number=Sing 13 medal nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 gained punct 18 and and CCONJ _ 21 gained cc 19 afterwards afterwards ADV _ 21 gained advmod 20 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 gained nsubj 21 gained gain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 won parataxis 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 one det 23 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 24 one amod 24 one one NOUN Number=Sing 21 gained obj 25 too too ADV _ 21 gained advmod 26 . . PUNCT _ 8 won punct
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1 win past he the little silver the course of the year tree rules 2 prize infinitive he not said here medal of the Academy vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medal=Stimulus 3 gain past he the great one afterwards property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
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