pugilist
Who acts: pugilist, person · What happens: be, fight, win, train · To what, where: boxer, fight, town, Pollux first, young pugilist
«pugilist» 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: pugilist in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pugilist | det |
| 2 | pugilist | pugilist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boxer | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boxer | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boxer | det |
| 5 | boxer | boxer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 person | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boxer | appos |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 fights | nsubj |
| 10 | fights | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 person | acl:relcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 fists | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fists | det |
| 13 | fists | fist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fights | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 sport | case |
| 15 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fights | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 boxer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a pugilist | a boxer | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight | present | a person | with the fists; for sport | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with fist=Co-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.
Example 1
The pugilist won every fight in the town.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pugilist | det |
| 2 | pugilist | pugilist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | nsubj |
| 3 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the pugilist | every fight | the town | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Example 2
Pollux was the first of the pugilists.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pollux | pollux | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 first | compound |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 first | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 first | det |
| 4 | first | first | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pugilists | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pugilists | det |
| 7 | pugilists | pugilist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 first | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 first | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Pollux first | of the pugilists | tree rules |
Example 3
The young pugilist trained every morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pugilist | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pugilist | amod |
| 3 | pugilist | pugilist | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pugilist | acl |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trained | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pugilist | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | participle | the young pugilist not said here | morning | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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