postern

Who acts: He, clock, guards · What happens: use, slip, lock, creep out, strike, not see · To what, where: castle wall, doors, postern, nine

«postern» 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: postern in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small back gate or door in a castle wall, used to slip in or out unseen.

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	4 gate	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gate	amod
3	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gate	compound
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 door	cc
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gate	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 wall	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wall	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	compound
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gate	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wall	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 slip	mark
14	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	xcomp
15	in	in	ADV	_	14 slip	advmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 out	cc
17	out	out	ADV	_	15 in	conj
18	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 slip	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a castle wall not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	slip	to-infinitive						unseen property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

All the doors and posterns were locked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 doors	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doors	det
3	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 locked	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 posterns	cc
5	posterns	postern	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doors	conj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 locked	aux:pass
7	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		all doors and posterns					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

He crept out through a postern as the clock struck nine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 crept	compound:prt
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 postern	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 postern	det
6	postern	postern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 struck	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clock	det
9	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 struck	nsubj
10	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crept	advcl
11	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 struck	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep out	past	He			a postern			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through postern=Trajectory
2	strike	past	the clock	nine					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nine=Patient

Example 3

The guards did not see the postern.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 postern	det
7	postern	postern	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	the guards	the postern					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer postern=Stimulus

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