onslaught

Who acts: onslaught, many people, knights, storm · What happens: be, rush, make, scatter · To what, where: fierce sudden attack, fierce onslaught, castle gate, enemy, wild onslaught, little village

«onslaught» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: onslaught in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An onslaught is a fierce, sudden attack, when many people or things rush at once.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 onslaught	det
2	onslaught	onslaught	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attack	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 attack	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 attack	det
5	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 attack	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fierce	punct
7	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 attack	amod
8	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rush	punct
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 rush	mark
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 rush	nsubj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 things	cc
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 people	conj
15	rush	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 attack	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 rush	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 attack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a onslaught	a fierce sudden attack					tree rules
2	rush	present	many people or things						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory

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.

Example 1

The knights made a fierce onslaught on the castle gate.

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 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 onslaught	det
5	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 onslaught	amod
6	onslaught	onslaught	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	compound
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the knights	a fierce onslaught		the castle gate			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent onslaught=Product

Example 2

The army's onslaught scattered the enemy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 army	det
2	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 onslaught	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 army	case
4	onslaught	onslaught	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scattered	nsubj
5	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enemy	det
7	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scattered	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	the army's onslaught	the enemy					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme

Example 3

The storm was a wild onslaught on the little village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 onslaught	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 onslaught	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 onslaught	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 onslaught	amod
6	onslaught	onslaught	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 village	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 village	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 village	amod
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 onslaught	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 onslaught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the storm	a wild onslaught		the little village			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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