rampart

Who acts: rampart, ramparts, soldiers, high ramparts, We · What happens: be, build, defend, stand, guard, walk · To what, where: high wall, earth, town, walkway, ramparts

«rampart» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: rampart in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle.

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	2 rampart	det
2	rampart	rampart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wall	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 earth	case
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 stone	cc
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earth	conj
11	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 earth	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 defend	mark
13	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 built	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 town	det
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 defend	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 castle	cc
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 town	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rampart	a high wall	of earth or stone	tree rules
2	build	participle		earth or stone not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	defend	to-infinitive		a town or castle		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Beneficiary

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

The ramparts are the walkway along the top of such a wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ramparts	det
2	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walkway	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walkway	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 walkway	det
5	walkway	walkway	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walkway	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 wall	case
10	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	12 wall	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walkway	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the ramparts	the walkway				along the top of such wall	tree rules

Example 1

The soldiers stood on the ramparts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ramparts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ramparts	det
6	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stood	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the soldiers			the ramparts			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rampart=Location

Example 2

The town was guarded by high ramparts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guarded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guarded	aux:pass
4	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 ramparts	case
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ramparts	amod
7	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guarded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past · passive	high ramparts	the town					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Example 3

We walked along the ramparts and looked at the sea.

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	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	along	along	ADP	_	5 ramparts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ramparts	det
5	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walked	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	We			the ramparts			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along rampart=Trajectory
2	look	past	We not said here					at the sea	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sea=Theme

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