pow

Who acts: soldier, word, lights, fist, you, great grandad · What happens: use, capture, hold, show, happen, go out · To what, where: word, comics, something, pow, comic, sound words · Speech: someone speaks here

«pow» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: pow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A word for the sound of a punch, a bang or a small explosion, used in comics and cartoons: «Pow! Biff! Bang!».

Sentence 1: A word for the sound of a punch, a bang or a small explosion, used in comics and cartoons: «Pow!

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 sound	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 word	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 punch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 punch	det
8	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bang	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bang	det
11	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 punch	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 explosion	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 explosion	det
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 explosion	amod
15	explosion	explosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 punch	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 used	punct
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 word	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 comics	case
19	comics	comic	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 used	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cartoons	cc
21	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 comics	conj
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 Pow	punct
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 Pow	punct
24	Pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 word	conj
25	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a word for the sound of a punch and a bang or a small explosion and Pow not said here		comics and cartoons			vn eat-39.1 «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.

Sentence 2: Biff!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Biff	biff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Biff	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Bang!».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Bang	punct
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Bang	punct
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Bang	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: POW, abbreviation — kept apart, not parsed.

A prisoner of war: a soldier captured and held by the enemy during a war.

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 prisoner	det
2	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 war	case
4	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prisoner	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 captured	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 soldier	det
7	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 captured	nsubj
8	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prisoner	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 held	cc
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 captured	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 enemy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 enemy	det
13	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	obl
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 war	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 war	det
16	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 prisoner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	participle	a soldier						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hold	participle	a soldier not said here				during a war	by the enemy	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by enemy=Location

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A word to show something sudden and exciting happened: «And then, pow, the lights went out.».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 happened	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 word	acl
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 show	obj
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exciting	cc
8	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sudden	conj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 happened	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
12	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 went	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pow	punct
15	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 went	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pow	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lights	det
18	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 happened	parataxis
20	out	out	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive	a word not said here	something			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient
2	happen	past	a word				tree rules
3	go out in a quote	past	the lights	pow	then	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

In the comic, the hero's fist went «Pow!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 comic	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comic	det
3	comic	comic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 comic	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fist	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 hero	case
8	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 Pow	punct
11	Pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 Pow	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the hero's fist	Pow		the comic			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in comic=Location

Example 2

Write some sound words like «pow», «crash» and «boom».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 words	det
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	compound
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 pow	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 pow	punct
7	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 pow	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 crash	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 crash	punct
11	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pow	appos
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 crash	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 boom	cc
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 boom	punct
15	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crash	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 crash	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	some sound words				like pow	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

Example 3

My great-grandad was a POW in the Second World War.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 grandad	nmod:poss
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grandad	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 great	punct
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 POW	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 POW	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 POW	det
7	POW	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 War	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 War	det
10	Second	Second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 War	amod
11	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 War	compound
12	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 POW	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 POW	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	My great grandad	a POW		the Second World War			tree rules

Example 4

The POWs were sent home when the war ended.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 POWs	det
2	POWs	pow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sent	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 ended	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 war	det
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ended	nsubj
9	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		the POWs				home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	end	past	the war						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 5

We were walking along and, pow, it started pouring with rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 walking	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 walking	aux
3	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 walking	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 started	cc
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pow	punct
7	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 started	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pow	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 started	nsubj
10	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 walking	conj
11	pouring	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 started	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 rain	case
13	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pouring	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	walk	past · progressive	We	along property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start	past	pow		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	pour	gerund	pow not said here	with rain	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rain=Theme

Example 6

The fireworks went pow, pow, pow over the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fireworks	det
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pow	punct
6	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pow	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pow	punct
8	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pow	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the fireworks	pow and pow and pow		the river			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pow=Theme

Example 7

Den he draw back en come down on de tree--pow!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draw	compound
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 draw	nsubj
3	draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 draw	advmod
5	en	en	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 draw	conj
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
11	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 pow	punct
12	pow	pow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	conj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw back	present	he						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come down	present	en			de tree and pow		down property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location

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